The politics of economics

There is a lesson from across the LoC

IMPRESSIONS By Binoo Joshi

China is emerging as an aggressive power in South Asia. This is not a secret at all. The way  it has established itself in Pakistan  administered Kashmir and Gilgit – Baltistan  , erstwhile Northern Areas,  sums up new  challenges, both for the Indian security  and  More

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The bail out plan

Bailing out private sector or ‘aam admi’

VIEWPOINT By Anil Anand

Kingfisher Airlines is seeking a bailout package and the official air carrier Air India gasping for breath despite repeated bailout packages given by the Government. On the face of it, this seems to be a dichotomous situation which exposes the public and private facets of the Indian economic structure More

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Facebook Frenzy

Would you like to click a `LIKE'`

NETWORKING By Mudasir Tantry

I recently looked at a status update from Facebook breaking the news of a death of a well-known cricketer Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. There were thousands of ‘likes’. What do all those mean?       If there’s one thing on Facebook that annoys me the most, it’s the ‘like’ button More

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The question of Kashmir

How can they run the show successfully

VIEWPOINT By Amit Kushari

I feel sorry to notice the helplessness of Shri Omar Abdullah in removing or diluting AFSPA from the relatively peaceful areas of J&K like the districts of Jammu, Kathua, Budgam and Srinagar. In fact there never was any need for this draconian law in the districts of Jammu and Kathua. Just because More

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• Kashmir

• Srinagar City

• Jammu