by Ram Puniyani
Pragya Singh Thakur is no ordinary member of BJP, the ruling dispensation in the country. She is a MP from Bhopal and was also made the member of defense committee before she was removed from that committee for her statement (...)
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Political Ideology of BJP: Pragya Singh Thakur | Ram Puniyani
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Is Access to Education Declining Fast for Weaker Section Students | Bharat Dogra
26 December 2020, by Bharat Dograby Bharat Dogra
Developments in the education sector have generally been discussed in terms of slow or rapid progress. We have been used to saying—yes the access to education of this level has improved but it should have improved more. Now (...) -
The man who used to get people acquitted in false cases has been implicated in one himself | Nilkantha Mandal, Sandeep Pandey and Kushagra Kumar
26 December 2020All his life he fought valiantly to defend the rights of the people belonging to marginalized sections of society who were persecuted by the State or people who would stand up for their rights and consequently were targeted by the ruling elite (...) -
Kakori Conspiracy Case: 93rd Anniversary of the Death Sentencing of Members of Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) | Shamsul Islam
26 December 2020, by Shamsul IslamOn August 9, 1925 a group of Indian revolutionaries affiliated to the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) which included Chandershekhar Azad, Ashfaqullah Khan, Ram Prasad Bismil, Rajender Lahiri, Roshan Singh, Manmathnath Gupt and others (...) -
India’s military diplomacy is delusional | M K Bhadrakumar
26 December 2020, by M K BhadrakumarDecember 21, 2020
The recent visits by the army chief General MM Naravane to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia generated some excitement among Indian analysts that a brave new world of ‘military diplomacy’ has dawned. Bombastic coinages (...) -
Match Fixing in Academic Institutions | K N Ninan
26 December 2020by K N Ninan
Match-fixing is a malady associated with sporting events such as cricket and football. But what is not known is that this is also true of the academic world especially in the appointment of faculty, administrative staff, (...) -
Towards a New Digital Rights Paradigm: Emerging Concerns in Europe and Response of the European Union | Aakansha Natani
26 December 2020by Aakansha Natani *
Abstract The 21st century began with an intensification of technological advancements in the internet based technologies and as history stands witness, the human race is bound to make further leaps in the development of the (...) -
Extended Report on Profits over Health - Track Record of the Big Pharma | Global Justice Now (Dec 2020)
26 December 2020The report, The horrible history of Big Pharma: Why we can’t leave pharmaceutical corporations in the driving seat of the Covid-19 response, finds that 6 of the biggest corporations in the coronavirus market generated $266 billion last year, with profits totalling $46 billion. Judged by revenue, Johnson & Johnson is more wealthy than rich countries like New Zealand and Hungary. Pfizer’s revenues are bigger than oil-rich Kuwait or Malaysia.
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David John Moore Cornwell, better known as... | Sasha Simic
26 December 2020David John Moore Cornwell, better known as the novelist John le Carré, died on the 12 December 2020. He leaves a remarkable body of work. Le Carré came to prominence during the great spy craze of the early sixties. But what distinguished his work (...) -
Being born working class is bad for your health | Lindsay Richards and Patrick Präg
26 December 2020November 8, 2018
Social mobility is seen as an essential societal goal – one that occupies most democratic governments. But moving up and down the social ladder can be very stressful, and it is well documented that long-lasting or repeated stress (...)