Month: August 2016

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Bric a Brac

Gadkari in the US

MODI Cabinet’s senior minister Nitin Gadkari is walking in his boss Modi’s footsteps now. He was in the US for a week in...

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Who killed the Mahatma?

ONE of the perennial subjects of debate in India’s political circles is the question: Who killed the Mahatma? This evergreen topic has been...

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By the Way

Questionable appointment

When high-profile Amitabh Kant, a 1980-batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, moved to NITI Ayog as CEO after retirement, it was expected...

By the Way

Gag order?

One should not be surprised in the days to come if all government servants remove their social media accounts. They may also excuse...

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By the Way

Crossed wires

Digital India’s mission is “to transform the entire ecosystem of public services through the use of information technology”. The Government of India has...

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Stock Doctor

Stock Doctor : Avoid panic buying

THE BSE’s market capitalisation (the aggregate value of companies trading on BSE) reached a record high of `108.03 trillion on July 25, 2016...

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Talk Time

‘Our economic sources have been killed’

You have given more than seven decades of your life to environment conservation and social service as a Gandhian. You turned 88 last...

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State Scan

Multi-billion Simhastha swindle: Putting CWG scam to shame

SIMHASTHA 2016 has turned out to be the biggest ever government-sponsored materialistic fraud in the garb of spirituality in India, or, perhaps, in...

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Perspective

Perspective : Keeping focus

FOR the past 12 years, I have led an annual pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, undeniably the most mystical mountain on the planet. Centuries...

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Governance

Governance : Why change the financial year?

ONE morning’s newspapers carried the news that the central government has decided to consider a change in the present Financial Year [April 1...