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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Bitter truth is, those who run Indian cricket have themselves injected this idea into fans that cricket is a lot more than a game and the other team is not our opponent but enemy. Kohli, too, has played a big part in forming this idea.
The Centre’s flagship rural employment scheme has run out of funds halfway through the financial year. Also: Around 5 Crore MGNREGA Workers and Their Families Will have to Spend Their Diwali Without Food & Sweets Due to Pending Wages.
Radicalism, the Prime Minister should know, is born in the perceived absence of a conscience in those who control the levers of the Indian State. Radicalisation is suicidal for the weak—and Muslims certainly know that. It is also suicidal for India.
How might purportedly virtuous western values have arisen? Enlightened Europeans set sail for distant shores, claimed the inhabited lands as their own, enslaved the locals, raped the women, chopped off body parts, robbed the resources, destroyed the cultures, among a host of atrocities.
The BJP claims that demonetisation showed the resolve of the government to fight black money and corruption, and the travails faced by the people due to it were a small sacrifice for the gains of demonetisation. An examination of these claims made by the BJP, and the real impact of demonetisation on the economy.
The first prime minister’s legacy isn’t easy to wipe out, but the BJP-RSS will keep trying to erase it unless there is pushback.
While attempts by the ruling party to control the media and the messaging are not new in India, what we see now is the use of new technology to ‘curate’ and exercise ‘centralised control’ to spread disinformation in order to harass and intimidate critics.
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis in the Vatican on 30 October the four gifts which Pope Francis gave PM Modi are extremely significant: they are parables!
Hydropower dams are drivers of climate change as they emit methane, 28-34 times more potent than carbon dioxide, say studies.
With the massive depression of demand that has taken place due to the lockdowns and the Government’s refusal to spend, many rural households that were earlier struggling to keep from falling would have been pushed over the edge.
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