Setback for Congress
The SC dismissal of the Rafale plea has given the BJP fresh ammunition to target the party Now that the Rafale jets have made their way to India and their indispensability has been proven to our forces, the Supreme Court was expected to dismiss a review petition against their acquisition. Politically...
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Sabarimala takeaways
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Pay heed to warning signs
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The nuttiness of history in a nutshell
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Clear roadblocks to innovation
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Understand the burning issue
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Trouble in Jharkhand
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Let Rajpath be
14 November 2019 | Pioneer
Guarantors vs enforcers
The brawl between police officers and lawyers over a parking lot was the manifestation of a misplaced sense of entitlement at work. The episode should lead to corrective introspection Submission to an inviolable sense of justice, order and probity ought to be at the heart of professionals rendering policing and legal...
Answer to power woes blowing in the wind?
The speed at which India is progressing on its wind energy agenda is not encouraging, whereas the targets the country has set itself are very ambitious. Why is there such a major disconnect between plan and action? Many environmental sceptics will write off wind energy as a resource that has literally...
Governor’s decision unconstitutional
President’s Rule in Maharashtra must be shot down by the SC. Elections are a costly affair and a poor country like India can ill-afford frequent polls In my opinion, the recent imposition of President’s Rule in Maharashtra under Article 356 is unconstitutional and needs to be declared as such by the...
Shed the protectionist mindset
Keeping in mind the criticality of being an integral part of the global supply chain to achieve a $5 trillion economy, India needs to reconsider its decision on RCEP The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a conglomeration of 10 members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) viz....
Fee hike unjust
It’s not that JNU students are unreasonable, it’s just that due process must be followed One wonders whether certain moves are made to malign the image of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) as the premier institute of the country, knowing full well that its students won’t stop questioning or give up without...
This is no endgame
The Maharashtra Governor has ticked off boxes rather than honouring the spirit of a federal, democratic system As Maharashtra hurtles towards Presidential Rule, it has shown how a valid electoral verdict and ethics can be subverted by political greed of the day. Not only that, it shows how a centrist party,...
False data mechanism
GDP as a measure of human well-being and progress is flawed. A new set of metrics that can be implemented across the world is the need of the hour The entire focus and preoccupation on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of human progress and advancement has obviously been taken...
