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“What is this life, if full of care, there is no time to stand and stare”. What is it that you want from life? This question is variedly answered by most of us, but every answer sums up to one simple word – Happiness. What is a life’s…

SUPREME COURT CHARTER ON RIGHTS AND DUTIES CAN BE A MODEL In the past few years there has been increase in incidents of violence against the doctors, some of them of very serious nature in which doctors have been seriously injured.…

NEW DELHI HAS TO MOVE FAST TO ASSIST SRI LANKAN ECONOMY Perhaps the most significant of Sri Lanka’s new president Gotayaba Rajapaksa’s New Delhi visit was that as a man who has never concealed his Sinophilia, he made New Delhi, rather than…

CUBA IS THE MOST SUSTAINABLY DEVELOPED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD Cuba is the most sustainably developed country in the world, according to a new report released on November 29. The socialist island outperforms advanced capitalist countries…

DEEPENING OF DEMOCRACY IS ALSO THE CORE ISSUE This is truly an extraordinary moment. Now, for only the fourth time in U.S. history, a president faces impeachment. Impeachment is a huge people’s victory. And let’s be clear—it is a victory…

MODI GOVT HAS TO TAKE MEASURES TO ENSURE EXPANSION Kaushik Banik is a happy person these days. He is a software developer. After toiling hard for months to get a job, he finally found an alternative, thanks to the Upwork, an online digital…

DELAY BLAMED ON OOMMEN CHANDY, CHENNITHALA Will Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Mullappally Ramachandran succeed where former PCC chief V M Sudheeraan failed? That is the question agitating the minds of lakhs of Con…

HUGE REVENUE POTENTIAL AN IRRESISTIBLE CONSIDERATION If you cannot fight your enemy, join him: This is a most pragmatic approach, provided one is emotionally strong enough to absorb the change in role. Something similar is being advocated…

AFTER NIRBHAYA, UNNAO, HYDERABAD INCIDENTS HAVE LET US DOWN In William Shakespeare’s famous drama Julius Caesar, Cassius, a nobleman, speaking with his friend, Brutus, confides in the latter that in the best interests of the public, Julius…

ALLEGATIONS ABOUT ANTI-MUSLIM BIAS UNFOUNDED There have been many opinions about Indian secularism and constitution being shattered because of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 passed by both houses of the parliament — a bill which will…

CORBYN FIGHTING ON THE PLATFORM OF SOCIALISM With only two days left for the polling in United Kingdom, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched the final election push to deny Tories a majority. In spite of Tory candidate Boris…

ASSETS WORTH NINE LAKH CRORE ARE UP FOR SALE FOR A FRACTION The Modi Government's decision on the privatisation of the public sector oil company BPCL is going to be a major economic disaster for India making the country poorer by lakhs of…

PEOPLE LOSING FAITH IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM All the four accused in the case of rape-and-murder of a 25-year-old veterinarian were killed by police in an encounter on Friday morning. While the killing of the criminals in encounter was…

NEGLECT OF THE SURVIVORS STILL CONTINUES With tears in eyes, shouting slogans against central and state government and Union Carbide thousands of gas victims marched on the streets of Bhopal, formed human chain and attended public meetings…

ANTI-CAB SENTIENT GATHERING MOMENTUM The Bharatiya Janata Party and the party-led Government at the Centre are understandably over the moon. They have every reason to feel elated as they have scored two significant political victories…

FARMERS ARE HIT AS UREA CRISIS DEEPENS The completion of one year of Kamal Nath government is being marked by several agitations. They include agitation by farmers, by college and school teachers and an agitation launched by the BJP…

WHY RISING RURAL POVERTY, FALLING MIDDLE CLASS STUMP INDIA? The NDA government is seized of the crucial slowdown. The finance minister accepts it but nobody has fathomed its depth. It is not easy to find out the causes of the myriad…

KARTARPUR CORRIDOR OPENING HAS SIGNIFICANCE Since the partition of the country, India-Pakistan relationship is marked by continuing mistrust, unresolved issues, broken promises and unending conflicts. In between any thaw in this…

BETTER AFFORDABLE DIAGNOSTICS ASSURED A shortage of health professionals is a major impediment in handling the current health burden of India, especially in rural areas. Indian scientists have been working on affordable and innovative…

FOCUS ON EXPORTS IS IMPERATIVE FOR BUILDING A STRONG ECONOMY The Summit on the country's Public Sector Enterprises has called to the PSEs to enhance their geostrategic reach through the implementation of a number of recommendations…

SAME RACISM IS IN VOGUE IN BRITAIN’S ELECTION CAMPAIGN India’s consul-general in New York arguing for Indian leadership follow the Israeli model of building settlements to take Kashmiri Pandits back to the Valley and suggested that those…

FDI TO GET A BOOST FOLLOWING DEAL In 2018-19, USA became the biggest trading partner of India, scuttling Chinese predominance for over half a decade. Paradoxically, however, the reasons for the trade buoyancy with two countries are…

CONGRESS JITTERY AT BJP GOVT’S DETENTION CAMPS For the nuch harassed Hindus and Muslims in Assam suspected of being illegal Bangladeshi settlers, there is now a glimmer of hope: in recent days, authorities have released 20 people held in…

COMMUNICATION AND FINANCIAL DATA ARE MAIN TARGET German companies are plagued with an increasing number of cyber-attacks and IT security incidents. According to PreciseSecurity.com research, 75 percent of them have been affected by some…

TALKS WITH BANGLADESH, MYANMAR ARE ON China has come up with a fresh idea to kickstart an organised movement of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to Myanmar. Progress on this critical part of the proposed resolution of the Rohingya…