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applicability of 50% reservation limit murali772 - 28-APR-2020
The Supreme Court order last week which quashed a January 2000 order of the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh providing 100% reservation to Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates for the post of teachers in schools in the scheduled areas of the state is a reaffirmation of the 50% ceiling principle laid down by... |
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murali772 - 8-JUN-2018
Question 1
Humaradesh, a state in India, has been suffering from political violence (by state as well as non-state actors) for over 50 years.
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Kashmir conundrum; wouldn't India be better off with a plebiscite? murali772 - 8-APR-2016
The BJP’s ascent has taken Kashmiris further from India. This may seem a strange thing to say now, at the cusp of a PDP-BJP wedding, but the facts stand where they do. Let’s survey events as a Kashmiri might. The state is divided along religious lines absolutely and totally. Consider this alliance. All of the PDP’s 28 MLAs are Muslim. |
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xs400 - 19-FEB-2016
I am wondering if the quality of the EESL LED bulbs distributed under the Hosa Belaku Yojane meets any well known standards. I tried to dig into the specifications but did not find anything. The email response from EESL was evasive. Is this another scam? When the government gets into subsidizing something, the taxpayer loses almost always. |
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The business of medical education murali772 - 1-FEB-2016
You would never find advertisements for "confirmed admission" to any IIT or AIIMS or one asking you to book a seat in advance in any of these premier institutes. Neither are there advertisements promising you selection for the civil services or placement in an all-India service of your choice. |
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murali772 - 27-JAN-2016
While a lot of debate has been going on from long about reforms in Indian Railways (check here), the latest being the Dr Bibek Debroy report (check The Hindu report on the same h |
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A well-argued case for bullet trains in India murali772 - 24-JAN-2016
Given that it is a low-energy, low-emission mode of transportation that can reduce costs significantly, India should not miss the opportunity to develop high-speed rail |
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Worrisome aspects of Modi Sarkar's functioning murali772 - 11-AUG-2015
While I had some reservations about Narendra Modi, largely from the perspective of his not having followed "Raj Dharma" post the Gujarat riots, I was welcoming of his government coming to power, or more specifically the defeat of the corrupt and ineffective Congress government. |
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Challenges facing Digital-isation of India murali772 - 22-JUL-2015
Infosys, country's second largest software services firm, has not made any profit on government projects because of red-tapism and other issues, its co-founder N R Narayana Murthy said today. |
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Questions on legislative functioning murali772 - 21-JUL-2015
The people be damned — no one cares about the delay in the GST or the land acquisition law or the lives of the jobless young — as long my salary as an MP is doubled. |