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Good verdict
The Supreme Court’s verdict has supported the 2016 demonetisation move in a majority judgment The Government must have heaved a sigh of relief over the Supreme Court’s verdict supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2016 demonetisation move. The 4-1 majority judgment said it was “not relevant” whether the objective of the ban...
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Battleground
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Bottled storm
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Opportunists
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Missing classes
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Missing focus
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Scalping hair
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Outreach
27 January 2022 | Pioneer
Kiss and tell
A court has closed the Shetty-Gere case, which was actually just a trifle Today as we celebrate the 73rd year of India becoming a Republic, can we take a moment to digress from freedom and heroism to ask ourselves where we stand on the subject of kissing? The context is a...
Happy R-Day
But it’s time for agencies to work professionally and to let the suffocating security cover go As India celebrates its 73rd Republic Day today, there is a multi-layered security ring enveloping the Capital. Of course, the pandemic is a hindrance to the grandiosity of celebrations for a couple of years now....
Life before death
The vaccination drive in terror-hit regions hasn’t run into any problem, which is a good sign On June 8 last year, Weyan, a tiny hamlet in Kashmir’s Bandipora district, became India’s first village to vaccinate its entire adult population against COVID-19. In a few days, Jammu and Kashmir will become India’s...
Wet town
The Delhi Govt has reduced the number of dry days from the earlier 21 to just three In a bit of good news that is certain to cheer up the Capital’s Bacchus devotees, the AAP-led Delhi Government has announced its decision to curtail the number of ‘dry days’ this year from...
Cover-up
A few Karnataka colleges are debating whether girl students should be allowed to wear hijab The New Year is all about hijabs and saffron scarves in some parts of Karnataka. On January 1, a pre-university college in Udipi barred a few girls from attending classes for wearing the hijab in contravention...
Brrr…
La Nina is mainly responsible for the freezing dip in temperature across northern India If you are reading this in the national Capital or, for that matter, anywhere in north India, you don’t need to be told how chilly it is. This January has been unusually chilly and the winter rain...
By God!
Congress candidates in Goa were told to swear in front of three Gods that they won’t jump ship It should be the height of political desperation. The Congress candidates for the Assembly election in Goa were asked to take a pledge of loyalty in front of not one or two but...
