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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 – Patchwork policyOn New Year’s Eve, nine hours before a new GST rate of 12% was to kick in for readymade garments and fabrics,...
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TOPIC – Needless provocationThe Chinese government’s announcement on December 30 that it had come up with its own names for 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh...
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OPIC – Killing the licenseIf the past few years of enhanced measures against non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in India had not put enough of a squeeze on...
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TOPIC – Trade defense
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) recently notified the imposition of antidumping duty on five products manufactured in China in order...
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TOPIC – A progressive stepThe announcement by the Nagaland government that a high-powered panel will be set up to look into the withdrawal of the...
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TOPIC – Act of faithIt is unfortunate that Karnataka has joined the band of states that want to enact regressive laws aimed at policing the...
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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 – 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 – The quartet of hopeComing as it did after some ordinary showings in the Olympic year, the performances of K. Srikanth, Lakshya Sen and...
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TOPIC – A foul cryIn a disturbing sequence of events, two men were beaten to death over alleged attempts to “commit sacrilege” in the sanctum sanctorum of the...
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TOPIC – Age and marriageGood intent does not guarantee favorable outcomes. Coercive laws without wide societal support often fail to deliver even when their statement...
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TOPIC – Pain from pricesThe latest inflation data, both retail and wholesale, point to accelerating price gains that could potentially undermine the fragile economic recovery by pushing...
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TOPIC – Pain from pricesThe latest inflation data, both retail and wholesale, point to accelerating price gains that could potentially undermine the fragile economic recovery by pushing...
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TOPIC – Wrong forum
India’s negative vote at The UN Security Council (UNSC) on a draft resolution on climate change is a reflection of its long-held...
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TOPIC – Mixed signalsAt a time that India is looking to impress upon the world that it is strongly positioned as well as willing and...
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TOPIC – Endless ordealThe 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 – Sanctions and rightsThe U.S. move to sanction a paramilitary unit in Bangladesh, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), has apparently caught the administration in Dhaka off-guard,...
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TOPIC – Promises to keepIn his first address to a joint session of Congress, U.S. President Joe Biden made clear that his administration would...
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TOPIC – New phase
The reconstitution of the Union Council of Ministers on Wednesday was guided by both political and administrative considerations. As many as 36...
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TOPIC – CircumscriptionPolice verification and security clearances for passport or government job applicants are a matter of routine in most parts of the country. In...
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TOPIC – The power of scrutinyThe Supreme Court of India’s verdict last week, upholding the authority of a committee of the Delhi Assembly to summon a...