Significance of Vietnam PM Chinh’s visit to India: Action plan to elevate the...
Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh paid a state visit to India (30 July-1 August 2024) accompanied by a high-level delegation that included several ministers, deputy ministers, senior officials, and several...
View ArticleThe need for a comprehensive transformation of national security structures
The author and new age guru, Deepak Chopra, once wrote “that all great changes are preceded by chaos”. Like it or not one cannot run away from the reality that our military finds itself in...
View ArticleCourting differences
SC dealt with HC judge’s remarks against it. But the real issue is courts must put justice over remit That an SC bench had a special sitting to take to task a judge of Punjab...
View ArticleCourting differences
There was a disagreement between two important courts in India – the Supreme Court (SC) and the Punjab & Haryana High Court (HC). A judge from the High Court said some things that weren’t nice...
View ArticleGenZ, chill!
GenABC is Brat too We are a community all our own. The golden-oldies of our complex. We live up to its name. We get ready companionship from the Dostis we forge here. At our communal...
View ArticleJob half done
Indexation benefit for house sale should have been retained even for transactions post-budget When grown-ups sell a house, they sometimes have to pay taxes on the money they make from the sale. The...
View ArticleJob half done
Indexation benefit for house sale should have been retained even for transactions post-budget The govt’s move to introduce a grandfathering clause for the contentious budget proposal that removed...
View ArticleWhy boundaries are essential for true freedom
By:- Neil Vimalkumar The striving for personal space and freedom is a mark of a progressive society. Ironically, though, freedom thrives only within boundaries. An autonomous culture might get...
View ArticleShe’s still gold
Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification feels like a Shakespearean tragedy. Its cause must be investigated and made public. But her dangal in different arenas remains as inspiring as ever. All of us have seen...
View ArticleCan Bangladesh’s banker to the poor save its democracy?
The test of the interim govt headed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus appointed by President Mohammed Shahabuddin in consultation with Bangladesh’s defence bosses and the Anti-Discrimination Students...
View ArticleImports vs atmanirbhar debate and India’s quest for military modernisation
India’s military modernisation quest is primarily through imports. India’s domestic military industrial complex (MIC) had very little to support its armed forces that import two-thirds weapons from...
View ArticleThe caste census question: Who benefits and who is called out?
With Kamala Harris’ rise as the Democrat contender for the White House, the oldest and largest democracies of the world are now engaging in discussions of similar paradigms, with the issues of race and...
View ArticleCaptain & Goalie
Harmanpreet & Sreejesh best exemplified the spirit of our bronze-winning hockey team Forty-four years ago in Moscow, India had prevailed over Spain 4-3 in a nerve-jangling final to claim its eighth...
View ArticleCitizen Vinesh
A rare athlete who has become famous even without winning big titles In sports, most famous athletes win big medals and trophies. But that’s not the case with Vinesh Phogat. Even though she hasn’t won...
View ArticleLet’s fake it
If everything and everyone becomes spurious the bogus becomes the bona fide Employees of an accredited university in Rajasthan have reportedly hit upon a money-making scheme by handing out fake...
View ArticleCitizen Vinesh
Rarely does a rare sportsperson become a star without winning. And her story is not over To the podium finishers, belong the laurels. But then there is Vinesh Phogat. Goldless, medalless, she has got...
View ArticleCaptain Harmanpreet and Goalkeeper Sreejesh
Our hockey team won the bronze medal at the Olympics, and two of the team’s most important players were the captain, Harmanpreet Singh, and the goalkeeper, PR Sreejesh Forty-four years ago, India had...
View ArticlePolitics and ethics must be welded into a unit
By Sumit Paul ”Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men,” the historian and moralist, who was otherwise known as Acton, expressed this...
View Article‘Live up to what parliamentary stands for’
Legislatures have a sacrosanct responsibility of oversight, law making and ensuring financial accountability. Over the decades, there has been a manifold increase in roles and responsibilities of...
View ArticleHouse that fair?
The govt’s decision to withdraw budget’s proposed increase in long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax on real estate must be welcomed. But, as the move is limited to property deals executed before budget...
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