Modi’s per drop more crop dream needs a digital cover
Three seemingly unrelated developments have put food on the front pages after a long time, and I am not even including the Centre for Science and Environment’s report on antibiotics …
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Ebola virus: Public health a big challenge
The death toll from the recent outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa, which began in March 2014, is now over 900. Initially the disease spread was slow; however during …
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India, China set for high-profile visits
India and China are poised for a string of high-profile engagements, with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj heading to Beijing on her maiden visit August 28, which will set the …
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Private Maritime Security: A necessity?
The sharp rise in incidents of piracy in South Asia and Southeast Asia is causing worry for governments in the region. A security vacuum has generated heightened concerns over maritime …
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Ngugi wa Thiongo: Writing for Peace
There are certain images in literature, especially children’s literature, which live long in one’s memory. The encounter between Sindbad and the old man of the sea, for instance, has always …
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Sifting Through the Himalayas
It seems Prime Minister Narendra Modi is drawing his strategy from Kautilya’s“Rajamandala” for visualizing circles of friendly and enemy states. Both his Bhutan and Nepal visits were in line with the …
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Tensions with China mount: ASEAN countries scale up defence spending
In an atmosphere of mounting tensions with China, Southeast Asian countries have considerably expanded their military budgets develop their own defense industries. Asean countries are channelizing their military budgets to …
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Remembering sacrifices of Indian soldiers in World War-I
This year India marks 67 years of independence from British colonial rule. Independence Day serves as a timely reminder for the inestimable sacrifices of our noble freedom fighters. But delving …
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Modi’s Independence Day anthem: Re-make India and Make in India
Freedom from poverty. Freedom from the poison of casteism and communalism. Liberating India from the curse of gender bias. Making India a manufacturing and export hub. Building a new and clean India, based on financial empowerment and inclusion of all Indians, cutting across all parochial categories.
These were some strands of Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s anthem of national renewal outlined in his maiden Independence Day address. On a radiant and bright morning, Modi spoke to thousands of people assembled at the Red Fort complex, kindling new hopes about his vision of a national renaissance. Refreshingly, Modi, sporting a polka-dotted blazing orange turban, spoke extempore, without notes, and eloquently underlined the need to forge a national consensus on key issues and making the country into a formidable manufacturing hub, underpinned by enterprise and innovation.
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Demographic shift: Africa heading for population explosion
Africa will herald one of the most radical demographic shifts of the century. Latest estimates indicate that by the end of the century, 40% of the world’s people will be …
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