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TOPIC – Mining in India equals selling the family gold
The principle that the economy must be “sustainable” — we cannot compromise the ability of future generations to meet their needs — is...
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TOPIC – Pointing the finger at parliamentary scrutiny
The new Farm Bills passed by Parliament in the last monsoon session have evoked a scale of protest unforeseen by the government. Negotiations between the government and the farmers seem to have produced no result, and the farmers are determined to scale up...
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TOPIC – The reality of an India at the crossroads
Individual events are often an indicator of broader trends. Any vision of the future is again significantly linked to what is taking place...
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TOPIC – Fresh vista
(A new parliament building will be celebratory if all have access to health and prosperity)
Laying the foundation for a new parliament building for...
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TOPIC – Big on hopes, short on ideas
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman fourth successive budget, while common sensical in its approach, is not exactly bubbling with...
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TOPIC – Turbulence ahead
The Tata Group’s consummation of its acquisition of Air India last week marks both the culmination of the airline’s return to its...
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TOPIC – Limits of power
In ruling that the one-year suspension imposed last year by the Maharashtra Assembly on 12 BJP legislators was illegal and irrational,...
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TOPIC – At the Centre
As the joint statement at the end of the India Central Asia virtual summit on Thursday noted, ties between India and the...
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TOPIC – Wrong route
The Kerala government’s proposal to amend its Lok Ayukta Act through an ordinance appears questionable and hasty. Even though the Left Democratic...
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TOPIC – For a civic solidarity
The NHRC has done the right thing in directing the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Arunachal Pradesh government to...
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TOPIC – In conjunction
The evolution of a democratic society is centered on the expansion of rights — civil, political, economic and cultural, leading to the...
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TOPIC – False dichotomy
The Supreme Court has once again addressed the ‘merit versus reservation’ debate, a misleading binary that has engaged public and judicial discourse...
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TOPIC – Wrong remedy
That the wrong remedy could exacerbate an ailment and not cure it is a well understood adage. This holds true for the Union government’s...
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TOPIC – Technology tangle
Almost 11 months after the United States’ leading telecommunications companies won bids for $81 billion worth of C-band radio spectrum to roll...
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TOPIC – Inflation conundrum
While North Block mandarins seek to conjure up policy levers in the upcoming Budget to spur India’s fragmented economic recovery along, the latest official data...
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TOPIC – Unconquered
Sport throws up surprises and cricket is not immune to it. The latest twist transpired at Cape Town’s Newlands where South Africa registered...
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TOPIC – Space for dreams
This year, the harvest festival brings a change at the helm for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), with S. Somanath...
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TOPIC – Trust deficit
The decision of India’s competition watchdog to order investigations into Google, following allegations by the country’s digital news publishers that it has...
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TOPIC – Straws in the wind
The stereotypical image of politicians in India in popular culture is mostly unflattering, but it is also somewhat unfair....
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TOPIC – Bugle for restraint
The schedule for Assembly elections in five States announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on January 8 was along...
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TOPIC – A serious lapse
The lapse in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security arrangements, which left his convoy stranded on a flyover for around 20 minutes, near Ferozepur...
PARAGRAPH WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – A serious lapse
The lapse in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security arrangements, which left his convoy stranded on a flyover for around 20 minutes, near Ferozepur in...