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Mayuri Mukherjee  India's relationship with the African continent may be a centuries-old civilisational compact but as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to reinvigorate that relationship in all its nuances and across the full spectrum of…
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India blaming Pakistan for the current turmoil in Kashmir is nothing new. Since the outbreak of  militancy over two decades back India has been hammering the same point and the response has been negative from across the border.…
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Though the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has ruled against China in a bitter row over territorial claims to the South China Sea (SCS) that is likely to ratchet up regional tensions and India will be watching the ruling…
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Vikas Kumar Many commentators have found fault with the government's decision to apply for membership. Some of them have claimed that the decision betrays a lack of understanding of our interests. They have unconvincingly argued that the…
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This is another summer of unrest in Kashmir which has kept the  Valley boiling for the third day. Unlike the summer of 2010 when the separatists 'Azadi' agenda moved forward with 'Go India Go' and 'Quit Kashmir' slogans given by Syed Ali…
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Made as one of the main economic agenda during the 2014 Parliamentary elections the BJP-led Union Government today has come out with a statement that there is 'sizeable dip' in black money stashed abroad. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was…
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Bhopinder Singh It is an uncomfortable commentary on the Indian media which has tradition-ally prided itself as free, independent and feisty. The 2016 World Press Freedom Index by "Reporters Without Borders" ranks India at an abysmal 133…
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As the Rs 1,500 cr Central project to revive the ambitious Namami Gange programme takes off today can we hope to see any such programme for reviving the dying Tawi which is the life line of Jammu region. Tawi has turned into a garbage…
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Roads in Jammu and Kashmir claim more lives than the militancy. The worst affected are the districts of Jammu and Udhampur followed by Rajouri, Ramban, Reasi, Poonch, Srinagar, Budgam, Anantnag, Awantipora, Sopore, Kupwara, Pulwama, Kargil…
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Prof. (Dr) R.D. Gupta Quite akin to a number of ancient bazaars of the Jammu city, Talab Khatikan Bazaar also retains its age old magnetism, attraction and fervour. Being located in the heart of the Jammu city, this bazaar possesses its…
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