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International Chess Olympiad In Chennai Was A Great Event For India
By Kalyani Shankar Chess became a craze after Celebrated Bengali Director Satyajit Ray’s movie ‘Shatranj ki Khiladi’ created a big buzz in 1977. But the recent Netflix release ” Queen’s Gambit” took it to a different level worldwide. The story is about a child prodigy living in...
Venkaiah Naidu Had A Good Rapport With Opposition During His Tenure As V-P
By Harihar Swarup “My operation depends on your co-operation, otherwise there will be separation.” As Venkaiah Naidu, 73, demitted office as Vice-President of India on August 10, the Rajya Sabha of which was ex-officio Chairman, will be poorer for his quick wit and puns, many of which elicited...
Veteran Lawyer Kapil Sibal Is Angry With Supreme Court And Judiciary
By Sushil Kutty Veteran lawyer Kapil Sibal isn’t a happy lawyer. It was only a few days ago that the Supreme Court had asked him to be the court’s friend, help it understand the “freebies culture”, and what ought to be done with the pettifoggery that some political...
Chinese Exporters’ Dragon Grip Entangles India
By Nantoo Banerjee Why is it a matter of such a tearing hurry for Indian Railways that it has to rush to China to import 39,000 wheels while the same could have been locally produced? The Railways were well aware of the shortage of wheels for Linke Hofmann Busch...
Congress Must Stand Up To Modi Government’s ED Terrorism
By Amulya Ganguli The enforcement directorate’s relentless pursuit of the Congress and other opposition parties can prove to be counter-productive in the long run. For a start, the impression can grow that the supposedly autonomous agency is being less than professional in its targeting of the non- BJP parties....
India Has World’s Highest Number Of ‘Extremely Poor’ Denizens
By Sushil Kutty Droupadi Murmu has taken oath on July 25, the 15th President of India. Her salary: Rs 5 lakh per month, plus perks. But why talk of the President’s salary? That is because there’s a big gap between what Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picks for high office...
Workforce Being Ditched, Assurances Of The Centre Lose Face Value
By Gyan Pathak Social security coverage to entire workforce in India will remain a dream even if the Code on Social Security 2020 is implemented in the country. There is lack of enough provisions in it. Moreover, skilling to make our workforce future ready will also not be possible...
Nitish Kumar Caught Into BJP Chakravyuha And Gasping
By Arun Srivastava Sceptical of the political consequences of its open attack on Nitish Kumar just ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP duo Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have preferred to launch a proxy war through R C P Singh an ex union minister in Modi...
Is Indian Economy As Strong As Claimed By FM Nirmala Sitharaman
By K R Sudhaman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is confident that Indian economy is in a comfort zone to weather the storm witnessed in the global economy, with some of the advanced economies heading towards recession. Winding up the debate on price rise in Rajya Sabha she quoted IMF...
Kerala Wants Tax On Essential Goods Withdrawn
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The Seventh Governing Council meeting of Niti Ayog saw Kerala making a strong pitch for reviewing the decision to impose tax on essential items and co9ntinuing the GST compensation for the revenue loss to the States for five more years. A clear-cut and...
