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JNU's Kanhaiya and his team are on their issue less multi-day fast. The latest pretext is to get the release of some JNU students who got severe punishment for shouting anti-national slogans. One is left wondering if this is another means to seek political mileage? An unanswered question is whether… Read More

A promising young 30 year old Dalit woman in Kerala was raped insider her home, and then tortured and murdered near her home - all this happened in Kerala. She was stabbed 38 times. While this is being investigated, four more cases of rape in Kerala have been reported. The… Read More

The Dagger Division of the Army located at Baramullah, Kashmir started the "Kashmir Super 30" to train J&K students, but in practice really Kashmiri students to pass the JEE exam amongst other things. Per the recently announced JEE results, 15 students cracked the JEE under this Kashmir Super 30 initiative… Read More

India's Health Ministry had ordered cigarette manufacturers to increase pictorial warnings from 20% to 85%. Now the Supreme Court has agreed with that decision. The Indian cigarette industry, as a show of protest, had stopped cigarette manufacture - causing harm to tobacco farmers. The larger question is whether this warning… Read More

As we know India is pushing "Make in India", and the last thing it needs is importing used iPhones for sale locally which falls under the category of importing used electronics for resale. Source: Econsultancy Read More

Is this really worth it: Middle East based Ethiad Air, operates the most expensive flight: Mumbai-Abu Dhabi-New York, which is only 19 hours for the cost of Rs. 25 lacs one-way or Rs. 50 lacs return ticket. Included in this is a 3 room suite including living room, full bedroom… Read More

An IISC (Indian Institute of Science) study claims the headline - Bengaluru will become unlivable in 5 years. The thinking behind this is that the city has grown five times, while its vegetation has declined by nearly 80%, and it has lost 80% of its vital water sources. Once a… Read More

1) We need to change the fact that the Indian Judiciary lacks transparency and accountability. The appointment process of judges is really opaque as is the punishment given to judges who may break the law. 2) Why must the Supreme Court of India comment on almost everything because of a… Read More

Gurmehar Kaur, 18 years old today, was only 2 during the 1999 Kargil war when Pakistan in a surprise attack captured a strategic Siachen Kargil hill territory. Many Indian soldiers died as India was forced to counter-attack and recapture this strategic Kargil-Siachen point. Sadly, Gurmehar Kaur's father was one such… Read More

For financial year 2012-13 (later years data not yet available), only 2.9 crore out of 120+ crore file income taxes, and only 1.25 crore pay any income taxes. The average tax payable was 21,000. And there were more than 5,000 individual income tax returns with tax payable of more than… Read More

ISC and ICSE exam results in 2016 will be announced two weeks early - an important development. Still we hear of stories of how exams get postponed due to strikes and protests, or colleges and universities take nearly a semester or longer after the exam to release results of the… Read More

The Mumbai High Court, in a historic verdict has ordered the 31 story multi-hundred crore Adarsh building of shame to be demolished. The building which was illegally build on land meant for war veterans - was  grabbed by the then ruling congress politicians, defense officers and bureaucrats. Court has asked… Read More

Subramanian Swamy, hero to many honest and upright Indians, has been waging multiple battles against the former Congress government and the Gandhi family. Less known is the fact that he was a former Union Law and Commerce Minister, who was a professor both at IIT Delhi and Harvard. This week,… Read More

After winning entry into the Shani Shingnapur temple after getting the 400 year old tradition overturned, Trupti Desai is now leading the charge to allow entry into the inner santum of the Haji Ali Dargah of Mumbai, and many other similar dargarhs and masjids around the country. Hope women gain… Read More

US is pursuing needless provocation by putting India, China, Russia and others on the COPYRIGHTS SHAME LIST. The unsaid point seems to be that US intellectual property is superior if not the best, and all countries should follow and be subjective to US copyright laws. Well in that case, India… Read More