Govt stares at 1700 leftover postgraduate medical seats despite lowering qualifying marks to zero
Through a 20 September circular, the Union Health Ministry allowed MBBS candidates, who had appeared for NEET-PG, 2023, to opt for leftover seats in medical colleges. But has not got a favourable response as these seats are in non-clinical branches. Read Sumi Sukanya Dutta’s report.
Gujarat GIFT city has been holding its breath for greatness. It’s a lifeless ghost town now
GIFT City is home to more than 20,000 employees across the 400-plus companies such as Oracle, Bank of America, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Citibank, NSE among others, reports Manasi Phadke.
Israel-India spy diplomacy was almost derailed by ping-pong over table tennis contest visas in 1987
Israel was promised visas for team to attend table tennis tournament but MEA cancelled these — just as RAW chief was on his way to Tel Aviv to meet Mossad counterpart, it is learnt, reports Praveen Swami.
Indians have a Mossad fantasy. But 2 weeks show even strong states crumble
It’s easy to make fun of Gandhi & celebrate macho militarism. But we risk forgetting that the path he put us on has been successfully followed by many others all over the world, writes Vir Sanghvi.
Mahua Moitra has constitutional immunity. Even if she took bribe, she can’t be prosecuted
The PV Narasimha Rao v State (1998) judgment ensured such immunity for MPs. Now, the Supreme Court is right to revise it, write Kishen Shastry and Ojaswi.
2 reasons why SC, ST, OBC do not reach the top in civil services—UPA to Modi govt
Two solutions come to mind: Govt must fix the tenure and duration for officers and make empanelment for top positions non-discretionary, matrix-based, and transparent, writes Dilip Mandal.
We are cricket-crazy and partisan, not Nazis. Stop demonising Gujarat crowd
While it’s not a good idea to bring religion into the game, all competitive sport is about passion. To expect a crowd to not be heavily partisan, particularly when India and Pakistan play on each other’s turf, is a fantasy, writes Shekhar Gupta in this week’s ‘National Interest’.