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Hafiz Sayeed’s House Arrest

Context Whether Pakistan’s gesture of placing Hafiz Saeed under house arrest is a hollow gesture? If so what are the reasons for doing so? Discussion Pakistan has once...

February 4, 2017

Arbitrary Powers to taxmen

Context With arbitrary and coercive powers given to Taxmen, how they should use their new power? Discussion The recent Budget has given a number of strong measures to...

February 4, 2017

Shortcomings of using GDP as a measure of economic growth

GDP is the annual value of goods and services produced. It is felt that GDP as a measure of economic growth has several shortcomings. For one, GDP does...

February 4, 2017

Some Initiatives Towards Cashless Economy

The Digital India (DI) initiative aims to bring digital empowerment to India and aid in its transition of becoming a knowledge economy.  Aadhaar-based mobile app “Bharat Interface for...

February 4, 2017

What Can be done to Improve Road Safety in India

In Indian roads, close to 450 people die on an average. With increase in numbers of motor vehicles and weaker implementation of traffic rules, this number is set...

February 4, 2017

Electoral System Reforms – ADR Findings

The data released by Association of Democratic Rights (ADR) and National Election Watch over funding of political parties between 2004-05 and 2014-15 has shown that there needs stricter...

February 4, 2017

How Land Use Affects Climate Change?

Human interventions are known to transform land, water and local ecologies. Over the past century these changes have profoundly modified the earth. Land use change takes place through...

February 4, 2017

Government’s proposal of Search Cum Evaluation Committee

In view of the inadequacy of the present system of judicial appointment, the government has suggested appointing a Search Cum Evaluation Committee (SEC) to assist and stream line...

February 4, 2017

Appointment of Bipin Rawat and issue of seniority vs promotion

Recently government appointed Bipin Rawat new Chief of army staff by superseding two senior Lt. Generals on the basis of merit and operational qualifications. This move was widely...

February 4, 2017

Problem of Fake News

Context Internet and social media no doubt is playing tremendous job connecting people and helping them to share their thought. But recently during the elections in USA a...

February 4, 2017

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