Though well-intended, raised taxes on gold and silver won’t curtail imports. Given the gold craze, people may stock it, anticipating a further price rise. The most logical nudge that’ll cut consumption and bring revenues is to raise fuel prices and taxes. No loss of face for doing the right thing.
NEET-UG cancellation raises fresh questions over NTA’s competence to conduct such exams
The cancellation of NEET-UG raises fresh questions over the National Testing Agency’s competence to conduct competitive exams. The paper leak shows NTA has failed to plug systemic loopholes. Medical aspirants facing uncertainty need to be reassured. It’s high time the Centre implements the Radhakrishnan committee’s recommendation of conducting NEET online.
St. Stephen’s first female principal shatters glass ceiling, will have to arrest DU slide
It took 145 years for Delhi University’s Ivy League male bastion St. Stephen’s to get a woman principal, 11 years after Hansraj College. STEM scholar Susan Elias’ leadership will now have to help shepherd Delhi University out of an unprecedented slide — vacant seats, ideological upheavals, and drop in female enrollment.
Vijay cleared the floor test in TN. He can now go the Narasimha Rao way or the Gowda-Gujral way
Vijay-led government in Tamil Nadu cleared the floor test comfortably but numbers can’t hide the inherent contradictions and fragility in this coalition. U-turn on the astrologer OSD’s appointment is only the first manifestation. Vijay can overcome it the Narasimha Rao way with bold decisions or go down the Gowda-Gujral way.
Not Gowda – Gujral way, for sure. CM Vijay possesses political capital, his government is ( politically ) safe for five years. The one trillion a year populist schemes will weigh down the fisc. However, beyond that, Tamil Nadu is a successful economy, including manufacturing for exports. Honestly, feel much more hopeful about its economic future than Bengal and Bihar.