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At a time when there is a decline in the prices of petroleum products worldwide, India has not followed the deregulation route in true spirit and has raised the excise segment on fuel three times since November. This kind of pricing has not…
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B S Prakash Starting with the financial crisis that soon engulfed America in 2008, it has been a difficult ride in one way or the other for Obama. Is it a handicap for a leader to be cerebral? This is a question that admirers of President…
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A tense border, a flurry of intelligence alerts from foreign agencies, a hijack alert or an explosion abroad on Air India flight between New Delhi and Kabul, a warning over use of sea route by militants and terrorists to target hinter land…
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Jammu should follow New Delhi experiment, where the police have decided to impose a fine of Rs 2,000 for obstructing an ambulance carrying a critical patient to hospital. With the growing traffic and hardly caring for traffic rules the road…
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 Balbir Punj The one word that could capture the spirit of 2014 is 'transformation'. That the total change in the political and economic scenario has emerged out of the expectations of a young India and a leader who could understand and…
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Amidst simmering tension between India and Pakistan after shelling across the border, the United States giving clean chit to Pakistan and now encourages dialogue between the two South Asian neighbours is somewhat baffling. It looks as if…
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The Presidential assent to the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) Bill 2014 will surely be a path-breaking move in the direction of justice deliverance. The issue was marred by prolonged tussle between executive and Judiciary…
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 Sanjoy Narayan The problem with very high expectations is that they can often be followed by deep disappointment. When politicians promise people too much too soon they also run the risk of ending up making everyone sorely bitter if those…
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The slugfest started over the 'terror boat' by Congress  asking BJP-led NDA Government to come clean  is not only baffling but also smells of opportunistic politics. Is it that Congress is trying to tell the world that the neighbour is…
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The rising prices of drugs are a matter of concern. Prices of the medicines have seen a quantum jump from Rs 74.5 crore  as over charged amount in 2009-10 to Rs 415.31 crore till August 2014, which in itself  tells about the profit margins…
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