Analysis
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81Draft Energy Policy: Several unanswered questions
The 2017 National Energy Policy (NEP), drafted by the NITI Aayog, takes the baton forward from the 2006 Integrated Energy Policy (IEP)...
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94Only 17 of 100 Biharis support JD(U): Unravelling The Nitish Kumar Myth
Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, is a very popular leader in that state, with virtues of probity in public life...
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The mistakes which Nitish has made
Switching sides within two years of securing a mandate has put Nitish Kumar in the lowly category of the Congress MLAs in...
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105‘No direct data available to measure effect of note ban on GDP’
According to the Central Statistics Office that brings out data on GDP, no direct data is available to measure the effect of...
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95Big business gains from UP’s slaughterhouse crackdown
The crackdown has therefore skewed the market in favour of big companies, which have thus far been engaged in export of buffalo...
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103164% rise in terror-related civilian deaths in J&K over a year
The killing of seven Hindu pilgrims in southern Kashmir enroute from the holy cave of Amarnath is the latest bloody statistic in...
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214Loss of faith in legal system blamed for Jharkhand lynching
Ranchi, July 3 : Mobs are increasingly delivering “instant justice” in Jharkhand — and getting away with murder. Over the last two...
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178No LPG connection in 6 northeast states till May; 4.3 million in UP: RTI
New Delhi, July 3 : In six out of eight northeastern states, the Modi government failed to provide even a single LPG...
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171GST effect: First class, air-conditioned train fares to rise
New Delhi, June 30 : Passengers travelling in first class and air conditioned trains will have to shell out more for their...
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156Unpredictable Trump means no agenda for Modi meeting: Expert
The two sides have decided not to have an agenda. President Trump is reputed not to pay attention to briefing papers.
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230Gujarat realty market may see 80% slump owing to GST, RERA
Ahmedabad, June 22 : The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will together have a sledgehammer...
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2043 Years Of Modi Govt: Terrorism Claims More Lives In J&K, Situation Mixed in North-East
There have been 42% more terrorism-related deaths in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) since the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government (BJP) came...
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251Three Years Into BJP Government, Unemployment Rate Up
The unemployment rate in 2015-16 was 5% of the labour force, up from 4.9% in 2013-14, the year before the BJP assumed...
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289Macro data, global cues to chart equity markets’ course
Mumbai, May 7 : Key macro-economic data points coupled with ongoing fourth quarter results and global cues are expected to affect the course...
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224To expand footprint, BJP now looks to ‘blood bonds’
Lucknow, May 6 : Blood is certainly thicker than everything else. But now, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks to expand its...
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189‘After note ban, dodgy money converted into gold, stored in shell companies’
Kolkata, May 3 : The massive hunt for undeclared cash launched across the country post demonetisation has revealed that these was either converted...
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252India’s Absent Teachers: Not As Big A Problem As We Think
Often when teachers were not present physically in the classroom, it was for official reasons, such as trainings, data collection, and authorised...
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288If India meets renewables target, no more coal power needed till 2027
As the prospects for coal-generated electricity recede globally, India is one of the last bastions of the world’s oldest, dirtiest energy source–coal–although...
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207Gujarat has one of India’s worst immunisation records
Till recently, the BIMARU states, along with Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam and Meghalaya, held the worst child vaccination records in the country.
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179Has Kashmir’s spiral of violence slipped out of control?
Srinagar, April 18 : An alarming spurt in violence in early spring has been marked by attacks on civilians by militants, the...
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206Amarinder vs Sajjan: Politics of a Captain and a Colonel
Chandigarh, April 16 : One is Canada’s Defence Minister and the other is the Chief Minister of a state (Punjab) that has strong...
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232Why Kerala’s development story doesn’t reach Attapady’s tribals
Maruthi and her husband Vellangiri are still mourning for their infant son who lived only for four-and-a-half-hours after birth in 2014. Maruthi,...
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218Overworked tracks are what make train travel unsafe
On January 21, 2017, nine coaches and the engine of the 18448 Hirakhand (Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar) Express derailed near Kuneru in Vizianagram district, Andhra...
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261Data suggest Congress not doing as badly as it seems
The Indian National Congress’s humiliating defeat in the recent assembly elections, particularly in its home state of Uttar Pradesh and the assembly...
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218’20 UP ministers, four from Uttarakhand face criminal cases’
Chief Minister Adityanath has total assets worth over Rs 71 lakh, while Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad holds total assets of over...
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24063 Million Indians Without Clean Drinking Water = Population Of Australia+Sweden+Sri Lanka+Bulgaria
India has more people in rural areas–63.4 million–living without access to clean water than any other country, according to Wild Water, State...
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277Digital transactions recede, threaten ‘Digital India’
The value of digital transactions nationwide declined marginally (1.5 per cent) to Rs 92.6 lakh crore ($1.4 trillion) in February 2017 from...
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344India ranks 122nd in happiness index
Norway took the top spot from Denmark as the happiest country in the world.
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263No official report on deaths due to demonetisation: Govt
"No such official report has been received," Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said in a written reply in the...
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283UP slides to last place in infant and under-5 mortality rankings
India’s most populous state has slid past Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to record the country’s worst infant and under-five mortality rates, according...
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222In UP, Punjab and Goa, increase in MLAs without criminal records
Of 690 MLAs elected in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa, 27.8 per cent (192) have a criminal record, while 20...
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172Biofuels can cut jet engine pollution by half
Washington, March 16: Using biofuels to help power jet engines cuts particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as 50 to 70...
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295Myth of Modi-RSS rift: They remain very much on same page
The emphatic victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls has brought the partys relationship...
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191Muslims In UP Assembly Down To 5.9%, From 17.1% In 2012
With the 2017 Uttar Pradesh (UP) assembly elections, Muslim representation in India’s most populous state has plummeted from 17.1% in 2012 to...
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290Ominous silence before the proverbial storm in Samajwadi Party
Lucknow, March 14 : With Holi, the Festival of Colours, concluding, it seems to be time for some fireworks in the Samajwadi Party...
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311Modi degree: DU college says no data of students passing out in 1978
The CIC had also slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on the CPIO for rejecting an RTI application seeking details of Modi's...
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267The woman who brought drinking water, toilets to a lost panchayat
Dhanasekar's fame has spread across the district as the woman who transformed and gained attention for a remote, lost panchayat-village council-largely ignored...
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189Tipu’s armoury building translocated for laying track
This was a first of its kind move by the railways to translocate a heritage property.
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229Amarinder emerges as strongest regional satrap of Congress
New Delhi, March 11 : Congress party veteran Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday effectively turned on its head the BJP slogan of “Congress-mukt...
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187World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945: UN
United Nations, March 11 : The world is facing its greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the UN has announced, issuing a plea for...
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253Curtains on a long, close, caustic election in Uttar Pradesh
The last round brought the curtains down on one of the most closely contested, and staggered poll process in recent times. All...
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223UP’s 311 MLAs richer by 82% compared with 2012: Survey
There has been an average increase of Rs 2.84 crore in the assets of these 311 members of the assembly since 2012,...
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19770% working women don’t report workplace sexual harassment, employers show poor compliance
March4: Ridhima Chopra, 25, once with a NGO in New Delhi is among the growing number of Indian women encouraged to complain...
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140UP results likely to impact Congress thinking on alliances
New Delhi, March 1 : The Congress has much at stake in the outcome of assembly elections in five states, particularly Uttar Pradesh,...
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252Edible oil imports likely to continue despite higher oilseeds production
New Delhi, Feb 27 : Even as the Union Agriculture Ministry has reported a record 25 percent hike in the production of oilseeds,...
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287Education failure, leading reason for UP job woes, isn’t an election issue
The low quality of education in the state (and dearth of jobs) puts India's future workforce at risk and is reflected in...
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279With pastures shrinking, India may be importing milk by 2021
Bengaluru, Feb 24 : India may have to import milk in four years, if it cannot increase fodder supply for its 299 million...
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233Rs 10,290 Cr Boost For Health Hides Funding Cuts For Key Programmes
Despite a Rs 10,290-crore increase in health funding for 2017-18, an investigation of the central government’s health budget reveals that most of...
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418Why India cannot follow new WHO guidelines to protect mothers
India must double antenatal visits by health workers to pregnant women to reduce the risk of stillbirths and pregnancy complications, according to...
