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• A Country of Political Godmen | L K Sharma

  12 June 2021, by L K Sharma

  by L K Sharma
  Signs of fake modernity proliferate in an India trudging back towards the medieval era. A number of Godmen have been exposed in recent years but many continue to make hay. Laughable “scientific” statements are made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders, reflecting the diminishing scientific temper. Miracle remedies gain popularity. Some BJP leaders claim that faith can banish Corona, devaluing the role of modern medicine and the importance of following Covid (…)

• 126 Nobel Laureates and Experts Issue Timely Warning on Some Crucial Issues, But Miss Other Urgent Concerns | Bharat Dogra

  12 June 2021, by Bharat Dogra

  Review Article by Bharat Dogra
  An extremely important recent statement on critical issues faced by humankind was recently released in late April by 126 Nobel Laureates. This statement was inspired by the discussions at the 2021 Nobel Prize Summit, issued by the Steering Committee and co-signed by Nobel Laureates and experts. This statement is titled Our Planet, Our Future—A Call for Action (OPOF-CA). While this statement makes several very important observations, it is really surprising (…)

• Covid -19 Vaccination in India: Prioritizing the Informal Workforce | Sanjoy De

  12 June 2021

  by Dr. Sanjoy De
  The first case of Covid 19 infection was detected in India on January 27, 2020 in Kerala. What followed this incident was the sordid saga of a very costly experimental-type medical treatment everywhere, which is still going on. Now, the only silver lining is that some clinically proved vaccines have been invented which the experts are opining to be the potential game changer. Here it is to be ‘jubilantly’ noted that India is the largest producer of vaccine in the world and (…)

• Cathartic Effect Of Supreme Court’ Intervention: Free Vaccine For All Adult Population | Vijay Kumar

  12 June 2021

  by Vijay Kumar*
  John Maynard Keynes, one of the greatest economists and staunchest proponents of state’s intervention in economic matter, who along with longest serving American President and one of the greatest statesmen of last century, Franklin D. Roosevelt, saved and civilized capitalism by transforming it from ‘laissez faire’ into welfare state, once remarked that “man will do the rational thing only after exhausting all irrational options”. The decision of Government of India, (…)

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  An Organic Intellectual of Haryana is No More | Ranbir Singh

  12 June 2021

  OBITUARY
  Born on 11 June 1935, at Chautala (Sirsa) in a land owning Jat family, Prof. D.R. Chaudhry is no more. He breathed his last on June 2, 2021 at Rohtak owing to old age complications.
  After getting Master’s Degree in English from Delhi University, he taught in Dyal Singh College, New Delhi for about two decades and remained active in Delhi University Teachers’ Union before joining Haryana Public Service Commission as its Member in 1977 owing to his proximity to the then Chief (…)

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  Remembering Arjun Charan Sethi: The genteel politician | Rup Narayan Das

  12 June 2021

  by Rup Narayan Das
  Late Shri Arjun Charan Sethi, whose first death anniversary fell on 8th June this year was a eight time Member of Parliament and was the Union Water Resources Minister in Atal Behari Vajpayee’s cabinet in 2000. Born in a humble family in his ancestral village in Odong in Bhadrak in 1941, by dint of sheer hard work and perseverance, he could rise to the pinnacle of success as a Union Cabinet Minister. It was his conviction and commitment for the poor and down trodden that (…)

• Relevance of SAARC in The age of new normal | Santhosh Mathew

  12 June 2021

  by Santhosh Mathew
  The South Asian Regional Cooperation also known as SAARC, is a regional cooperation comprising of eight countries i.e. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. When SAARC was initially constituted in 1985, there were only seven member states however in 2007 Afghanistan was added to this regional grouping. The following countries have taken up observer status at the SAARC, they are China, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Mauritius, United (…)

• Politicisation of civil services amid rising Centre-state rift: Events in West Bengal of May 2021 | Ahmed Raza

  12 June 2021

  by Ahmed Raza *
  The beginning of a new controversy between centre and state administrative relations on account of recalling Chief Secretary of West Bengal for placement of his services with the government of India despite three months extension already given to him for serving with the state seems to be a politically motivated rather than an administrative decision of Government of India. The way the Department of Personnel & Training, (DoPT), Government of India has acted by (…)

• Right To Privacy Is Not An Absolute Right | Chittarvu Raghu

  12 June 2021

  by Chittarvu Raghu *
  Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India issued a notification dated 25th Feb, 2021 in exercise of powers conferred under Sub Sec.1 & 2 of Sec. 87 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, framing rules titled as ‘the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines & Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. The Rules have come into force after the expiry of three months window period.
  Rules 4(2) of the contemplates that a significant social (…)

• The Highway Dhaba - A Trip Down Memory lane | Avay Shukla

  12 June 2021

  by Avay Shukla *
  4 June 2021
  I am essentially a " dhaba " man. Give me a choice between a good, clean dhaba on a highway and a fancy restaurant and I shall plump for the former every time, even if you are paying the bill! This is not a reverse snobbishness, or my inability to decipher "Potatoes Dauphinoise" or " Coq Au Vin", but a conviction that there is no better return on culinary investment than what a genuine dhaba can provide.
  I think I’ve acquired this trait from my dad, a (…)