When Rajiv Gandhi started he could do no wrong. Halfway through his five years, he could do no right. His tenure had many chastening lessons in how mega mandates can make you smug and self-destruct.
Issues that dominated the political discourse in 2015 are all back in focus, hotly debated in and outside parliament, in the media, and at tea stalls across Sri Lanka.
The weak performance of the Hambantota port has fueled the impression that it simply serves China’s broader strategic interests to secure crucial trade routes and international supply chains.
Sri Lanka is gearing toward welcoming investments from China and India, but negotiating deals won’t be easy. Trade pact with India as part of the island nation’s strategy of becoming an Indian Ocean hub for investors and multinationals
Another pressing issue plaguing the disability sector in India is the absence of proactive initiatives from state governments. This is despite disability being a state subject.
Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.
Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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