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Though it is in nascent stage the futuristic outlook to make Jammu garbage-free through Solid and Liquid Resource Management (SLRM) mode by Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) looks quite a promising one involving volunteers. The recycling of…
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The Friday night terror attack at Dhaka claiming 20 lives was one of those rare non-western terror attacks to be covered widely by the world media. The attack was an indicator of the Islamic State "scaling-up" and "internationalising" its…
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Anil K Kanungo The mandate of employment generation seems to be on top of the agenda once again for the government. The recent Union Cabinet's approval to provide a special package of Rs 6,000 crore to the textile sector is a clear-cut…
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The Friday night terror attack in a restaurant in the upscale neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh's teeming capital has shown the spread of Islamic State in a Muslim dominated country. The attackers took a bakery under siege in the daytime…
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First government sacks them on the grounds of corruption and non-performance and then after some months reinstates them by clearing all the charges. The whole exercise looks like an eye wash. It appears government itself is fooling itself…
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Balbir Punj  It's not often in history that one leader builds an entire global policy by his perception or diplomacy, and takes the global community with him, except perhaps a handful of self-construed enemies. So, when Prime Minister…
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Though the Friday rain and high velocity winds have brought  the much needed respite from the sultry weather  the region has been facing for the last one week  the downside of the Monsoon is some new dangers lurking very near to you.  …
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First indigenous aircraft to fly in Indian sky was the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)-made HF-24 Marut. It was an Indian first-bomber aircraft of the 1960s and was the first jet aircraft which took first flight on 17th June 1961.…
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T C A Ranganathan The onset of the monsoon has revi-ved interest about the likely impact on the economy. The last two years were poor rainfall years, but the current forecast is that is that the current year will see normal, if not better,…
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The Indus Water Treaty to control and govern water of six common rivers between India and Pakistan was signed in 1960. Under this, control over Indus, Jhelum and Chenab, all flowing through Jammu and Kashmir, has been given to Pakistan…
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