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Unique honour for Manohar Parikar with President of India tweeting news of his death

Unique honour for Manohar Parikar with President of India tweeting news of his death

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In the death of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, not only Goa but complete nation has lost a leading politician who had a reare quality of austerity and simplicity rarely seen in politicians of present era seen travelling in public-bus or scooter while being a Chief Minister even seen purchasing milk, newspaper for his family from street-booths, this being the reason of his running state-government despite his party BJP being in minority. He could even been seen in queues at airports setting aside usual protocol available for Union Minister or state Chief Minister. His lust for duty and responsibility is evident by his working whole heartedly with medical-tubes fitted on his nose while performing his task as state Chief Minister both indoor and outdoor. Even opposition could not rai...
Constitution-bench of Supreme Court to hear challenge to CIC-verdict by its own registry on 27.03.2019

Constitution-bench of Supreme Court to hear challenge to CIC-verdict by its own registry on 27.03.2019

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At last long-pending petition of the year 2009 by Supreme Court registry against CIC-verdict after the registry losing at both stages of Delhi High Court has been listed for hearing by the Constitution-bench of the Apex Court on 27.03.2018 to decide if the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of India were duty-bound under the RTI Act to give information in response to RTI applications filed by citizens with regard to administration of the top court. Interestingly Supreme Court registry provided information if Supreme Court judges were declaring details of their assets to Chief Justice of India after order of single-judge bench of Delhi high Court. Even Supreme Court judges sue-motto decided disclosure of their assets on website after CIC-verdict was highlighted prominently in the media. But...
क्या गंगा को सिर्फ चुनावी वाहन मानने वालों को अपना प्रतिनिधि चुनें?

क्या गंगा को सिर्फ चुनावी वाहन मानने वालों को अपना प्रतिनिधि चुनें?

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2014 के लोकसभा चुनाव को याद कीजिए। ’’मैं आया नहीं हूं। मां गंगा ने बुलाया है।’’ मोदी जी का यह वाक्य याद कीजिए। कहना न होगा कि गंगा के सहारे चुनावी नौका पार करना, 2014 के प्रधानमंत्री पद के दावेदार श्री मोदी का एजेण्डा था। 2019 में अब यह राहुल गांधी को प्रधानमंत्री बनाने की अपील करने वाली प्रियंका गांधी का एजेण्डा है। प्रियंका ने लोगों को लिखे खुले खत में कहा है, ’’गंगाजी उत्तर प्रदेश का सहारा है और मैं भी गंगा जी के सहारे हूं।’’ मोदी जी ने पांच साल तक गंगा के हितों की जमकर अनदेखी की। गंगा की अविरलता-निर्मलता के अनशन करते हुए स्वामी सानंद की मौत हो गई। कुछ पता नहीं कि संत गोपालदास कहां और कैसे लापता हो गए ? स्वामी आत्मबोधानन्द, आज भी संघर्ष कर रहे हैं। मातृ सदन के स्वामी शिवानंद सरस्वती जी अपेक्षा कर रहे हैं कि गंगा संबंधी मांगों पर निर्णस करे। निर्णय करना तो दूर, मोदी जी ने इनसे बात करना ...
नौ सौ चूहे खाकर बिल्ली चली हज को

नौ सौ चूहे खाकर बिल्ली चली हज को

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पाठकों को याद होगा कि जब चंद्रशेखर जी प्रधानमंत्री थे, तो हमारे देश का सोना इंग्लैंड के पास गिरवी रखकर, तेल और गैस के बिल का भुगतान किया गया था। दूसरे शब्दों में यह कहा जाऐ कि विकासशील देशों की इकॉनोमी और महगाई दर पैट्रोल और गैस की इंटरनेशनल कीमतों से जुड़ी रहती है। उदाहरण के तौर पर हमारे देश का करीब आधा जीडीपी क्रूड आयल और गैस के आयात में चले जाता है। स्पष्ट शब्दों में कहा जाए, तो आयल और गैस के आयात के बदले में हर साल ‘मिडिल ईस्ट’ के देशों को करीब दस लाख करोड़ रूपये की भारी भरकम रकम भारत अदा करता है। पिछले पांच साल में मोदी सरकार ने करीब 50 लाख करोड़ रूपये इस मद में खर्च किये हैं। अब प्रश्न ये पैदा होता है कि क्या ये पैसा बचाया जा सकता था? क्या हमारे देश में तेल और गैस के भंडार पर्याप्त मात्रा में उपलब्ध नहीं थे? तो इसका उत्तर है कि हमारे देश में तेल और गैस के भंडार पर्याप्त मात्रा से भी ज्...
A handful elites lost power in India in 2014. In 2019, they are trying to do whatever it takes to get it back

A handful elites lost power in India in 2014. In 2019, they are trying to do whatever it takes to get it back

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Stop confusing disloyalty with dissent!! No this isn't misquoting Edward R Murrow's iconic “Good night and good luck "speech. And god knows, on our side of the aisle, I am amongst the least trigger happy people to use words like traitors/anti-national/ gaddar etc, but a line was crossed, twice, in last two days and that must not go unchallenged. First, yesterday, the entire mainstream media contingent went completely cuckoo when the puppet pm of our rogue neighbor announced that the captured Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan will be released tomorrow. The Indian elite msm was hailing the puppet PM for his statesmanship and peacefulness like a terrorist organization harbored by his government didn't murder 44 of our brave CRPF men two weeks ago! Praising Pak in this context es...
Intellectuals are contemporary anomalies

Intellectuals are contemporary anomalies

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In desperation to remain relevant so as to engineer a proletarian utopia, Indian intellectuals go beyond interpreting the world for the people; they prescribe the world and construct a reality which has no material foundation.  Jyotirmaya Tripathy Indian intellectuals are acutely aware of their growing irrelevance in contemporary times, not just because the present political dispensation does not recognize their birth-right of representing others, but also due to their own sinking realization that ordinary folks no longer believe in them. In desperation to remain relevant so as to engineer a proletarian utopia, they go beyond interpreting the world for the people; they prescribe the world and construct a reality which has no material foundation. In the process of creati...
Why Azhar was released by BJP Govt. in 1999

Why Azhar was released by BJP Govt. in 1999

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There were valid and credible reasons for releasing Masood Azhar in 1999. Masood was released on humanitarian ground, to save life of many Indians.Those who are now questioning the decision of the then BJP government headed by Atal Behari Vajpayee forget the fact that there were 176 passengers on board the flight IC 814 of the Indian Airlines when it was hijacked soon after taking off from Kaathmandu for Delhi on December 24, 1999. Life of passengers including children and women were at risk. If the then government was to be faulted it was its indecision to block the runway in Amritsar when the hijacked plane landed here for refueling. It was there for 45 minutes. It was easy for the administration to prevent the aircraft from taking off from India by blocking the runway. This would have ...
Senior BJP leader opposes candidature of Lok Sabha Speaker for Indore Lok Sabha seat

Senior BJP leader opposes candidature of Lok Sabha Speaker for Indore Lok Sabha seat

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It refers to senior BJP leader in Madhya Pradesh Satyanarainan (Sattan) opposing candidature of Lok Sabha Speaker Sunitra Mahajan from Indore Lok Sabha constituency alleging she has not been in touch with party-workers even though she represents Indore ever since the year 1989. Propriety demands Lok Sabha speaker to be practically neutral like is Rajya Sabha chair-person. Rather persons once seated on highest posts of President, Vice President and even Lok Sabha Speaker must quit active politics for life-time after occupying these responsible seats requiring perfect neutrality. Constitution should be amended by upgrading post of Lok Sabha Speaker as that of second Vice President with both Vice Presidents elected simultaneously with President through EVMs equipped with VVPAT within three ...
IDBI Bank to be considered as private bank after LIC of India gets 51-percent stake?

IDBI Bank to be considered as private bank after LIC of India gets 51-percent stake?

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It refers to media-reports that public-sector IDBI Bank will be considered as a private-sector bank after public-sector LIC of India gets 51-perecent controlling stake in IDBI Bank. Undoubtedly IDBI Bank till now was not listed amongst other public-sector banks because earlier it was a government-owned Financial Institution and thus a public-authority. Also LIC of India as public-sector autonomous body has its own style of professional functioning. There are also reports that the bank will be named as LIC IDBI Bank. Confusion must not be created about IDBI Bank under control of LIC of India to be a private bank. The bank should be categorised as premium public-sector bank which may provide fancy banking on lines of private-sector banks with higher service-charges but with five-starred f...
Standardize consumables in car-industry

Standardize consumables in car-industry

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Union government should induce standardization of common accessories like tyres and batteries so that same parts may be used in different models of cars produced by various car-manufacturers. It will heavily bring down cost of consumables through their bumper production in extra large numbers in some limited sizes and specifications. It can be achieved by merging some nearing sizes and specifications. Such guidelines though also mentioned in auto-policy of Union government, are never followed in actual practice. Too many variants of any car-model confuse customers. There may be just two variants apart from the third with automatic gears, one basic Lx for economy customers and the other Vx with all company-fitted extra accessories and luxuries for affording customers. There is no sense in ...