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- GOVIND BHATTACHARJEE When the governing idea of a State is proclaimed to be the Sharia, it is to be understood that the notion of modernity does not apply here. Afghan men and women themselves would have to fight for the [...]
- Gandhi’s Ashram at Ahmedabad, known as Sabarmati Ashram, is an unusual monument of international importance. It was Gandhi’s home from 1917 to 1930. He led the famous Dandi March from the Ashram and pledged not to return to the Ashram [...]
- By Tanvi Deshpande The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report includes a chapter on short-lived climate forcers like methane, whose global warming potential is estimated to be 28-34 times that of carbon dioxide. On August 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate [...]
- Rajive Gauba , the Cabinet Secretary of India , #IAS officer of 1982 batch of #Jharkhand Cadre @cabsect_india has been approved extension by appointment committee of Cabinet for a further period of one year beyond 30/08/21 @IASassociation [...]
- By Mandy Mayfield China is making progress with several space-related initiatives that are becoming a growing concern for the United States and its allies. Pentagon officials have grown increasingly worried in recent years about the vulnerability of spacecraft to anti-satellite weapons [...]
- By: Darshan Singh Since 1947, the key objective of self-reliance (atma nirbhar) has remained a mirage just beyond the elusive horizon. Everyone and everyone, claims to know what needs to be done, but to make it happen, we as a [...]
- By: Anup Srivastava New Education Policy 2020 talks a lot about inclusion but lacks clear direction to increase enrolment of students from weaker sections of society. India’s New Education Policy-2020, which was recently unveiled by the Central government, rightly states [...]
- The Public Enterprises Selection Board @PESB will conduct the interviews for the selection of Chairman-and-Managing Director of state-owned Telecommunications Consultants of India Limited (TCIL), an engineering and consultancy firm. The PESB has so far received 31 applications. Internal contenders for [...]
- A 1994 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalya Cadre, Avinash Joshi is reportedly a strong contender for the post of CMD ONGC. He hails from Guajrat.
- The UT of Jammu & Kashmir today faces a vulnerable transition, after decades of bloody conflict fought between the government and terrorists. Kashmir peace foundation members observed that religious figures should participate and facilitate interfaith dialogue addressing reconciliation, justice and coexistence in [...]
- By Dr Birbal Jha Until March 2020 I had never thought even remotely that I would be working from home one day, conducting classes in English communication skills and grooming the young generation from the deprived section of the society [...]
- BY BRADLEY A. THAYER AND LIANCHAO HAN, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS The World Health Organization (WHO) last week finally declared the coronavirus from China that rapidly spread across the world a pandemic. Now, with more than 150,000 confirmed cases globally and more than 5,700 deaths, the [...]
