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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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The Central Government's decision to replace the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog is a regressive step that will only push India towards a market-driven economy. Allowing the Finance Ministry to decide allocations to the states amounts…
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The draft National Health Policy 2015 comes up almost 12 years after the last such plan citing the main reasons-changing health needs of the people, inadequate healthcare expenditure by the governments and high out-of-pocket spending. The…
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Kuldip Nayar New Delhi's guilt to dislodge a government in a federal polity has gone unnoticed and unpunished. Some 19 years ago, Danish national Kim Peter Davy dropped arms over Purulia, West Bengal, at the instance of the Government of…
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The growing number of accidents is in proportion to the encroachments on the city roads and National Highways. It is the drivers' ingenuity which keeps people safe of the dangers and at times that also turns as a bane and claims human lives…
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Hiranmay Karlekar Threats to national security and measures to counter these will perhaps be India's most important preoccupation in 2015. The challenges and response will encompass two broad, and sometimes overlapping, areas of conflict -…
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Kushan Mitra Elections, particularly a general election, is acrimonious. If not, actually, very acrimonious on grounds where organisational skill matters. But the past election was the first  in India where, the Internet had a massive…
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Pakistan once again has shown that it is not interested in maintaining peace. The current misadventure comes on the eve of New Year in Samba sector which is the second incident of ceasefire violation by it in twenty four hours. More than…
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Aiming to kick start several stalled projects in power, housing, defence sector the recent move of the Union Government  to give nod to Ordinance to ease land laws is a welcome step to push forward the infrastructure projects. Restrictions…
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The silent departure of Mahendra Singh Dhoni from the captaincy in the middle of an important series Down Under has caught everyone by surprise. It was during his stewardship India saw fortune changing in Test arena. Captained 60 Tests…
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