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Maritime security has made the country safer

Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is revered as the City of Dreams, symbolizing boundless aspirations and opportunities. Countless individuals have realized their ambitions and attained prominence within its embrace, while many others navigate its lanes amidst unfulfilled dreams and disillusionment.

Border fencing

India’s decision to allocate a staggering sum of over Rs 3 lakh crore towards fortifying its border with Myanmar undoubtedly reflects the gravity of the challenges it faces in safeguarding its territorial integrity and national security.

Blame Game

Amidst the chaos and horror of the recent massacre at a Moscow concert hall, one thing is abundantly clear: the finger-pointing and blame game have already begun.

The Missing Links

Often asked to summarise a prepared speech in five minutes, Bharat Ratna Dr MS Swaminathan would demonstrate his innate ability to fluently explain complexities of agriculture, economics, and nutrition in easyto-understand points.

No contact after work hours

“We have introduced these new labour laws to avoid the blurring of the boundary between the time we spend serving others and family time,” wrote Ana Catarina Mendes, the parliamentary leader of the Portuguese Socialist Party.

Omicron: Things to do, and not do

Vaccination might be a choice currently, however, choices come with consequences. Even if vaccines only reduce transmission modestly, over and above the infections they prevent, a breakthrough case in a vaccinated individual poses less risk of transmission to others than infection in an unvaccinated and previously uninfected individual.

The Kolkata contest

We are happy with this list. Even if we don’t win, we will give a good fight because deserving candidates have been fielded,” said Mr Banerjee. The signal of a “good fight” will be difficult to digest for party loyalists for it suggests a degree of resignation after the rout in the Assembly election.

Lessons of Omicron

“We cannot end this pandemic unless we solve the vaccine crisis,” said the WHO chief, even as he criticised wealthier nations for rushing to administer booster jabs to healthier people, stating that while vaccines are “in every country’s best interest” the emergence of the new variant ~ a highly-mutated coronavirus ~ and other such variants will continue to cause concern until the entire world’s population is equally vaccinated.

Employees on Call

Uberisation makes it possible for companies to cut costs, hire talent on demand, customise the workforce according to projects and build a highly motivated team. On the other hand, the employees, who are basically contractual, consultants and freelancers, get to select projects they want to work on and on the terms they desire