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Pranab Dhal Samanta’s weekly column

Modi and Trump have to tango despite Chinese noise on NSG

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India and the US can’t allow China to hold them hostage in taking their defence partnership and trade in dual use technologies to the next level.
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Can the ‘Chief’ in Chief Justice of India please stand up & be counted

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CJI Misra has a full range of options to choose from, but inaction is the worst of them, with unforeseen, presumably undesirable consequences.
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It’s time the Supreme Court went live, your lordships

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Pressure on judiciary to be transparent has resulted in a travesty – a pilot project in two district courts where proceedings will be recorded without audio.
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दक्षिण एशिया में चीन की शातिर चालों का भारत को खोजनी होगी काट

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चीन ने लोगों में, परियोजनाओं में निवेश को बढ़ाया है और इसके भारी फायदे उसे मिल रहे हैं. भारत को अपनी पकड़ बनाए रखने के लिए दोगुनी ज्यादा मेहनत करनी पड़ेगी.
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India caught napping in South Asia by China, needs new strategy to slay the dragon

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Beijing has invested in people, projects and more and it's paying big dividends. New Delhi has to work doubly hard to reclaim its clout.
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2जी मामला: जिसपर थी सबसे ज्यादा जिम्मेवारी, उन्होंने सबसे ज्यादा आंखें फेरी

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2जी घोटाले पर अदालत का फैसला विश्वसनीयता का और बड़ा संकट पैदा कर सकता है क्योंकि इसने मंत्रालय से लेकर ऑडिटर और जांचकर्ता तक सबको शर्मसार कर दिया है.
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2G verdict nailed the bureaucrats – the bungling ones who failed the system

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The 2G ruling may deliver an even bigger loss of credibility because it shows everyone, from the ministry down to the auditor and investigator, in poor light.
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2018 के स्पीड ब्रेकर पर नहीं, 2019 के लक्ष्य पर हैं मोदी की निगाहें

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मोदी के लिए 2019 के लोकसभा में आए मतों का महत्व है, राज्य के चुनावों का नहीं.  इसलिए प्रधानमंत्री का सारा ध्यान योजनाओं के कार्यान्वयन पर केंद्रित होगा.
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For Modi, it’s 2019 Lok Sabha vote that matters now, not state polls

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The PM has the whole of 2018 to work on his governance delivery indicators, which he wants to package in 2019 as his ‘reform-perform-transform’ scorecard.
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Forget Indira & Rajiv, Rahul Gandhi will have to match up to his mom first

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Rahul Gandhi does not have to establish himself in the central leadership of Congress but will have to build state leaderships like Sonia did.
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Army personnel, NGO come together to save 35-year-old elephant in Uttarakhand

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Market has won & now it’s for Adani to decide whether...

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If the political establishment responds to a situation like this as if it’s something that must only play out between a corporate & the market, it's coming of age of Indian capitalism.

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