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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Iranian discontent"
There have been frequent and persistent reports in the Western media for several months about large-scale demonstrations and protests by...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Different Clocks:"
Madhya Pradesh has decided to shift its financial year that now runs from April 1 to March 31, to align...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"A political hue"
“Hindu organisations’ response to an international mobilisation of Dalits rights activism has brought the Indian Hindu nationalist agenda into U.K. politics...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Improbable hopes"
“Style is art,” Susan Sontag said, questioning the distinction often made between style and substance, between form and content. Mr....
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Diluting recommendations"
In the proposed amendment to the FRBM Act, key recommendations of the review committee were not accepted. It had wanted...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Good and simple tax"
India’s goods and services tax regime is nearing the end of its first full quarter since roll-out this...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Systemic crisis"
At the heart of it, the crisis in the Korean peninsula reflects an endemic and worrying disorder in the contemporary...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Different From Before"
The singular contradiction that is steadily unravelling the Hindutva project even as it seems to be making progress is...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Scam, or folklore? on 2G case verdict"
What is illegal from the point of view of administrative law may not necessarily be...
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De-Escalation, Not Deal-Making, Is Needed To Reduce Tensions In The Korean Peninsula
With tensions in the Korean peninsula continuing to escalate, Beijing took the rather...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Two trend lines"
The two slow moving trend lines clearly discernible since the Cold War ended a quarter century ago are the shift of...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"A global alignment"
The second recurring theme is the realisation of human potential. This means aligning the courses to international requirements, ensuring...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Turning point in 1967"
The story of Prime Minister Gandhi’s ascent in politics begins in the 1967 elections, when she campaigned for...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Was never recognised"
History is not on the side of the likes of Mr. Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Jerusalem...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"No Easy Solutions: On Tackling NPAs"
Union Minister Piyush Goyal, currently in charge of the Finance Ministry, has announced the formation of...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Russian Steadfastness"
There were several other concrete outcomes from the Putin-Modi summit. India and Russia signed on to a document to expand...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"All animals are equal"
The Centre’s move to notify new rules to regulate livestock markets under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Coal Comeuppance"
It is arguably the logical consequence of the 2014 Supreme Court order declaring all coal block allocations made since 1993 illegal and arbitrary. The...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Upheld At The Hague"
By winning a preliminary order from the International Court of Justice that prevents Pakistan from carrying out the...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Washed Out: On The Floods In Eastern And Western India:"
The floods that have ravaged parts of eastern and western India, leaving at least...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Stable dictatorships"
In a topsy-turvy world, it would appear that autocracies or dictatorships remain more stable, while democracies seem increasingly dysfunctional. Under President Xi Jinping, China, for instance, is...
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TOPIC OF THE DAY:-"Wooing The Upper Castes"
But the Congress did nothing of the sort. It steered clear of the BJP’s majoritarian depredations, and opted to woo the same upper...