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India and Turkey are traditional suppliers of raw opium to the world. India is yet to adopt the new technology while Turkey did it in 1974.    Across India, Agricultural crises topple the lives of our primary producers. But opium is one…
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Maritime includes not only the naval defence policy of the nation, but the commercial shipping as well. As per the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Review of Maritime Transport 2016 (UN 2016), 70 percent by…
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India’s forest cover registers slow growth of 1 percent, but shrink in north eastern states disappointing. The India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2017 might have come as some relief to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate…
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India’s half-hearted politicians are playing hide-and-seek in passing the Women’s Reservation Bill. While the West has come together in support of the Time’s Up campaign, New Delhi’s Chief of Women’s Commission’s #RapeRokko movement…
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Why do we deny women their place in combat forces? The induction of Avani Chaturvedi, Mohana Singh and Bhawana Kanth into the Indian Air Force as combat pilots garnered much media and public glare. When Flying Officer Chaturvedi operated…
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MGR had significant ideological background like no other actor-turned politician has till date. Actor Kamal Hasan has named his political platform as 'Nalai Namadhe' (Tomorrow is ours). While it can be termed a meteoric entry, it wasn’t…
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PM Modi has expressed concerns that despite dialogues, Canada is not fully committed to Indian unity. The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent visit to India received a cold reception and studied silence from his Indian…
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43 percent of 18-year olds can’t do a simple division correctly, 58 percent can’t read their state map. For some time now, we have known that a large number of children are attending school but not learning enough. Recently published…
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A grave humanitarian crisis in Syria which is hardly getting any due attention by the global community. Ever since the siege on Syria’s rebel-held Eastern Ghouta began on February 18, nearly 550 lives have been lost, almost a third…
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