PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Wrong routeThe Kerala government’s proposal to amend its Lok Ayukta Act through an ordinance appears questionable and hasty. Even though the Left Democratic Front...
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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 – For a civic solidarity
The NHRC has done the right thing in directing the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Arunachal Pradesh government to...
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TOPIC – In conjunctionThe evolution of a democratic society is centered on the expansion of rights — civil, political, economic and cultural, leading to the...
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TOPIC – False dichotomyThe Supreme Court has once again addressed the ‘merit versus reservation’ debate, a misleading binary that has engaged public and judicial discourse...
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TOPIC – Wrong remedyThat the wrong remedy could exacerbate an ailment and not cure it is a well understood adage. This holds true for the Union government’s (Department...
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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 – Technology tangleAlmost 11 months after the United States’ leading telecommunications companies won bids for $81 billion worth of C-band radio spectrum to roll...
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TOPIC – Red linesThe European Union (EU) has found itself caught in a bind over the worsening tensions between Lithuania and China. Last week, top...
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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 – Unconquered
Sport throws up surprises and cricket is not immune to it. The latest twist transpired at Cape Town’s Newlands where South Africa registered...
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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 – 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 – 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 – Filled to the ninesIt is not often that nine judges are appointed to the Supreme Court at one go. In a welcome sign...
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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...
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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 – UnchangedIt is a matter of considerable relief that the Supreme Court has allowed the commencement of counseling for post-graduate medical admissions under the...
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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 – 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 – 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 support...
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TOPIC – Transition in perilThe resignation of Sudan’s civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has pushed the country, already battered by political instability, anti-military protests and violence, into...