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What is Article 35A | The history, the debate and the gravity

A writ petition was filed by a Delhi-based NGO, We the Citizens, stating that Article 35A granted special status and privileges to the permanent residents and by doing so discriminated against the citizens of the rest of the country.

August 6, 2018

The strange trio of Sex, Science and the State — and its consequences

 Title: Sex, Botany and Empire Author: Patricia Fara Publisher: Icon Science/Icon Books Pages: 176; Price Rs 399 An Indian minister has made himself notorious all over social media for his comments questioning Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, but can we take this to show that the two worlds — of politics and science — are …

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January 22, 2018

Mizoram now a power-surplus state – 3rd in northeast

Over two decades after it was conceptualised, the first unit of a 60 MW power plant in Mizoram began generating electricity this week — making it the third power-surplus state in northeastern India after Sikkim and Tripura. “The first unit (30 MW) of the 60 MW capacity Tuirial hydro-power plant started generation on trial basis …

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September 1, 2017

Bank of India expects to be profitable by September-end

State-run lender Bank of India, which incurred losses for two consecutive financial years, is hopeful of turning profitable by the end of the second quarter ending September of the current fiscal, an official said on Saturday. The lender narrowed down the net losses from Rs 6,089.21 crore in 2015-16 to Rs 1,558.34 crore by end …

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July 15, 2017

State, society insecure in India, says Hamid Ansari

Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday said the State is responding in insurgency-affected areas by greater militarisation and both the State and society were insecure as a result. "In the disturbed and insurgency-infested areas, people feel insecure both from the insurgents and the state. The state's response has been to seek more security forces and …

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February 14, 2017