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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 – Inflation conundrumWhile 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 suggest...
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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 – Troubled watersThe arrest of 68 Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan authorities between December 18 and 20 and the impounding of 10 boats for...
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TOPIC – A serious lapseThe 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 – For a civic solidarityThe NHRC has done the right thing in directing the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Arunachal Pradesh government to...
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TOPIC – Bugle for restraintThe 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 – Space for dreamsThis 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 – Taxing dramaIn what should be the last act of a long and winding tax dispute drama, British firm Cairn Energy has said it...
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TOPIC – Taxing dramaIn what should be the last act of a long and winding tax dispute drama, British firm Cairn Energy has said it...
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TOPIC – Tentative recoveryTwo separate sets of macroeconomic data, one from the Government on output at eight core industries in August, and the other, IHS...
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TOPIC – Exception and exemptionNovak 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 – End the impunityNotwithstanding the rationale provided by the Union Government and the armed forces for the horrific killing of six coal miners and...
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TOPIC – Far from overThe 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 – Exception to the ruleThe new law authorising an extension of the services of the heads of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the...
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TOPIC – Safety at all costsThe 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 – With a bangThe southwest monsoon has officially ended in India with 87.4 cm of rainfall between June and September, or just 0.7% short...
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TOPIC – Protect, don’t panderThe ‘heckler’s veto’ seems to be winning repeatedly against standup comedian Munawar Faruqui. Bengaluru has joined the list of cities in...
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TOPIC – Road to recovery
T he latest GDP and GVA estimates from the National Statistical Office have affirmed that the economy is now on the path to...
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TOPIC – Jabbing childrenAs a milestone, the Subject Expert Committee’s (SEC) recommendation to the Drugs Controller to grant emergency use authorization (EUA) for Covaxin among...
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TOPIC – With a bangThe southwest monsoon has officially ended in India with 87.4 cm of rainfall between June and September, or just 0.7% short...
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TOPIC – Positive climateIndia’s frontline position as third highest emitter of greenhouse gases has sharpened focus on its future policy course to mitigate carbon emissions under the...