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TOPIC – Protecting prisonersIf overcrowding of prisons has been a perennial problem in this country, high occupancy levels can only mean bad news amidst a pandemic. The...
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TOPIC – Income and quotasThe Supreme Court’s ruling that economic criterion alone cannot be used to classify a member of a Backward Class as belonging...
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TOPIC – Showing the way outIn what must be a déjà vu moment for outgoing Prime Minister K.P. Oli and President Bidya Devi Bhandari, the Supreme Court...
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TOPIC – Fast forwardWith the Gati Shakti National Master Plan that he launched on October 13, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expanded on the familiar...
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TOPIC – The other QuadThe virtual meet of the Foreign Ministers of India, the U.S., Israel and the UAE is a strong manifestation of the changes in...
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TOPIC – Boosting confidenceThe downward trend in fresh coronavirus infections in India continues to inspire confidence that the pandemic is on the wane. The daily new...
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TOPIC – An unproductive ideaIncentives and penalties form an integral component of the measures to control population growth, announced by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on...
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TOPIC – America’s Asia policyPresident Joe Biden has found himself in the uncomfortable position of facing not only the expected criticism from Republicans for his...
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TOPIC – Outreach and overreach(As long as the court does not usurp executive’s role, action to mitigate a crisis is welcome)
Judicial intervention in response to the Union...
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TOPIC – Opening NDA’s doors to women With the Centre’s decision to allow women to be inducted for permanent commission through the National Defence Academy (NDA), one...
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TOPIC – Growing precarityThe latest inflation data based on retail and wholesale prices are yet again flashing cautionary signals as spiraling costs continue to dog...
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TOPIC – Between word and intentThe disquiet over the absence of adequate debate or discussion in Parliament is quite widespread. Concerned citizens and sections of...
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TOPIC – Income and quotasThe Supreme Court’s ruling that economic criterion alone cannot be used to classify a member of a Backward Class as belonging...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – An unproductive ideaIncentives and penalties form an integral component of the measures to control population growth, announced by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on...
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TOPIC – Trump againThe Trump Organization, the company owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump, has been charged by authorities in New York state on...
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TOPIC – Crisis in TunisTunisian President Kais Saied’s decision to sack the Prime Minister and suspend Parliament, amid widespread anti-government protests, has triggered the worst political crisis...
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TOPIC – Showing the way outIn what must be a déjà vu moment for outgoing Prime Minister K.P. Oli and President Bidya Devi Bhandari, the Supreme Court...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Showing the way outIn what must be a déjà vu moment for outgoing Prime Minister K.P. Oli and President Bidya Devi Bhandari, the Supreme Court...
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TOPIC – Silver winSport is a distillation of micro tragedies and megaecstasies enmeshed with whirring limbs, glistening sweat, unabashed tears and booming laughter.And football presents a wider canvas for all these attributes, which were exhibited at Rio de...
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TOPIC – Overdue reviewIt is gratifying to note that the Supreme Court, while indicating its intention to reconsider the sedition provision in the IPC, has...
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TOPIC – The lag between jabsThe Kerala High Court’s intervention regarding the time lag between the two doses of Covishield vaccine is both interesting and unusual. It...
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TOPIC – Overdue reviewIt is gratifying to note that the Supreme Court, while indicating its intention to reconsider the sedition provision in the IPC, has...