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Back to SearchWhat does the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 mean for ordinary consumers and farmers – Part 1
The Union Power Ministry introduced the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in Lok Sabha on August 8. The Power Minister said at the stage of introduc…
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The takeaways from Sheikh Hasina’s visit
Managing a difficult relationship has brought dividends to both India and Bangladesh. By all accounts, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasin…
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The astounding legacy of the Williams sisters | In Focus
This year’s U.S. Open is being viewed as a ‘farewell tour’ – more or less – of the Williams sisters as the curtains come down on what has been descri…
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What next for Liz Truss after UK PM race win?
Liz Truss has become Britain’s third woman Prime Minister. She defeated Rishi Sunak to become leader of the Tory party – the fourth leader in six yea…
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Mikhail Gorbachev and his legacy
Mikhail Gorbachev, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, died in Moscow on August 30 after a long illness. …
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What was Delhi’s now-scrapped excise policy trying to do?
In November 2021, the Delhi government rolled out a new excise policy. The new policy effectively took the government out of the liquor retailing bus…
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What happened with the Adani and NDTV transaction?
Late last month, the Adani Group acquired Vishvapradhan Commercial Pvt. Ltd. (VCPL) which held warrants convertible to 29.18% stake in NDTV. As per S…
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The challenges of the Congress party presidential elections
The words Congress and crisis go together. Since losing power in 2014, the party has lurched from one crisis to the other, sending warning signals of…
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The diplomatic kerfuffle over a Chinese vessel in Hambantota port
On August 26, China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong published an article in a Sri Lankan newspaper in which he drew parallels between American …
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Slavery in the modern world, and who is most vulnerable to it
The United Nations recently released a new report by Tomoya Obokata, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes an…
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