Beware school nationalisation by Sunil Jain

Government policy towards school education is schizophrenic. While on the one hand, it is working on rules to set up,…

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Remote Indian state set for development

A new drive has started to bring development to the remote north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. In a letter…

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Don’t table biotech bill in parliament, CPI to PM

Saying that the biotech bill is all ‘wrong and retrogressive’, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja has written…

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Climate change and poisonous chemicals focus of new UN study

 A major new United Nations study will examine the influence of climate change and some of the world’s most hazardous…

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His Canon Spiked by Ajoy Bose

Kancha Ilaiah’s Post-Hindu India should be essential reading for all who get panicky about Mayawati’s brand of Dalit politics. Unlike…

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A History Of Violation by Kalyani Menon-Sen

In the course of a speech at a public event on the eve of Women’s Day, Chief Justice of India…

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The Card Reads You by Lola Nayar

What’s Working… Cashless facility for hospital care, medicine for BPL families Ensures one-point diagnosis, treatment with empanelled hospitals Fixed charges…

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Eyes Wide Shut by Ajit Sahi

FOR THE human race to survive, Mahatma Gandhi would always insist, its women must eventually take charge of the affairs…

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Inflation rises to 9.89% in February

Wholesale price-based inflation rose to 9.89 per cent in February from 8.56 per cent in the previous month due to…

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Reunited Yet Divided by Supriya Sharma

AS HE FINISHED an animated anecdote-filled account of how they wrested a tworoom apartment in return for bulldozed homes on…

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11th plan aims to create 58 mn new jobs

The government on Monday said 58 million new job opportunities are likely to be created during the 11th Five year…

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A woman ‘sarpanch’ finds her place in the sun by Pallavi Singh

What pleases Sunita Devi most about her position in Garhi Hakeeqat is not the Women’s Reservation Bill promising mandatory reservation…

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Inflation moving fast towards the double-digit mark

With food prices showing no signs of abating and the impact of the fuel price hike in the latest budget…

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Revenue share from sand for dam areas

Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has rolled out a road map for utilising revenue from sand mined from dams. He…

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Cholera epidemic kills 9, affects thousands in Solapur by Siddhesh Inamdar

An epidemic of cholera mainly in the slums in the eastern part of Solapur city has affected 4,048 people, leaving…

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