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Fruits of growth must reach our farmers
Fruits of growth must reach our farmers

Announcements almost every other day compel us to believe that India is now the fifth largest economy in the world; that India will be a $5 trillion economy very soon; that India will be the third largest economy of the world in 2027, and that India will become a developed nation in 2047.

Caste Dynamics
Caste Dynamics

Caste dynamics often play a pivotal role, especially in a state as politically significant as Uttar Pradesh.

Still unexplained

The hunt for the origins of Covid-19 has for the past four years been a tangled web of politics, power struggles, and international finger-pointing.

Still unexplained
Holocene vs. Anthropocene

the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) refused to recognise the current geological time as the Anthropocene (Human) Epoch because adding an Anthropocene Epoch ~ and terminating the Holocene Epoch ~ was not supported by geological standards used to define epochs.

Holocene vs. Anthropocene
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A deserving candidate’s plea to resume salary
A deserving candidate’s plea to resume salary

After the recent verdict by the Calcutta High Court on the cancellation of appointments of candidates empanelled in 2016 in various categories, many deserving candidates have also been caught in the mesh.

HC ire over violence during Ram Navami celebrations

The Division Bench of Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court today observed that election at Berhampore, Murshidabad should be kept in abeyance in the face of heightened tension, which even culminated into violence while Ram Navami celebrations were on.

HC ire over violence during Ram Navami celebrations
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April allegory
April allegory

Well, April has descended on us, and the words return to haunt. Today I ponder the cruelty that we have let loose. Cruelty of different hues. Of the worst kind is the cruelty we have subjected nature to

Talk of the town: The Citizenship Amendment Act

The need to specify the date of entry to India in the application form, which they do not remember or have no proof in support of; filing an affidavit declaring citizenship at birth, etc., is worrying for them.

Talk of the town: The Citizenship Amendment Act
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Dream careers? Hear it from the 12th graders
Dream careers? Hear it from the 12th graders

Whether it was to be a doctor by day or a homicide detective by night, I was painting pictures far beyond my ability and, not to mention reality. When I ultimately couldn't decide, I chose to do the most heroic thing. I took up science in class 11.