Category: Indian Politics
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Justice for Lankesh
Thousands took the streets in Bangalore to protest the murder of the rationalist journalist, Gauri Lankesh. Gauri Lankesh was a prominent journalist and writer, who lived in Bangalore..
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India’s bullet train
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be in India to lay the foundation stone of the 508-km long Mumbai-Ahmadabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR). It will be the first India’s first high speed..
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Tolerant India
Raghuram Rajan has said that it is important for India’s economic growth that the country remains “tolerant.” Rajan is the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India..
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Abu Salem gets life
Abu Salem has been sentenced to life in jail by a special court in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. A series of 12 bomb explosions took place in Mumbai (then named Bombay) on..
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UP, the apathy continues
Indian police are investigating the deaths of dozens of new-borns at a hospital in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh. Forty-nine children died at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in a month..
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Implications of Right to Privacy
Part III of the Constitution of India guarantees certain fundamental rights to the citizens. Article 21 which states that no person shall be deprived of his life and liberty except as..
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BRICS Summit commences
China has committed itself to providing $76 million to launch economic and technical cooperation between BRICS nations. The BRICS Summit is being held in the city of Xiamen.
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Demonetization – a failure?
The annual report from the Reserve Bank of India has revealed that 99% of notes that were demonetized in November 2016 had been returned to the banks. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016 announced the demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 bank notes. In an unscheduled address to the nation, he…
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Why the apathy?
63 children have reportedly died at Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College hospital in Gorakhpur from August 27 and August 29. Over 100 children have died in the hospital in..
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Lessons for India-China
India and China have called off the military stand-off at Doklam ahead of the BRIC Summit. However, what does the future hold for the two fastest growing economies in the world?