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Delhi should adopt a uniform pattern of weekly holidays. All those markets remaining open on Sundays should be uniformly closed on Saturdays. Outsiders coming to Delhi will be sure of opening of all markets for first five working days of the week. Shopkeepers and their employees will have at least one common weekly holiday with government employees under five-day week system in government offices. However shops of essential services like barbers, flour-mills etc may have Tuesday as common weekly holiday. When Mumbai can follow uniform weekly-off on Sunday without any problem, Delhi can at least step for optional off on Sunday or Saturday. To achieve greater efficiency, all offices should have a longer pre-lunch session of four hours, like in public-sector banks. Of...

हिम तेंदुओं के संरक्षण में स्थानीय समुदायों को शामिल करना और उनकी आजीविका सुनिश्चित करना एक बेहतर रणनीति हो सकती है। भारतीय शोधकर्ताओं के एक ताजा अध्ययन में यह बात उभरकर आयी है। हिम तेंदुओं के प्रमुख आवास स्थल लद्दाख में यह अध्ययन किया गया है। शोधकर्ताओं का कहना है कि स्थानीय लोगों को यदि इस जीव के संरक्षण के महत्व का अहसास दिलाया जाए और हिम तेंदुओं द्वारा पशुओं के शिकार से होने वाले नुकसान की भरपाई कर दी जाए, तो हिम तेंदुओं को बदले की भावना से मारने की घटनाओं पर लगाम लगायी जा सकती है।   हिम तेंदुए अल्पाइन पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र में पाए जाने वाले प्रमुख शिकारी जीव होते हैं। एशियाई जंगली बकरा आइबेक्स, पर्वतीय तिब्बती भेड़, लद्दाख की उरियल भेड़, चिरु मृग, तिब्बती बकरी ताकिन, सीरो बकरी और कस्तूरी मृग को बचाने के लिए हिम तेंदुए का संरक्षण महत्वपूर्ण हो सकता है। इन जानवरों की घटती आबादी और हि...

It is quite usual that central state governments start giving ultra-costly multiple full-page newspaper-advertisements for photo-publicity of political rulers especially at the end of financial year or before notification for general elections is issued, like is happening presently also. This is nothing but wastage of hard-earned money of tax-payers just for political gains of ruling parties. Supreme Court once prohibited photos of Chief Ministers in government-advertisements, but later relented for allowing their photos subsequent to a review petition wherein argument was made that if photos of political ruler at the centre can be allowed, then it should be for political rulers of states also. Considering such massive spent on photo-publicity of political rulers, Prime Minister shou...

It refers to former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mahbooba Mufti now making undesired comments on Air India directive to say Jai-Hind after every flight-announcement. Time has come when such non-patriotic comments may attract action by law-enforcing agencies. Instead Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation should immediately issue directive to all private airliners of India for saying Jai-Hind after every flight-announcement in case private airliners do not by themselves follow Air India in this respect. Such and similar steps will further strengthen feeling of patriotism amongst flight-passengers in the country, which will provide an appreciable image of India in foreigners travelling in domestic flights in India.   MADHU AGRAWAL

It is indeed unfortunate that the communities which have contributed maximum to the nation in many aspects are fast losing their share in population of India. Till now country was worried on fast diminishing population of Parsi community which is considered to be most talented in every aspect of life. Most admiring feature of Parsi culture is to live for the society and not for themselves. But now disturbing aspect of fast diminishing share of Jain population in the country has emerged whose share in population has declined to 0.37 percent in 2011-census as compared to 0.40 percent in 2001-census with fertility rate of just 1.2 against replacement rate of 2.1. This vegetarian community is the flag-bearer of nicest ancient Indian traditions in terms of religion, talent and tax-contributo...

It refers to video viral on electronic and social media wherein an MP and an MLA were openly seen engaged in scuffle with beating by shoes that too in presence of police and government officials at Sant Kabir Nagar in UP. Even though the ruling party is said to have taken a serious view on the matter by summoning both the involved noes immediately for enquiry and action, yet big question is why and how police-persons present at the meet failed to take immediate action as per provisions of law. UP police should immediately sue-motto register an FIR on the incident to punish the guilty law-makers. It is noteworthy that the scuffle started on faulty practice of putting names on the foundation-stone of some project. Practice of glorifying political leaders by putting their names on foundati...