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Responding to a PIL in the Supreme Court on the subject of the Bihar government’s decision to carry out a caste survey in the state, GOI categorically stated that the census process is governed by a central legislation, Census Act, 1948. Therefore, only GOI can conduct a census. That’s right and what’s also right is
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Knock! Knock! Who is there? Omicron. Omicron who? Omicron who conned you, with mutations. This could well be the new word game patented by the SARS CoV-2 virus. New sub-variants of Omicron springing up in different parts of the world are demanding attention. What threats do these new arrivals pose? Will there be local outbreaks,
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Neeraj Chopra is by now a bona fide global star and favourite, and duly won gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold in any edition of this event. But the bigger story for India’s sporting future is probably the fifth-place finish of the men’s 4×400
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Students have been abuzz over how artificial intelligence tools can do their homework and programmers over how these can increase their productivity or take away their jobs. As much as digitisation has transformed the country in recent years, there is a widespread feeling that at some point around the horizon AI shall rejig everything in
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From the ramparts of Red Fort, PM Modi has articulated his grand vision of a long-lasting golden era of progress and prosperity for India, as Maa Bharti bounces back confidently after a thousand years of slavery, subjugation and impoverishment. Modi, India’s first prime minister who was born after Independence, is optimistic about the country’s future.
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Although Modi and Xi recently met on the sidelines of the Brics summit – where the two sides reportedly agreed on expeditious disengagement from the LAC standoff – it is important to remember China has employed assertive and coercive strategies in its interactions with nations that do not align with its interests. However, a particularly
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India and the US face a similar dilemma on China. Both countries could benefit from technology and investment in a wide swathe of sectors where Chinese companies are the best. But China poses security threats that must be addressed. The US solution is a ‘high fence, small yard’ approach enunciated by national security advisor Jake
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The first definite indication that millions of tense Indians got of the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon was the televised images of ISRO scientists jumping in delight and congratulating each other. Science and technology, it is said, transcends national boundaries. However, there was no mistaking the total Indian-ness of the celebrations in the
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The medical fraternity’s high-octane campaign against prescriptions using generic names and curbs on funding by pharmaceutical companies and other allied health sector firms seem to have yielded results, with the National Medical Commission putting the new regulations on hold. However, it has raised some pertinent questions. First, generic prescriptions and pharma sponsorship of medical conferences
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