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Opinion: With This Move, India Jumped Onto China Bandwagon. Why?
It is not in India's interests to become a paid-up member of a Chinese bandwagon.
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Opinion: Bengaluru Mess Needs PM Modi's Intervention
Heavy rains only highlighted what most people already know - that Bengaluru's roads are terrible, and totally out-of-place in a city where people are pioneering technological frontiers in some of the most advanced areas of human civilisation.
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Opinion: How India Should Handle Beijing After South China Sea Verdict
The tribunal dismissed China's claims and ruled that its actions had, among others, indeed violated the Philippines sovereignty, damaged the marine environment and some marine species, all with the knowledge of the Chinese government.
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Opinion: Why We Must Thank Censor Chief Pahlaj Nihalani
Getting a film censored is almost always an attempt to demonstrate political power, and anything can be mustered to claim hurt sentiments.
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Opinion: The Bengaluru Violence Surprised With Its Scale And Agility
On Monday, without warning, thousands of garment workers assembled near the city's garment hubs, blocked highway traffic for hours to protest against the union government's changes to the Employee's Provident Fund (EPF) withdrawal rules announced in this year's budget.
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Opinion: IIT Fees Hiked, But Still Too Many Exemptions. Why That's Bad.
The actual problem lies in the sweeteners the government has felt necessary to include: full fee waivers for SC/ST, Dalit and physically challenged students and a 66% waiver for students whose family income is below one lakh.
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Opinion: India's Response To Panama Papers Could Go Horribly Wrong
Despite knowing of the existence of tax havens and their place in the world's economic eco-system, we will see some politicians and moral entrepreneurs demonstrate righteous outrage and demand strict action against the culprits.
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Opinion: The Neo-Middle Class Is Not This Budget's Favourite
Budget has incentives for start-ups and infrastructure, says Nitin Pai.
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Opinion: Rs 251 Smartphone Is Remarkable, But Do The Math
There is more to technology adoption than price. Freedom 251 will have to reckon with that.
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Opinion: Why Maneka Gandhi Got It Right On Sex Determination Tests
There is a good case for reviewing a law than violates liberty, criminalises innocents and denies people the benefits of modern medicine.
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Opinion: Why 8,000 People Showed Up In Bengaluru For IT Firm's Interview
This is really a story about the power, reach and speed of social media.
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Opinion: Gandhi's Agenda Of Prohibition Created Dawood Ibrahim
Gandhism has had many unintended consequences that have harmed Indian society. The most egregious example of this is how Gandhian values created Dawood Ibrahim. Yes, you read that right. There is a causal link between Gandhian values and the dons of the underworld.
