Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Viksit Bharat First

The Union government’s decision to replace MGNREGA with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) – VB-G Ram G Bill, 2025, has triggered predictable political outrage. The loudest protest, unsurprisingly, is not about livelihoods, wages, or accountability—but about the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name. This reaction, while emotionally charged, avoids the real…

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Trump’s Dangerous Pakistan Blind Spot

US President Donald Trump’s sudden softness towards Pakistan, particularly in the aftermath of India’s decisive Operation Sindoor, is not merely puzzling—it is deeply troubling. At a time when the world has once again been confronted with Pakistan’s enduring role as a nursery of terror, Washington’s selective silence raises uncomfortable questions about America’s credibility in the…

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Discussion on the ban on digital media

Child safety and technological solutionism: Discussing social media restrictions in the digital age Australia proposes a complete ban on social media for children under sixteen. Privacy threats, practical failures, and neglect of underlying psychosocial factors. Rights-based protections through the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Parental consent, child monitoring, and restrictions on targeted advertising. Balance…

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India: From Brain Drain to Brain Gain

—and How the World’s Economic Self-Harm Helped Accelerate It Thanks, in no small measure, to protectionist shocks unleashed by Donald Trump’s tariff-heavy and inward-looking economic strategy, the global technology and talent ecosystem has been forced to re-evaluate old certainties. What emerged from that churn—perhaps unintentionally—was a renewed opportunity for India to reverse decades of brain…

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Govt taking high airfares seriously, strengthening DGCA tariff monitoring unit: Aviation minister

New Delhi: The government is taking the high airfares issue seriously and wants to prevent an opportunistic pricing situation and is strengthening the tariff monitoring unit of DGCA, Minister of Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Responding to supplementaries during Question Hour, the minister said the government is taking the…

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PM Modi arrives in Jordan on two-day visit

Aman: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Jordan on Monday on a two-day visit aimed at further strengthening bilateral ties with the Arab nation. He was received at the airport by Jordan’s Prime Minister Jafar Hassan. His visit marks 75 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Jordan. Later today, Modi will…

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