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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
Centre Must Learn, Kashmiri Pandits Can’t be Forcibly Rehabilitated
Homecoming was dream for many, necessity for most Kashmiri Pandits. But, fears revived, they rebut the official assertion of normalcy.
Protests spiral after brute killing of Kashmiri Pandit farmer: Kashmir
Protests spiral after brute killing of Kashmiri Pandit farmer, Puran Krishan Bhat, in Kashmir Valley; candlelight marches were held at several places in Kashmir Valley, in Srinagar, Baramulla, Bandipora, Anantnag, Kulgam, Kupwara, Ganderbal and Shopian districts
Two days on a yatra; that tiny glimmer
A Mumbai-based writer takes some time off to join the Bharat Jodo Yatra
No Freedom or Civil Liberty in Kashmir, says PAGD; Concerns Rise Over ‘New’ Voter List
The PAGD’s concerns come on a day when the Lt. Governor-led administration sacked five employees under Article 311 of the Constitution of India for alleged involvement in “anti-national” activities.
Distress of Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) in Valley continues, KPSS alleges govt unconcern
For the past two weeks, even as visits by high political functionaries continued, Kashmiri Pandit (KP) families in the Kashmiri valley have alleged callous neglect
At 107 in Glob Hunger Index, India now ranks in ‘serious’ category
As concerning is that India, at 107 of 121 countries measured, is even below Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal
Two women killed in ‘human sacrifice’ in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district, arrests made
The gory and elaborate plot took months for the police to uncover
Why is the Centre stalling Justice Muralidhar’s transfer to Madras HC?
The Orissa High Court Chief Justice has served a long tenure at Delhi High Court from where he was hurriedly transferred after he pulled up the Delhi Police for not doing their job during the 2020 Delhi riots
US advises American tourists to exercise caution due to cases of sexual assault and terrorism in India
US also advises against travel to Jammu and Kashmir, and places close to the India-Pakistan border
Arundhati Roy: Things that Can and Cannot Be Said; The Dismantling of the World as We Know It
As the rapist-mass murderers return to take their place as respected members of society, Teesta Setalvad, the activist whose organisation, Citizens for Justice and Peace, has meticulously compiled a tower of documentary evidence that points to the complicity of the Gujarat government in general and Narendra Modi in particular with the 2002 massacre, was arrested, accused of forgery, tutoring witnesses and attempting to keep ‘the pot boiling’.
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