Ascertain needs to help the needy
The true purpose of government schemes is to support the weakest shoulders of society - those struggling daily to fight hunger, secure shelter, educate their children, and maintain their health.
The true purpose of government schemes is to support the weakest shoulders of society - those struggling daily to fight hunger, secure shelter, educate their children, and maintain their health.
US President Donald Trump’s recent comments regarding Russia and its invasion of Ukraine signal a significant shift in his approach to global diplomacy.
The Congress, once the unchallenged political powerhouse of India, has struggled in recent years to regain its footing in the face of electoral setbacks and an increasingly assertive BJP.
“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest ~ whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories ~ comes afterwards.”
COOK The United States is one of the top three most visited countries in the world. The big draw cards – cities such as San Francisco, New York and Chicago and national parks such as Yosemite – have attracted international tourists for decades.
Once upon a time in the village of Narayanpur there lived a bunch of people who assembled children's toys at the rate of 144 toys for Rs 20. Calculation yields that assembling one toy fetches them a little more than 13 paise and a little less than 14 paise. But alas, as much as I would have wished I was talking about some distant past when calculations were still in paise, I am not.
The way in which some vice-chancellors are removed has the appearance of arbitrariness. Certainly, there is a need for laying down a procedure broadly on the lines of that provided for removal of holders of constitutional functionaries such as judges of high courts and members of Public Service Commissions.
XI Jinping and Joe Biden arrived in Bali for this week’s G20 summit buoyed by recent domestic successes. Their three hours of bilateral discussions on Monday may not have yielded any substantial results, but the extended and apparently amicable face-to-face encounter may help to decelerate rising Sino-US tensions.
The efforts of the Government of India to develop the country’s waterways to transport goods and people are showing signs of coming to fruition. The announcement last week that the world’s longest luxury river cruise from Varanasi to Assam via Bangladesh will start in January 2023 is an example.
India has set a stellar example of reserved quotas for women in local governance for a country that has a poor record of its overall commitment to women's rights. It is an example of how a country can successfully empower women, politically, economically, and socially.