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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 in...
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TOPIC – Exception and exemption
Novak Djokovic being denied entry into Australia in the early hours of Thursday after his visa was cancelled following a 10-hour...
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TOPIC – Transition in peril
The resignation of Sudan’s civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has pushed the country, already battered by political instability, anti-military protests and violence,...
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TOPIC – Safety at all costs
The death of four workers on New Year’s Day in a blast at a fireworks unit in Kalathur village of...
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TOPIC – Killing the license
If the past few years of enhanced measures against non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in India had not put enough of a...
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TOPIC – Far from over
The missile strike at Syria’s Latakia port on Tuesday is yet another reminder that the conflict in the Arab country is...
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TOPIC – Trade defense
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) recently notified the imposition of antidumping duty on five products manufactured in China in...
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TOPIC – A progressive step
The announcement by the Nagaland government that a high-powered panel will be set up to look into the withdrawal of the...
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TOPIC – Act of faith
It is unfortunate that Karnataka has joined the band of states that want to enact regressive laws aimed at policing the...
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TOPIC – Troubled waters
The arrest of 68 Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan authorities between December 18 and 20 and the impounding of 10 boats...
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TOPIC – The quartet of hope
Coming as it did after some ordinary showings in the Olympic year, the performances of K. Srikanth, Lakshya Sen and...
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TOPIC – A foul cry
In a disturbing sequence of events, two men were beaten to death over alleged attempts to “commit sacrilege” in the sanctum sanctorum of...
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TOPIC – Age and marriage
Good intent does not guarantee favorable outcomes. Coercive laws without wide societal support often fail to deliver even when their statement...
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TOPIC – Pain from prices
The latest inflation data, both retail and wholesale, point to accelerating price gains that could potentially undermine the fragile economic recovery by...
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TOPIC – Wrong forum
India’s negative vote at The UN Security Council (UNSC) on a draft resolution on climate change is a reflection of its long-held opposition...
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TOPIC – Mixed signals
At a time that India is looking to impress upon the world that it is strongly positioned as well as willing and...
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TOPIC – Sanctions and rights
The U.S. move to sanction a paramilitary unit in Bangladesh, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), has apparently caught the administration in Dhaka...
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TOPIC – A tragic loss
India has lost a capable and experienced military leader in the tragic death of the country’s first Chief of Defense Staff (CDS),...
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TOPIC – Diplomatic games
The U.S. government said on December 6 it will stage what it called a “diplomatic boycott” of the Winter Olympics, set to begin...
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TOPIC – A robust friendship
Russian President Vladimir Putin has concluded a short summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, highlighting the “all-weather”...
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TOPIC – Boosters short
On November 22, the Director-General, ICMR, said that there was no scientific evidence thus far to administer a booster vaccine dose to...
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TOPIC – Births and rights
A Bill that the government of the land intends to make law cannot be exclusivist at the very outset; and at...