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Trump’s economic blitzkrieg threatens globalization in letter and spirit
April 9, 2025, 11:21 PM IST
It does not require any background to admit that the ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA) project of President Donald Trump is a shibboleth to mask the weak American economy. In order to check the high…
April 9, 2025, 11:21 PM IST
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Farmers removed: Speculations persist
March 20, 2025, 5:08 PM IST
The removal of the protesting farmers from Shambhu and Khanauri borders is a welcome step even though inordinately late. The industrialists in Punjab are rightly elated over it. It will take a long time for…
March 20, 2025, 5:08 PM IST
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Congress party’s albatross
February 8, 2025, 11:00 PM IST
Now that the Congress Party has drawn a blank in the Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections, the question is bound to crop up once again about the usefulness of Rahul Gandhi as the party’s star campaigner….
February 8, 2025, 11:00 PM IST
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Trump’s nationalist agenda vibes well with Modi’s
January 25, 2025, 12:29 PM IST
That President Donald Trump had, during electioneering campaign, clearly voiced his ‘America First’ policy is no news. For once, Trump’s emphasis on MAGA (Make America Great Again) ideology and fewer rules for American citizens have…
January 25, 2025, 12:29 PM IST
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ONOE needed to check youth’s growing disenchantment with democratic process
January 10, 2025, 11:09 PM IST
While announcing the poll schedule for Delhi, the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar rightly observed that “Aggression during campaigns sows seeds of impatience and younger generations are weaning away from elections.” This is the most…
January 10, 2025, 11:09 PM IST
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Hear the male voice too
December 20, 2024, 5:45 PM IST
The Supreme Court of India has rightly shown concern over the “worrying trend that consensual relationships going on for a prolonged period, upon turning sour, have been sought to be criminalized by invoking criminal jurisprudence”….
December 20, 2024, 5:45 PM IST
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ONOS is welcome; how about India’s own benchmarking agency?
December 2, 2024, 10:01 PM IST
‘One Nation, One Subscription’ scheme launched by the government is a welcome step towards giving a fillip to research activities in the country. It is meant to take the burden off the shoulders of higher…
December 2, 2024, 10:01 PM IST
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Let the Woke sleep now
November 14, 2024, 4:17 PM IST
The victory of Donald Trump in the American elections showed us in India what we learnt at the end of the Vidhan Sabha elections in Haryana. In both cases, the psephologists’ predictions came a cropper….
November 14, 2024, 4:17 PM IST
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BJP in an unenviable spot in Haryana
September 7, 2024, 7:52 PM IST
The BJP in Haryana faces an uphill task in the forthcoming assembly elections on several counts, not the least significant of which is the discontent among party workers. Granted that it is common with every…
September 7, 2024, 7:52 PM IST
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Stem the culture of violence in West Bengal
August 21, 2024, 11:14 PM IST
Once again, the Mamta Banerjee government is in the dock for the planned attack by goons on the RG Kar Hospital on August 14. It is clear that the thousand-strong crowd aimed to disrupt the…
August 21, 2024, 11:14 PM IST
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Mind the middle-class woes in Union Budget Modi ji!
July 16, 2024, 3:35 PM IST
As the time for the presentation of the Union Budget comes near, the Indian middle class, particularly the salaried people, pin their hopes for a fairer treatment but feel cheated year after year. They can…
July 16, 2024, 3:35 PM IST
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Of degrees and awards on sale
June 28, 2024, 10:39 PM IST
A few days back, there was the news about a fake university having sold out 1000 PhD degrees against which action has been taken by the authorities. The sale of degrees by fake or lesser-known…
June 28, 2024, 10:39 PM IST
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National interest vs party interest at election time
May 17, 2024, 4:45 PM IST
While addressing an election meeting in a Kurukshetra village recently, the BJP candidate and well-known industrialist Naveen Jindal asked the audience rhetorically, “Which is greater – the party or the nation?” to which the unanimous…
May 17, 2024, 4:45 PM IST
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Uncle Sam’s reveries
April 7, 2024, 10:53 PM IST
Uncle Sam has grown old and senile but ‘dil hai ki maanta nahin’ (the heart won’t listen). His aspirations of the bygone time when he was young and the world was full of adventure possess…
April 7, 2024, 10:53 PM IST
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Need to be atmanirbhar in research publication to stem exploitation
March 26, 2024, 11:21 PM IST
There is no denying the fact that research has its value in the life of an academic who teaches in any institution of higher learning. The ocean of knowledge, as Socrates called it, is indeed…
March 26, 2024, 11:21 PM IST
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The murky examination ecosystem
March 10, 2024, 10:58 PM IST
There is the proverbial tu daal daal main paat paat or one-upmanship scenario with regard to the efforts of the education department in Haryana in conducting exams as these should be versus the way the…
March 10, 2024, 10:58 PM IST
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The non-issue of politics over Ram Mandir
January 21, 2024, 6:18 PM IST
The consecration of the Ram Lalla idol at Ayodhya and even the construction of the temple are unnecessarily being dragged into political mire by vested interests. What should have been a smooth and happy event…
January 21, 2024, 6:18 PM IST
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Merit is the only means to make India a developed nation
January 7, 2024, 11:26 PM IST
Making India a developed nation by 2047 is high on the agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For this purpose, public opinion as also the views of experts and scholars are being sought at different…
January 7, 2024, 11:26 PM IST
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Those who live in glass houses…
December 19, 2023, 2:25 PM IST
After the QUAD, the G20 bonhomie, 2+2 confabulations and all that, comes the dampener of US umbrage at the presumed action by the Indian intelligence in trying to neutralize the proclaimed terrorist Pannun on the…
December 19, 2023, 2:25 PM IST
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Decolonizing history teaching
November 26, 2023, 7:52 PM IST
The recent announcement regarding the inclusion of epics like Ramayana and Mahabharat in the history syllabi of students studying in schools has raised heckles in some quarters. Mainly the criticism is not about the desirability…
November 26, 2023, 7:52 PM IST
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