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The Science Problem: Why India lags behind in research & development
Over the past two decades India has invested scant funds in scientific research and development, so while in absolute terms amounts spent have grown from Rs.60,000 Crore to Rs. 1,20,000 Crore between 2010-2020, as percentage of GDP this amount has stagnated at 0.64 per cent, i.e. less than 7 per cent
Undesirable but prevalent inequalities in India
Indian society is ridden with inequality, while the Constitution explicitly warns against such a concentration of wealth
Celebrating the Republic @ 74!
Image: AFPAt a recent press conference held in Delhi...
‘ASI Protects None, Neither Monuments Nor People in Tughlaqabad’
“The ASI is hiding some key facts. We found that the 100-metre radius contains a government school and dispensary as well as houses of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ramesh Bidhuri. None of those buildings seems to have been earmarked for demolition,” said Sucheta De.
Rule of Law means Certainty that establishes Supremacy of the Constitution
Law, from any viewpoint, is the foundation of certainty,...
20,000 residents of Delhi near Tughlaqabad fort face eviction
Image: Nikita Jain / The CitizenResidents of a slum in...
Karnataka: 17th All India CITU Conference Starts in Bengaluru
Tapan Sen, CITU general secretary underlines importance of trade union movements in the backdrop of mounting attacks on working people.
Moral policing: Mob assaults a young man for talking to a girl in MP
FIR has been filed by the victim, reportedly a Muslim, claiming he was beaten for talking to a girl
Adieu to a man who worked among the marginalized: Father Paul Vaz
Mumbai lost a man of the people who headed many institutions of Mumbai
Two communities clash in UP’s Aligarh after brawl at meat shop
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Police said two persons entered into an argument at the shop selling cooked chicken and meat products, and a brawl broke out on Monday night.
J&K: Land Order Draws Widespread Flak, Parties Term it ‘Draconian’
The order to remove all ‘encroachments’ on state land has triggered fear and anxiety among many who see it as part of the Centre’s ‘larger plan’ to disempower J&K people.
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The Science Problem: Why India lags behind in research & development
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