PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Cultural genocideThe recent discovery of hundreds of graves in Canada has put the spotlight back on its dark past, when indigenous people faced systemic discrimination and violence....
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Between word and intentThe disquiet over the absence of adequate debate or discussion in Parliament is quite widespread. Concerned citizens and sections of...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
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...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
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 ‒ A planetary adjustmentPrime Minister Narendra Modi, in perhaps his first address this year on the theme of the environment, remarked that it was...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Bugle for restraintThe schedule for Assembly elections in five States announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on January 8 was along...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Shared valuesU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s day-visit to Delhi this week was heavy on discussions and understandably light on deliverables. The visit,...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC ‒ Mid-airAfter India’s fruitful outing at the Tokyo Olympics last year, the expectations of the sports-loving fraternity in the country were obviously high for the Commonwealth...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Shared valuesU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s day-visit to Delhi this week was heavy on discussions and understandably light on deliverables. The visit,...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC ‒ A faltering recoveryProduction levels in India’s industries appear to be hitting a roadblock amid what the Government has described in the Union Budget as an...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
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...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Cutting the captainAmarinder Singh’s ouster and the selection of his baiter Charanjit Singh Channi as Chief Minister of Punjab was scripted in Delhi by the Congress High...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Transient easingThe latest retail inflation data suggest, at first flush, that price pressures have begun to moderate in the economy, with the August...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Cutting the captainAmarinder Singh’s ouster and the selection of his baiter Charanjit Singh Channi as Chief Minister of Punjab was scripted in Delhi by the Congress High...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Straws in the windThe stereotypical image of politicians in India in popular culture is mostly unflattering, but it is also somewhat unfair. Politics as...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
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...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Big on hopes, short on ideasFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman fourth successive budget, while common sensical in its approach, is not exactly bubbling with...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Trust deficitThe decision of India’s competition watchdog to order investigations into Google, following allegations by the country’s digital news publishers that it has...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Big on hopes, short on ideasFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman fourth successive budget, while common sensical in its approach, is not exactly bubbling with...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Turbulence aheadThe Tata Group’s consummation of its acquisition of Air India last week marks both the culmination of the airline’s return to its...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Limits of powerIn 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 CentreAs the joint statement at the end of the India Central Asia virtual summit on Thursday noted, ties between India and the region...