The Home Minister, Mr. Y.B. Chavan, has asked the Kerala Chief Minister, Mr. E.M.S. Nambudiripad, to come to Delhi to discuss the reported statement issued by the latter jointly with Mr. A.K. Gopalan, Marxist Communist leader, declaring their intention to “break the Constitution from within.” This was disclosed by Mr. …

Chandrayaan-2 will help India testthe technologies for deep-space missions A decade after the first successful mission to the moon with Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched its sequel, Chandrayaan-2, to further explore the earth’s natural satellite. Earlier this year, China landed a robotic spacecraft on the far side …

National Exit Test should overcome legal and political opposition and avoid the NEET way In its second iteration, the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill seems to have gained from its time in the bottle, like ageing wine. The new version has some sharp divergences from the original. Presented in Parliament …

The recent Amendment will dilute the powers and functioning of Information Commissions The recent passage of the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill by the Lok Sabha has reignited the debate on the future of important institutions in India. The Bill is being seen by many as an attempt to subvert …

The government’s ban proposal needs to be welcomed The Narendra Modi government’s proposal to ban e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) needs to be welcomed as such a move will ensure that Indians, especially, children, are kept away from these pernicious products. Such a ban has also been …

The Economic Survey presents an unbalanced view of the technical interventions in MGNREGA A chapter in the recent Economic Survey on the “transformational” impact of Aadhaar on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) merits scrutiny. It presents a skewed and unbalanced view of the programme’s technical interventions …

Anyone who adheres to the principles of the Indian Constitution is automatically anti-Brahmanical A few months ago, a chilling report appeared in Deccan Herald stating that in 2017, 210 cases of atrocities against Dalits occurred in the urban districts of Bengaluru and 106 in its rural districts. Likewise, Kerala reported …

In further strengthening the Foreigners Tribunal, the judiciary has failed to fulfil its duty as the last protector of rights On May 17, in a very short hearing, a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court (the Chief Justie of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna) decided …

Sri Lanka extends emergency by a month Sri Lanka on Monday extended the state of emergency by a month in the interest of maintaining “public security” after the deadly Easter bombings that killed nearly 260 people.PTI Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/sri-lanka-extends-emergency-by-month/article28666012.ece

‘Govt. has taken steps forNayaPakistan’ Citing the decline of the Mughal Empire, Prime Minister Imran Khan took a jibe at the Opposition parties in Pakistan for the country’s current state of affairs and blamed them for promoting dynasties and not merit. Mr. Khan, who is on his first visit to …