editorial article

RK Pachauri Political attention at the global level has focused largely on specific regions due to the potential for conflict or flexing of muscles by some powers. India is, undoubtedly, not in this league of exhibition of military might…
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Col Dr Virendra K Sahi, VrC The image of Armed Forces in post-independence era has been deliberately and systematically eroded by the external and internal enemies of the country in an effort to dilute and weaken this only institution that…
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Sonali Kumar (IAS)(Retd) Another Memoir? Of a Bureaucrat? Groan…Yawn…Oh No…o…o…o... What new can you talk of, except of cataloguing the postings you suffered and the "successes" you had over some boring 37-years of service in the…
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Sushma Ramachandran The forthcoming ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Buenos Aires is being held in the backdrop of a vastly different global scenario to that when the institution was first set up in 1995. The WTO has…
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Mahadeep Singh Jamwal An incompetent person in a responsible position may cause huge damage, an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops and incompetent, incapable public representative can demolish the whole society and in turn…
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A N Bharadwaj It is well known to the world that British India situated in South Asia was partitioned vide Indian Independence Act. of 1947, wherein Pakistan was carved out. Accordingly, these rulers started the process to merge their…
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Bisma Ashraf Zargar Food loss is defined as "the decrease in quantity or quality of food products intended for human consumption that are ultimately not eaten by people or that have incurred a reduction in quality reflected in their…
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Rajan Gandhi Recent tremors on Iran- Iraq border which caused quite a devastation and killed more than 400 people has once again shifted focus on our state which is a multi-hazard State falling in Seismic Zone-IV and Zone-V, with low lying…
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RAKESH AATHUR Central government had devised with some important schemes and policies to the states from time-to- time including Jammu & Kashmir. And states had also implemented these schemes and policies in a full-fledged manner. But…
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Sujinder Singh Sangha The recognition of Sikhs in Britain as a minority ethnic population and its monitoring, would provide a mechanism to analyse how Sikhs are faring in view of racial discrimination and hate crimes. Discrimination against…
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