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Bin conversion talk: PM must weigh in and end political shadow play over conversions blockading his government
December 23, 2014, 12:24 AM IST
Attempting to break the parliamentary deadlock on religious conversions, parliamentary affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu has clarified that the government does not support either conversion or reconversion. Yet, both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha remain…
December 23, 2014, 12:24 AM IST
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Set new course: An NDMA of professionals must enhance the agency’s capacity to respond to natural disasters
December 23, 2014, 12:23 AM IST
After prolonged delay, the Centre has finally reconstituted command and control mechanisms at the National Disaster Management Authority where key posts lay vacant even as devastating floods wrought havoc in Jammu & Kashmir in September….
December 23, 2014, 12:23 AM IST
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An NDMA of professionals must enhance the agency’s capacity to respond to natural disasters
December 23, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
After prolonged delay, the Centre has finally reconstituted command and control mechanisms at the National Disaster Management Authority where key posts lay vacant even as devastating floods wrought havoc in Jammu & Kashmir in September….
December 23, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
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The technology Of being human
December 23, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
Here’s a unique opportunity to leverage individual talent and collective capability through tech advances In Being Digital, his prescient book on the new cosmos into which we are hurtling, Nicholas Negroponte talks of the transformation…
December 23, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
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PM must weigh in and end political shadow play over conversions blockading his govt
December 23, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
Attempting to break the parliamentary deadlock on religious conversions, parliamentary affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu has clarified that the government does not support either conversion or reconversion. Yet, both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha remain…
December 23, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
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Amit Shah’s southern forays show BJP remains in campaign mode, regional parties should take note
December 22, 2014, 12:10 AM IST
BJP president Amit Shah says he is learning Tamil. Even as he apologised to locals for speaking in Hindi at his first public rally in Tamil Nadu, his message on Saturday was unambiguous: “The reign…
December 22, 2014, 12:10 AM IST
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Schools need to step up their security, but overkill has its hazard
December 22, 2014, 12:08 AM IST
It’s certainly advisable that schools step up their level of security following not just the ghastly attack on schoolchildren at an army public school in Peshawar, but also many reported incidents of sexual assaults or…
December 22, 2014, 12:08 AM IST
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Too much Hindutva rhetoric
December 22, 2014, 12:06 AM IST
Modi’s silence on communal speeches by members of the Sangh casts a shadow on his governance In the progression of inflammatory political news that saturates headlines in the media, there is often reason to pause…
December 22, 2014, 12:06 AM IST
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New silk road: China’s ambitious infrastructure project envisages opening up Central Asia, but will it work?
December 20, 2014, 12:06 AM IST
The Silk Road, a romantic name that evokes images of camel caravans laden with luxuries wending their way through picturesque mountains and steppes, is back in the news. In its latest avatar, the Silk Road…
December 20, 2014, 12:06 AM IST
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Awareness is critical to India’s tough battle against tuberculosis
December 20, 2014, 12:04 AM IST
Mumbai is a city known far and wide for its indomitable spirit. As proud Mumbaikars, it falls on us to be well informed about looming threats that can adversely impact our city’s welfare. Tuberculosis is…
December 20, 2014, 12:04 AM IST
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War by other means: India should not be a bellicose neighbour as Pakistan deals with Taliban terror
December 20, 2014, 12:02 AM IST
One of the challenges while dealing with terrorism is to discern strategic objectives of the enemy, especially when they are veiled behind despicable tactics. This is even more difficult when the psyche of those at…
December 20, 2014, 12:02 AM IST
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Tipping point: Following Peshawar massacre, Delhi and Islamabad must go beyond tired national enmities
December 20, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
Pakistan has suffered any number of terror attacks in the past, but none so gruesome and compelling in its brutality as this Tuesday’s killing of 132 innocent schoolchildren in Peshawar. It was a crime that…
December 20, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
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Tragic duality: Bail for 26/11 accused Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi exposes gaps in Pakistan’s anti-terror strategy
December 19, 2014, 12:02 AM IST
In an all-party meeting convened after the gruesome massacre of 132 schoolchildren in Peshawar, PM Nawaz Sharif vowed not to distinguish between good and bad Taliban. And there have been unprecedented outpourings of sympathy and…
December 19, 2014, 12:02 AM IST
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What a grinch: Let children enjoy Christmas, HRD ministry must move from being meddler to facilitator
December 19, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
It is now regrettably clear that the HRD ministry did indeed issue a circular to the effect that students attend school on Christmas Day under the guise of observing Good Governance Day. The attempt by…
December 19, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
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Asking if China’s less corrupt than India is comparing apples and oranges
December 18, 2014, 12:06 AM IST
The media went wild this month when Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index showed India, ranked 85th , as being less corrupt than China, ranked 100th , for the first time since 1996. Many celebrated. What…
December 18, 2014, 12:06 AM IST
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Taxing times for Make in India: CBTD will scare away investment if it is allowed to pursue witch-hunts on businesses
December 18, 2014, 12:04 AM IST
It is not rocket science to understand that the PM’s Make in India programme will be derailed without fresh investment. Therefore, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), which earned opprobrium for unleashing ‘tax terrorism’…
December 18, 2014, 12:04 AM IST
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United in grief: Peshawar attack binds Indian and Pakistani netizens through bonds of insaniyat
December 18, 2014, 12:02 AM IST
With the international community in a state of shock over the Peshawar school attack that left 132 children dead, ordinary Indians have taken to social media to express solidarity with the Pakistani victims. The #IndiawithPakistan…
December 18, 2014, 12:02 AM IST
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Lakshman Rekha: India’s parliamentarians disappoint during the winter session — we deserve better
December 18, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
The portents are ominous. Into its last week, the defining feature of the winter session of Parliament thus far has been pandemonium. Crucial bills such as the one to keep many of India’s coal mines…
December 18, 2014, 12:00 AM IST
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Hit me baby one more time: How Narendra Modi won by losing ‘Person of the Year’
December 17, 2014, 12:04 AM IST
All the Indians who voted online to name Narendra Modi as Time magazine’s Person of the Year were deeply disappointed, no doubt. They turned out in the millions and won the vote, but Time’s editors…
December 17, 2014, 12:04 AM IST
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Zero is hero: WPI inflation dips to zero, brings cheer, opens big window for unravelling price controls
December 17, 2014, 12:02 AM IST
Five years and four months after it last contracted, Wholesale Price Index in November was static. A reading of zero is not merely an unusual statistical phenomenon, it has resulted in gains for aam admi….
December 17, 2014, 12:02 AM IST
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