Editorial

The education sector is poised for reforms especially the right to education envisaged under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE Act) the endevour of Human Resource Ministry is to make the Act more workable and…
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Claude Arpi New Delhi is getting ready to receive Chinese President Xi Jinping on his maiden trip to India. It will, no doubt, be a significant visit, especially after Prime Minister Narendra Modi journeyed to Japan and met with old friend…
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Swapan Dasgupta Should Prime Minister Narendra Modi have gone on national TV to address schoolchildren on Guru Utsav or, if you so prefer, Teachers' Day? The answer to this seemingly innocuous but inevitably politicised question will…
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The Jammu and Kashmir floods have sparked a debate in UK's Parliament on the political and humanitarian situation. The debate organised as part of the regular backbench Business Committee application process in the House of Commons had no…
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The unfortunate unprecedented floods have caused enormous damage to life in Jammu and Kashmir. Water level though receding in Valley will need enormous efforts to put life back in gear.  Immediate follow up to such water logged conditions…
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Vinayshil Gautam The quality of public discourse has been steadily declining and needs to be arrested. The quality of enquiry, the quality of interrogation, interpretation of the data which normally precedes discussion, is poor. One is not…
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Rajesh Singh India has had more contentious issues with the US than it has with China. This ranges from diplomatic (the Devyani Khobragade matter; the almost-humiliating frisking at US airports of former Indian Presidents) to commerce…
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Sandhya Jain Whatever one's assessment of Islam - Abrahamic offspring, way of life, Arab nationalism, post-Byzantine Arab empire, moderate, or outright murderous towards those outside the charmed circle of Jihadi warriors - a bizarre facet…
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The Sikhs, a minority community in Pakistan, are victims of recent communal attacks. Numbering a minuscule in strength the community, consisting mostly of traders are a threatened segment. They are planning to stage a country-wide agitation…
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 Kalyani Shankar Prime Minister Narendra Modi's honeymoon with the public continues even as he completes 100 days in office. There are mixed reports about his performance, as the Opposition is looking for loopholes, but his supporters…
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