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The recent helicopter accident in Uttarakhand, the fifth during the 2025 Char Dham Yatra season, has once again sparked concerns over safety violations, ecological damage, and commercial pressures
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India’s proposal to fix the lower limit of air-conditioner temperature at 20 degrees C deserves favourable consideration, given the potential savings and the positive impact on the environment
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Several surveys across India have revealed that elders suffer neglect and abuse not just in public but also often at home. This is ironic for a nation that takes pride in its culture and the long tradition of respecting and caring for the elders
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The Air India tragedy in Ahmedabad underscores the need for strategic reforms, focusing on improving infrastructure, modernising regulations, and addressing financial sustainability in India’s aviation sector
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Middle East is teetering on the edge of a full-scale war fraught with global implications as Iran and Israel cross a dangerous line
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The horrific Air India crash in Ahmedabad involving a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner raises serious questions over passenger safety and aircraft design
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No doubt some credible steps were taken following the imposition of President’s Rule and resignation of the discredited BJP Chief Minister N Biren Singh but they are not enough as long as radical groups continue to indulge in nefarious activities
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Despite being a celebrated author, Frederick Forsyth, who died at 86, always considered himself a journalist first and often joked that he turned to fiction only when he found himself broke and jobless
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Though India is endowed with the fifth largest reserves of Rare Earth Elements, its output remains minimal, making a strong case for liberalising mining restrictions and attracting private investments to reduce imports
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Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project demonstrates the strength of India’s unity and its sustained focus on people-centred development
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Carney has taken a pragmatic approach in inviting Modi, who attended the last six summits
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The Bengaluru tragedy has once again exposed glaring gaps in India’s crowd management and safety systems
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The passing out of 17 female cadets marks a historic leap towards true gender parity in the Indian military
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The Operation Spider’s Web sent out a message to the world that an underdog in asymmetric warfare can gain an upper hand by leveraging technological innovation
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Children are developing obesity and metabolic syndrome early because of the dietary shift towards more processed and fast foods
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There is a need to focus on ramping up surveillance under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, intensifying genome sequencing and making testing accessible again
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India's air power deficit stands aggravated by an ageing fleet and delays in key indigenous projects at a time when China already has two variants of fifth-generation fighters in service and is trialling two new sixth-generation fighters
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Despite being a multilingual actor and director, Kamal Hassan appears to be ignorant of the history of languages and their strong link with people’s sentiments
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The Trump Administration must realise that such a hammer-like approach towards legal migrants will ultimately hurt US interests
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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s announcement that 15 foreign universities are expected to establish their campuses by 2025-26 in the country is welcome development in India’s burgeoning but flawed educational landscape
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Despite Prime Minister Modi’s talk of ‘Team India’ spirit, over the last few years, there has been a systematic attempt to chip away at the core principles of fiscal federalism and thereby weaken the States
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Instead of invoking the ‘Mumbai spirit’ to describe how its citizens show resilience, the right question that needs to be asked is why administration and political leadership fail every time in mitigating the suffering of the people
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As part of the CBSE’s effort, schools will remove high-sugar, high-fat items like sodas, chocolates and pastries from the canteen and come up with healthier menus
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The outrageous diktats of the Trump Administration are not only endangering the autonomy of American universities but also harming the prospects of a large number of international students
