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TOPIC – Endless ordeal
The ruling by the High Court in London that Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange, currently in a British prison, can be extradited to the...
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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 – 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...
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TOPIC – Message from MumbaiPurveyors of hate, misogyny and xenophobia have been on a boundless revelry in India, online and offline, with near total impunity and often times with...
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Vladimir Putin should see setbacks as evidence of the irrationality of war
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial troop mobilization marks an acknowledgement...
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Even if conditional, the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) faction’s intention to talk peace breaks a deadlock
The decision by the insurgent Nationalist Socialist Council...
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The Supreme Court of India has done well to seek norms to present mitigating factors for awarding death
Sentencing after conviction is a knotty problem...
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Mass defections undermine the electoral mandate
Eight of the Congress’s 11 MLAs have joined the ruling BJP, in the latest iteration of a Goan curse....
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The latest disengagement along the LAC is a welcome step, but the border crisis is not over
India and China on September 13 confirmed the disengagement...
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Alcaraz and Swiatek have emerged on top from a slow churn in tennis
The U.S. Open defies tradition. It was the first Major to introduce a final-set...
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Courts should be wary of giving a toehold to communal forces in religious disputes.
Hindu revanchism has found a way to use the legal route...
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TOPIC ‒ A planetary adjustment
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in perhaps his first address this year on the theme of the environment, remarked that it was...
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TOPIC ‒ Mid-air
After India’s fruitful outing at the Tokyo Olympics last year, the expectations of the sports-loving fraternity in the country were obviously high for...
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TOPIC ‒ A faltering recovery
Production levels in India’s industries appear to be hitting a roadblock amid what the Government has described in the Union Budget as...
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TOPIC ‒ Frozen by uncertainty
The Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged and retain its “accommodative” policy stance, albeit with one member dissenting...
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TOPIC – NEET and States
With the Tamil Nadu Assembly passing once again its earlier Bill seeking to exempt government seats in undergraduate medical and dental...
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TOPIC – Fixing frequencies first
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget announcement that the Government proposes to conduct the “required spectrum auctions” in 2022 to facilitate the...
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TOPIC – Fixing frequencies first
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget announcement that the Government proposes to conduct the “required spectrum auctions” in 2022 to facilitate the...
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TOPIC – A disjointed response
One of the most striking moves in the Union Budget’s taxation proposals for 2022-23 is the introduction of a taxation regime...
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TOPIC– Imperial excess
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s outburst against Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday was not a first but it brought to the fore, yet...
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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 – At the CentreAs the joint statement at the end of the India Central Asia virtual summit on Thursday noted, ties between India and the region...