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SUBIR BHAUNIK Awaited for long: The first challenge for intelligence reforms in India is to provide an appropriate legal basis to the agencies. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed veteran intelligence officer Ajit Doval as his…
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AJAY SRIVASTAVA Latest data suggests signs of recovery of India's exports. December 2016 is the continuous 4th month when merchandise exports registered positive growth. Despite weak global demand, India's overall Trade figures also…
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Nilesh Kunwar More than a hundred years ago, John Godfrey Saxe (1816- 1887) penned down "The Blind Men and the Elephant." Inspired by an old allegory from the Indian subcontinent, this witty poem highlights the fact that while one's…
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  Dr Santosh Jain Passi, Akanksha Jain  Our country is afflicted with the dual burden of disease - non-communicable diseases (NCDs) posing a major public health challenge. On one end are the nutritional deficiencies/infectious diseases…
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VIVEK KOUL We are using technology very successfully to democratise both creation of information as well as the distribution and access of information and now we need to turn the technology to democratise creation and access to…
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BRIGADIER J.S. GREWAL, VSM (RETD) Some remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir have often times turned disastrous due to vagaries of weather and the hostile terrain. Natural calamities, faulty electrical supply cables, landslides, unforeseen…
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PROF HARI OM Notwithstanding the fact that Nehru-Gandhis complicated matters for the nation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by according it a special status on purely religious grounds in October 1947 and handing over the State power to the…
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  RK Pachauri  While the world and the US public nervously assess global changes likely to take place with the incumbency of President Donald Trump as the leader of the world's most powerful nation, not much attention is being provided to…
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  Claude Arpi  It is impossible to rewind history. What happened has happened. It is, however, always possible to learn from past successes, victories, as well as defeats. In fact there is certainly more to learn from blunders. One, called…
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  V.SRINIVAS The National Health Mission is India’s flagship health sector programme to revitalize rural and urban health sectors by providing flexible finances to State Governments. The National Health Mission comprises of 4 components…
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