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Mauryan push
The powerful leader has opened new vistas by deserting the BJP and favouring the SP The game of politics is transforming a powerful backward class leader into the probable game-changer of Uttar Pradesh in 2022. Swami Prasad Maurya’s time under the sun is now after he took two simple steps; one...
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Scary
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Knotty affair
12 January 2022 | Pioneer -
New threat
11 January 2022 | Pioneer -
Proud moment
11 January 2022 | Pioneer -
Ready or not?
08 January 2022 | Pioneer -
Virus of bigotry
08 January 2022 | Pioneer -
Kudos, Congress
07 January 2022 | Pioneer
A new low
Rabble-rousing politics can debase democratic values, and the proof is Capitol’s ‘insurrection’ On January 6 last year, thousands of Americans formed a mob and forced their way into the US Capitol in Washington. The joint session of Congress was at that time trying to formalise the victory of President-elect Joe Biden....
In god, we trust
Leaders are unabashedly invoking deities to influence voters in poll-bound States As the dust refuses to settle over the latest religio-political statement by SP president Akhilesh Yadav, the BJP has joined the issue with him. Ostensibly seeking to strike a chord with Yadav voters in Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh had recently said...
Age & agility
What’s the right age for the Supreme Court and High Court judges to retire? The older the judge, the better for justice? Attorney General KK Venugopal thinks so. He wants the retirement age for the Supreme Court and High Court judges to be extended. At a sprightly 90, he must surely...
Sick of it
Poll rallies and other public functions have led to politicians testing positive As almost always, political leaders and sundry other public representatives have been totally negligent of and careless about following COVID-appropriate behaviour, with the express result that reports have now started trickling in of a number of them having contacted...
Nonchalant
Amid signs of an impending wave, Govts need to scale up testing for the virus Here we are, trying to handle Omicron, and the French have already discovered the latest, the B.1.640.2 variant, named IHU. Goes to show how unpredictable the virus is. One hopes studies indicating that Omicron is soft...
WFH 2.0
After work from home, the anytime-anywhere work trend is popular, especially in Tier-2 cities A borderless workforce that can work anytime and from anywhere: That is the emerging trend of work in India, says a top human resource consultancy company. It offers evidence in the form of rising salary levels in...
Greed vs life
The Vaishno Devi tragedy is a stark reminder that pilgrim safety is the Govt’s responsibility The New Year started with an avoidable tragedy at the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu. So far, 12 people have reportedly died and 15 are seriously wounded in the stampede there. An ex gratia of `10...
