Governance

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Governance

NAMAMI GANGE : Purifying the Purifier

FOR countless millions, the ‘tripathgamini’ Ganga, the story of India’s civilization, is a river of eternal faith and deliverance, a ‘baitarni’. The promise...

Governance

EC should use ‘Brahmastra’

ELECTION to the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is in its final leg. Nominations are over and the campaign has peaked. Voting will...

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Governance

Those who pollute should pay

THE Swachh Bharat Mission is a flagship programme of the government that is associated with the prestige and image of the country and...

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Governance

A nation sans security?

L’AFFAIRE Pathankot air base—a mess-up by the Punjab Police, Indian Air Force, National Security Guard (NSG), Indian Army and Defence Security Corps, all...

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Governance

A metropolis in deluge

FOR once, Prakash Javadekar has spoken as a true Union environment minister. Though couched in diplomatic language, he has made one point clear–the...

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Governance

Climate justice served

FEW things have generated as much interest worldwide as the climate change negotiations in Paris in December 2015. Seldom in the history of...

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Governance

Pollution politics

NEW Delhi and Beijing are among the most polluted cities of the world. The quality of response that the two political systems have...

Governance

The strategy of silence

IN politics, consummate players have to know when to speak and when to be silent. Manmohan Singh lost his gaddi because he maintained...

Governance

Civil services: pay, perk and performance?

TEN years ago, when the Sixth Pay Commission gave a hefty hike in pay and perks to civil servants, it also entered a...

Governance

The case of the naughty neighbour

THIS is not a whodunit. So no prizes for guessing who the naughty neighbour is. Our problem with Pakistan is that we cannot...