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Iran Deal: Obama earns his Nobel
12 April 2015, by M K BhadrakumarThe Iran nuclear agreement, which was reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2, 2015, is an incredible diplomatic victory for the United States. It contains terms that are far better than anyone would have expected. Short of dismantling (...) -
Improving Police Command
12 April 2015, by Kuldip NayarIt is a travesty of justice. The court has let off all the 16 policemen, belonging to the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) of Uttar Pradesh due to lack of evidence. It was dark and it was difficult to determine who from among the policemen (...) -
Act East through the North-East
12 April 2015, by Jajati K PattnaikThe ‘Look East Policy’ changed into the ‘Act East Policy’ under the present political dispensation led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This dispensation has called for a robust and result-oriented diplomacy to attain India’s national interest in (...) -
A Brahmin Misfit
12 April 2015by Kamakshi Balasubramanian
India is a huge country, and represents many ethnic groups. In spite of it, for the most part, someone like me is nearly always recognised as a Tamil Brahmin pretty quickly and pretty accurately.
So what?
The idea of (...) -
Judicial Activism, Right or Wrong
12 April 2015, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
When politicians as a community are in a state of siege in the eyes of the public, it is extremely short-sighted on the part of any government to make any move that may appear to the public as a means to cover up or to close (...) -
The Last Devadasi: Does her Death brings down Curtain on a Disgraceful Temple Custom?
12 April 2015, by A K BiswasDevadasi, though described as a female slave of the gods, used with reference to women dedicated to the temple, was actually a temple prostitute. Many parts of India boasted of these women who were an integral part of Hindu shrines. And she (...) -
Islamic State (IS) Declines
12 April 2015, by Harish ChandolaIt may be too early to say that the days of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (IS) appear to be numbered. It has lost quite a lot of territory and revenue and has been completely driven out of the Kurdish region and much of Iraq. From 35,000 (...) -
Union Budget 2015-16: Injustice to Dalits and Adivasis
12 April 2015, by Bharat DograIn order to reduce and remove the many-sided disadvantages and problems faced by Dalits and adivasis, sub-plans for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have been introduced to ensure adequate and justice-based availability of funds for (...) -
Judging the Judges: Debating Judicial Conduct
12 April 2015by Kaleeswaram Raj
The Supreme Court Bar Association had proposed a resolution demanding “fair treatment of lawyers” by judges. The notice issued recently by the Association, which consists of members from almost all the States in the country, (...) -
Examinations and Professional Competence
12 April 2015, by Sudhir VombatkereCheating in Examinations
The recent news reports of wholesale cheating in matriculation examinations in Bihar, with pictures of accomplices dangerously climbing the walls of buildings in which examinations were being held, to hand over (...)
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