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TOPIC – Beyond Bad Banks
The Reserve Bank of India Governor recently indicated that he is not averse to the idea of a “bad bank” — a vehicle...
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TOPIC – A new framework around caste and the census
Enumerating, describing, and understanding the population of a society and what people have access to, and...
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TOPIC – Privacy and surveillance
Following an exodus of its users from its messaging service, WhatsApp, to apps such as Signal and Telegram, which promise more privacy options, the...
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TOPIC – The long shadow of Trumpism
(Biden faces an uphill task in manoeuvring through the legacy of Trump)
As America prepares for the transition from the tumultuous era...
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TOPIC - A Group Of Theocracies: On Why India Should Rebuff OIC On Kashmir
"India Must Rebuff Attempts By The OIC To Interfere In Its...
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TOPIC - Crisis Defused: On Hindi Imposition
"Compulsory Learning Should Be Limited To The Child’s Mother Tongue"
The Centre has moved quickly to defuse a potentially volatile controversy over the...
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TOPIC – In the U.S., it could go either way
With scarcely two weeks of campaigning remaining before voting day in the U.S. presidential election, it...
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Topic - Deal In Danger: On Iran And The Nuclear Deal
Time Is Running Out For European Signatories To The Nuclear Pact To Address Iran’s...
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Topic - Caught Napping: On Nipah Outbreak In Kerala
“Kerala Makes Up For Lost Focus By Acting Quickly On The Nipah Outbreak”
A year after Kerala’s prompt action quickly brought the...
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TOPIC – An eviction in Sri Lanka, this day, that age
As societies overwhelmed by the novel coronavirus pandemic witness heightening fear, economic deprivation, and a persisting curtailment of public events, remembering the past to chart...
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Topic : A Weak Test: On Swachh Ranking Of Cities
“Swachh Survekshan Should Go Beyond Symbolism And Adopt Sustainability”
The NDA government’s Swachh Survekshan, the ranking...
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TOPIC – Trust deficit
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, a federation of around 500 farmer organisations, has resolved to intensify its agitation against three farm laws hurriedly enacted...
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TOPIC – Personal choices, the Constitution’s endurance
In a short and well – reasoned order, the Allahabad High Court declared last month that religious conversions, even...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – Trust deficit
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, a federation of around 500 farmer organisations, has resolved to intensify its agitation against three farm laws hurriedly enacted...
PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS
TOPIC – The right balance
(Sudden, organic protests should not automatically invite the state’s strong arm)
Long after Shaheen Bagh became a potent symbol of democratic resistance against a discriminatory law, the Supreme Court has ventured to hold that any such indefinite blockade of a public pathway is unacceptable. And that the administration ought to...
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TOPIC – The reality of an India at the crossroads
Individual events are often an indicator of broader trends. Any vision of the future is again significantly linked to what is taking place...
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TOPIC – Pointing the finger at parliamentary scrutiny
The new Farm Bills passed by Parliament in the last monsoon session have evoked a scale of protest unforeseen by the government. Negotiations between the government and the farmers seem to have produced no result, and the farmers are determined to scale up...
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TOPIC – Tax policy in trying times
(The events of the pandemic show how it is the need of the hour to modernise India’s archaic tax laws)
The word ‘lockdown’, which is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year, sums up the pain...
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TOPIC – China’s post-COVID aggression is reshaping Asia
India’s deadly encounter with China in the Galwan Valley is not an outlier in Beijing’s recent behaviour in Asia....
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TOPIC OF THE DAY- A) Life without GSP
“India must not underestimate the impact of the U.S. withdrawal of trade privileges”
The U.S. has ultimately acted...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY- A) Lokpal, at last
"The establishment of the anti-graft body is a welcome development"
The selection of Justice P.C. Ghose as the...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY- A) Travesty of justice: On Samjhauta case acquittals
“The Samjhauta blast case raises doubts about India’s resolve to prosecute terror cases”
The acquittal of...
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THE HINDU EDITORIAL
Walk the talk: On the Manipur crisis and reconciliation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally acknowledges Manipur crisis; now he should push for peace
A day after a...
SBI launches MSME Sahaj: 15-minute online loan solution
1 SBI launches MSME Sahaj: 15-minute online loan solution
State Bank of India (SBI) has introduced a revolutionary online business loan solution called “ MSME...
SBI ने लॉन्च किया MSME सहज : 15-मिनट का ऑनलाइन लोन सॉल्यूशन
1 SBI ने लॉन्च किया MSME सहज : 15-मिनट का ऑनलाइन लोन सॉल्यूशन
भारतीय स्टेट बैंक (SBI) ने “MSME सहज” नामक एक क्रांतिकारी ऑनलाइन व्यापार ऋण...
