Month: December 2016

By the Way

Murmurs in Parliament

The UP-cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch was appointed the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha Secretariat in the rank and status of...

By the Way

Open secret

As per the Government, nobody had the clue about demonetisation. On November 8, a gazette notification was issued by the Department of Economic...

By the Way

By the way : Vox pop

Most civil servants are very busy these days. They don’t have any holiday on Saturdays and Sundays. Under Modi, a government order can...

By the Way

By the way : Who will be CBI chief?

Who will be the new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation? The present incumbent Anil Sinha has retired. The 1984-batch IPS officer of...

sadhguru
Perspective

Perspective : More than a dream

MUCH importance has been given by New Age spirituality to dream and dream states. Unfortunately, dreams are often interpreted today in ways that...

GS-Sood
Stock Doctor

Stock Doctor : Opportunity to buy

THE Prime Minister who believes in inclusive growth with “sabka saath sabka vikas” not only gave those hoarding black money more than one...

First Stirrings

Not yet tired

SURENDRA Singh, a mathematics post-graduate from Allahabad University, had made up his mind to join the civil services early in his life. India...

Book Extract

‘Who? Me? Prime Minister?’

Janardan Thakur started his career in journalism with the nationalist Patna daily, The Searchlight, in December 1959. In his long and distinguished career...

Event

Gita: good governance models

TO understand, analyse, interpret and adopt good governance models, we need to imbibe lessons from the Bhagavad Gita which is an ism-neutral, religion...

Governance

Show of Strength

THE deadly attacks on strategic military establishments by Pakistan army in Pathankot, Uri and the series of border violations, shelling of civilian targets,...