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March 21, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, Terrorism

39 Returning in Boxes Dash Hopes of Their Families: Confirmation Made Possible by ISIS Rout of Mosul

That truth is that ISIS was cleared from Mosul only towards the end of 2017, and only after then could a search be carried out by the Iraqi authorities....

March 21, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

An Ode to my Mentor

Indian bureaucracy thrives on sycophancy, and the most favoured officer is the one who is most flexible in pleasing certain people. However, whenever there was a major crisis, this...

March 21, 2018
Different Truths News Service
Book Launch, Poem

The Launch of Dilliwali: Celebrating the Woman of Delhi through an Anthology in English, Hindi, and Urdu Poems

This anthology, Dilliwali, is remarkably distinctive as it contains poems written not just about women but about the women of Delhi. Who is a Dilliwali, what are her thoughts,...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Prophets: Lingayat Minority Status another Sidda Gimmick

Lingayats are now a separate religious group. Siddaramiah is behaving like he is Jesus and Prophet Muhammad rolled into one, founding a religion. But he himself doesn’t believe in...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Capital Cameo: No-Confidence Motion against Modi Signals Change

A no-confidence motion has been brought against the Modi government by the two regional parties TDP and YSR Congress from Andhra Pradesh. Sensing an opportunity to hit the Modi...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

Victory of Putin is a Challenge to the Western Hegemony

That Putin will get elected was a certainty, but how the world fraternity would react was a matter of conjecture though the perspective of western hostility was on the...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

SP-BSP Upbeat but BJP Thoroughly Demoralised: Yogi Scales Down Anniversary Celebrations

Yogi Adityanath has gone on record that his party became a victim of overconfidence. BJP state president Mahendra Nath Pande said that low polling was responsible for the defeat...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Advocacy, Health

Cough Campaign to Smoke out TB: 4.32 Lakh Indians Died in 2016 Due to Killer Disease

Earlier this month was held the ‘End-TB Summit’ in New Delhi and prime minister Narendra Modi re-launched the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) “cough”, a national mass...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Business, Economy, Industry, Trade, World

High Tariffs of Trump Regressive to Global Trade: Open and Free Trade Being Challenged

Trump is championing the causes of domestic economic protection, instead of freedom. His anti-immigration policy is unwarranted and this is not going to help in reviving the US sagging...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

Foreign Law Firms Prohibited from Setting Offices in India: Sanctity of the Advocates Act Upheld

Here’s a landmark judgement by the Apex Court on the foreign law firms setting offices in India and a weekly round-up of the major judgements from around the country...