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Amarinder Singh’s first year in power: The good, the bad, the ugly

Chitleen K Sethi -
The good news is his strong stance on Khalistani elements & illegal sand mining; the bad news is pre-poll promises of phones & jobs are unfulfilled.
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House panel steps into univ quota formula row, wants UGC order put on hold

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
Govt committee looking into ways to file a review petition to original court order despite deadline having elapsed.
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It is not the heat, but us human beings who are setting South India’s forests on fire

Rohini Swamy -
Experts believe that most forest fires are man-made and data corroborates this.
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Amid protests by students, Modi govt to set up panel to assess financial health of TISS

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
In February, TISS announced the withdrawal of financial aid to SC and ST students, leading to a massive students’ agitation against the move.
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Centre set to file review petition to undo own order on faculty reservations

Anubhuti Vishnoi -
UGC last week announced a new mechanism for implementing faculty reservations, henceforth- calculating total posts departments wise rather than Institution wise, as is the case now.
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Audit smells a scam in affordable drugs scheme: Medicines sold above MRP, rules flouted

Himani Chandna -
Govt’s internal auditor slaps department running the jan aushadhi scheme with charges of misappropriation, excess spending, and low quality control.
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‘IAS officers who are assigned to home state cadres more likely to be corrupt, underperforming’

Vandana Menon -
A new research paper suggests letting Indian Administrative Service officials work in their home states may be opening the door for greater corruption.
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Indian Forest Service, the other IFS which is foreign in its own land

Sanya Dhingra -
IFS officers claim they are not recognised for their work unlike IAS & IPS cadre; S. Manikandan was killed by a wild elephant in a Karnataka forest.
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Two years on, Modi’s ‘Stand-Up India’ is still on its knees in Maharashtra

Manasi Phadke -
PM Modi’s pet project to boost entrepreneurship among SCs, STs and women has reached only 12% of targeted beneficiaries in state.
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Large Lancet study finds anti-depressants do work. Indian docs say problem is attitudes

Nandita Singh -
A study of unprecedented scale was recently published in the journal Lancet regarding the effectiveness of antidepressants. It turns out, they actually work
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No one knows R&AW agents better than Pakistanis—from Pathaan to Mission...

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So what if RAW agents Tiger, Pathaan, and Vinod have a tendency to get honey-trapped, we have got them covered with our own ISI operatives, that too ‘bold and beautiful’.
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Economy

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Adani-Hindenburg row erupts into war of words, neither side backing down

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Adani Group calls Hindenburg allegations baseless, unethical, and in violation of law while the firm says Adani obfuscating truth, avoiding real issues of fraud.

Defence

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Budget 2023: Defence eyes big boost for more firepower, submarines, drones

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Private sector is also hoping for a high budgetary allocation for defence capital expenditure since it will translate into more acquisition programmes fructifying.

National Interest

Return of the Muslim: From Modi ‘sermon’ to Pathaan to Bharat...

Shekhar Gupta -
Most key Hindutva/RSS objectives have been achieved, and Modi & BJP now need social calm, at least till summer of 2024. A de-escalation of some sort is on.

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