Discipline Coaching Centres

Ever-increasing suicides among students in Rajasthan’s Kota town and elsewhere in the country once again brought to the debating table over who to blame for pressuring children – mushrooming coaching centres or parents? As many as 20 students have reportedly committed suicide in Kota alone during the last eight months, which is a cause for…

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Vinasa kaale viparitha buddhe

The alliance of about 150 alleged civil society movements and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), spearheaded by the jailed and bailed anti-Narmada activist Medha Patkar and another convict and social activist Teesta  Setalwad to extend their support to the newly-formed India National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) bloc of 26 Opposition parties to take on Narendra Modi-led National…

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Time to act

Yet another explosion in an illegal cracker manufacturing unit within three months gives abundant room for suspicion over the slipping law and order situation in the state of West Bengal. At least eight persons were killed when an explosion occurred on Sunday morning at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in the Mochpol area under Duttapukur…

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The Champ Outdoes himself

Twenty-five-year-old Neeraj Chopra yet again made India proud on Sunday with his historic feat. He thus became the first Indian athlete to win the World Athletics Champions gold medal during the men’s javelin throw final event in Budapest. Chopra’s second attempt in the final saw him launch the javelin to a distance of 88.17 meters, which remained…

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Rapes and political slugfest

A sudden spurt in rape cases across the country has once again brought the issue to the debating table in the public domain over failing laws as well as the slow judicial process to ensure justice for the victims. The last political storm that rocked the nation was when a Delhi girl, Nirbhaya, was gang…

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