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Money Really Talks
The revelation on April 4 in an online French journal, Mediapart, based on findings of AFA or Agence Française Anticorruption, that the Rafale fighter jet deal involved a payment worth one million euros (Rs 8.62 crore)…
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Fall & Degradation
The Election Commission’s role in conducting free and fair polling during the ongoing elections to the four states of West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Pondicherry has unfortunately caused misgivings. Starting…
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Changing History
The great events of the golden jubilee celebration of the formation of Bangladesh and the birth centenary of the nation’s architect, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, have needlessly got mired in a controversy. This happened due to a…
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The Smoker Smokes
The government of India has recently proposed a draft law to raise legal age for smoking to 21 years from the present 18 years. Titled ‘Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of…
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NEED A NEW IDEA
Dec 04/2019: Industrialist Rahul Bajaj opined at an event organised by Economic Times and held recently that the government appeared to be unwilling to accept criticism of its actions and decisions. He said industrialists were in…
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Desperation
March 21/2018 : India is admittedly a melting pot. People’s distress is finding several manifestations in a season of despondence, disappointments and discontentment. A collection of young and aspiring job-seekers blocked rail services in Mumbai Tuesday…
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Formalization, Urbanization & Industrialization
February 06/2018 : All those who propagate the idea of Formalization , Urbanization and Industrialization also scream that agriculture is overburdened with nearly 60-70% of the population depending on it for survival.Added to this, again according…
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Not Ape, Cow
Union Minister of State for Human Resources Satya Pal has opened the eyes for the whole world. A former senior police (IPS) officer, he had the great fortune of being the commissioner of police of Bombay.…
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Divided We Stand
Casteism, if anything, is gaining strength as days pass. Oppressed classes are growing stronger in their belief that they need political strength which they could use as leverage to speed up social recognition, economic parity and…
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Fundamentals Unaddressed
In Iran, there are signs of an unrest that has been primed by some of the very factors that stare India in the face today. Iranians want prices of essential commodities to come down; they want…
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Broke Britain
Great Britain led the world on the back of hefty financial gains accruing to the nation from its twin pursuits — namely industrialization and colonisation — for two centuries. Having created and retained a position as…
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Compromised
Two major exposes by an alert media seem to have changed the political scenario of the country. The first involving Jay Amit Shah, son of BJP national president Amit Shah, in a multicrore corporate fraud rocked…