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Not just distress

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has long been viewed as a barometer of rural distress in India. However, the recent Economic Survey challenges this perception

Europe’s Defence

Revelations about the state of Europe’s defences are a stark reminder of the urgent need for a robust and united approach to security within NATO.

Talking Trash

The word trash seems to be in vogue. From managing trash to talking trash to trashing people and ideas, trash is everywhere. Maybe a little more than expected. The etymological roots of the word trash are not exactly clear.

Delhi college with deep Olympic ties

In the national capital, the distance between Mori Gate and Daryaganj should not be more than three to four kilometres. When India's hockey team was chosen for the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, it included Michael A. Gettle and Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi Senior.

Bipartisanism

The Union Budget for 2024-25 has sparked significant discussion due to striking resemblance of some provisions to promises made in the Congress party’s 2024 Lok Sabha election manifesto.

The Biggest Failure of Our Time

The World Health Organization, for which it could have been a showcase of its international role, seemed consistently in a subsidiary role of gathering secondary data and disseminating basic safety guidelines.

A mess in Bihar

In the backdrop of rampant corruption and an environment of scams, it is futile to expect examinations and evaluations in a fairway. Degrees and diplomas of Bihar's universities have lost value. The State which boasted the world-famous Nalanda University now has an education system rocking with corruption and goondaism.

End of an era

Sheikh Khalifa became the ruler of the UAE, a federation of seven semiautonomous city-states along the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, after the death of his father in 2004.