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The quashing of the appointment of Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) is a big blow to the state government, though not entirely unexpected. The tribunal also stated that the process followed in Gupta’s appointment last February was against the provisions...

As India is facing its worst economic slowdown in decades, the situation has thrown up a mix of challenges and opportunities for this government as it prepares for the Union Budget. However, before writing what the government should do or should not do in the...

Every year, several million women die of breast cancer. My mother died of it. Many of my friends have it. Some have had their breasts removed. Some are undergoing chemotherapy and have lost their hair. It is no longer a hidden disease that one talks...

It may intrigue many of us to know what a tiny island country in the North Atlantic, Iceland, has gone ahead and done. The Alpingi (Parliament) of Iceland had voted 60-3 in favor of a statute recently. And it is interesting to note what that...

The outbreak of ‘novel coronavirus’ infection in Wuhan of China, which has now spread to several countries worldwide, has raised much concern. In China, the viral infection has claimed at least 86 lives and more than 400 people are critically ill from it. The other...

As of Saturday, January 25, the number of 24X7 protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens crossed more than 50. There are Indians gathered together in Ahmedabad, Aligarh, Allahabad, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhagalpur, Bhopal, Cochin, Darbhanga, Deoband, Dewas, Gaya, Gopalganj-Siwan,...

The appointment of 1984-batch IPS officer AP Maheshwari as the new Director-General of the CRPF came as a surprise to some observers. Maheshwari took over from ITBP Director General SS Deswal who was holding additional charge of CRPF after the superannuation of its previous DG...

As one gets closer to the day of the Union Budget, one’s expectations from it are soaring. In all likelihood, next week’s Budget will have some big-bang announcements. The government may try to bring in a lot of structural changes to turbo-charge the economy. Rebooting...

Children use role-play to deal with complicated situations and to understand them better. Young children act out real or imagined situations, not just as themselves, but also as other people or characters such as friends, family members, characters in story books or superheroes; in doing...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known to have had his own style of connecting with the masses. If anything, he excels at that, while his own strengths in governance are a matter of serious debate. His latest happened two days ago, Monday, when he held...