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What noone could ever do for Shillong - also known as the Scotland of the East - for almost a century, the 'Missile Man' of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, did to the capital of Meghalaya with his last visit. Patricia Mukhim, editor of The Shillong Times, aptly put it in… Read More

Mail Today had expose last week of a major research projects, ‘Towards Freedom’, has been going on for 43 years and crores of rupees spend on it, and with no outcome; further this may be just the tip of the iceberg. More shocking irregularity lies in how some well-known historians… Read More

55 existing cities in 27 states/UTs are being developed as solar cities in the country under 'Development of Solar Cities programme', the Power Minister Piyush Goyal told the Lok Sabha. The criteria for the identification of cities include a city having population between 50,000 to 50 lakh (with relaxation given… Read More

The CBI has sent requests seeking sanction to prosecute 100 IAS officer, 10 CSS Group A officers and nine CBI Group A officer since 2010, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitendra Singh said a written response in the Rajya Sabha. This is a good start, but… Read More

India's foreign exchange reserves are at an all time high of US$ 360 billion equivalent due to prudent management. There are definite benefits associated with higher reserves, such as a cushion against global shocks and enhanced confidence in the currency. But there are also considerable costs, primarily the fiscal cost… Read More

Looks like everyone is shocked. After shooting a drone over the border, Pakistan blamed India, but India gave proof that the drone did not belong to it. Pakistan is surprised - but has not admitted to it. Read More

The Pro Kabaddi league is fast catching up as one of the largest watched sports in India. Last year 435 watched matches and this year the number should grow much more given that matches are to broadcast in at least 5 languages. The league has players from S.Korea, Iran and… Read More

Given the growing unchecked infiltration, the Supreme Court gave a needed push to governments to speedup steps to control and stop infiltration. Communities in adjacent states are suffering a lot with lot of land, jobs and growing block political clout of these illegal to legal infiltrators. Read More

We agree with that, as each person has to decide for themselves. But the Supreme Court took over 4 years to strike down the Congress-UPA passed IT Act 66A which attempted to drastically curb internet freedom. Read More

India with a stable goverment, and improving fiscal management can easily withstand the Greek and related fallout. This is aided by improving business climate, foreign exchange reserves and the "made in India" initiaitves. Unfortunately, such positives are not well reported. Read More

President Obama announced this line of credit in November 2014 as a means to build the friendship - but now it has been suspended. Could this happen to other areas of cooperation? Does this make US a reliable partner? Read More

Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok to Istanbul made an emergency landing in New Delhi following a bomb threat. This was a major security threat, and many National Security Forces, CISF, fire trucks and dog squad and other services were deployed to handle the situation. Fortunately, all passengers are safe the… Read More