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TRUMP DEAL HAS ONLY ESCALATED THE PROCESS After the Narendra Modi government came to power, none of the government sector and public sector enterprises is spared. All the sectors are fully opened to the private corporate one, including the…
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VERMONT SENATOR IS COMMITTED TO EXPAND HIS SOCIALIST FOOTPRINT The apparently stunning Super Tuesday with buoyan cy in favour of Joe Biden notwithstanding, the sea-saw battle for the nomination of Democratic Party for the US presidential…
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BREXIT DAY MARKS THE START OF A PROLONGED AND PAINFUL SEPARATION United Kingdom leaving European Union in the midnight of January 31, has been the most consequential event in recent British political history. While Boris Johnson’s yes…
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LEARNED JUDGES MIXED UP REVIEW WITH WRIT PETITIONS The Indian Supreme Court’s handling of the review petitions pertaining to the original Sabarimala judgment delivered in September 2018 is emblematic of the court’s scant regard for the…
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DISINVESTMENT IN LIC IS A RETROGRADE STEP The second budget presented by Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman and the seventh budget of the NDA-BJP government is another disappointment but not all surprising. When our economy is admittedly facing a…
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PUSH FOR PRIVATISATION WILL HURT POOR & COMMON CITIZENS The budget for Indian Railways does not seem to represent in true sense of the top three themes – aspirational India, economic development and the caring society – of the first…
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BLATANT VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAWS BY US PRESIDENT TRUMP From a legal angle, the killing of General Qasem Soleimani was murder, plain and simple, that must receive international opprobrium. The USA has been killing terrorists all…
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FAMOUS POET’S DAUGHTER REMOVES MISGIVINGS ON CONTROVERSIAL POEM The legendary Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz never-failingly ‘paved the way to lighten our pathways and act as a bridge between India and Pakistan. Recent events have only proved…
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DINNER DIPLOMACY’ USED TO PROJECT JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA A dinner hosted by a MP Minister has caused a sort of political storm in the state. Dinner was hosted by Govind Singh Rajput, who is regarded as a committed follower of Jyotiraditya…
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BETWEEN REVENUE SHORTFALL AND HIGH MONEY-REQUIREMENT Having seen the dismal performance of the ‘bahi-khata’ budget 2019-20 of the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, t\Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly involved himself in…
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GLOBAL LEADER HAS TO CUT MULTIPLE PRICING, ENSURE LOW PRICES, HIGH GROWTH India has high expectation from the ensuing 2020-21 central budget. It wants growth, high demand, boost agriculture, lower prices and a feeling of happiness all…
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YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO FAVOUR SANDERS FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION The Trump-ordered killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s second in command, has made its way into the 2020 presidential campaign, with Bernie Sanders, on national television,…
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EMERGING ECONOMIES HAVE TO PLAY MAJOR ROLE IN THE PROCESS Humanity faces a planetary emergency, and survival of all life is at stake. Four years ago, the Paris Climate Accords were adopted. The Accords, signed by 197 nations including the…
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FROM CONGRESS TO NCP TO SHIV SENA, IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY Among the political parties the Congress is most maligned for being a dynastic organization. But now almost all political parties have been affected by this menace except the Left…
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INDIA FAR BEHIND THE TARGET, NEEDS MUCH MORE TO DO A serious concern is buried by the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar under his label of a ‘remarkable feat’ of increase in forest and tree cover in India by more than 130…
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STRUGGLES FOR SELF-DETERMINATION ARE CONTINUING This week, starting Dec. 22, Jews around the world are celebrating Hanukkah, the eight-day festival that commemorates the Jews’ successful struggle for self-determination from ancient Greek…
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MACRON FACES HIS BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN 2019 Time magazine named teen climate activist Greta Thunberg its Person of the Year last week, but in truth, given that this has been a year of global unrest and efforts from the streets worldwide to…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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