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Why India, and not China, would matter most in spurring Russia's Greater Eurasian Partnership
While the good ambassador's words are admirable, this has become a common refrain of late - not just encouraging or wishing for India''s rise as a major power, but rather acknowledging India as a power centre. On his India visit for the bilateral visit, President Vladimir Putin himself said this in Delhi: "Russia views India as a major power, whose people have been very friendly to us." And with good reason too.
Putin's deceptive war plans
The ongoing war of nerves and escalating tensions between the US and Russia over Ukraine has entered its fourth month after the Russian forces started their build-up in areas near the Ukrainian border in November 2021, but the genesis of the conflict goes back to 2013 or even to 2008, when Ukraine applied for NATO membership.
Hijab is not about the freedom of choice
This is the 21st century and India's 75th year of Independence, so if young women who have grown up in a society that allows free flow of information and an active social media are seeking to go back in time, it is something that should disturb all. The controversy flared up when six students of a state government-run pre-university college in Udupi, who were wearing the hijab, were asked to leave the campus on January 1.
How Assembly polls will impact Presidential and Rajya Sabha elections
The Bharatiya Janata Party may not be that comfortably placed in the Presidential election which is likely to be conducted in June-July 2022, as the President is indirectly elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and the Assemblies.
The electoral colleges comprises 776 MPs of both the Houses and 4,120 MLAs of all the states and Union Territories. The electoral college has 1,098,903 votes, and a majority is 549,452 votes.
Misdemeanour by key exchange officials can't be treated like any other violation by ordinary company staff
Equally, it is also not in the fitness of things that any misdemeanour by its key officials should be treated like any other violation by the employee of an ordinary company, especially in view of the fact that it is a Recognised Stock Exchange (RSE) and further SECC Regulations, 2012 and SECC Regulations, 2018 lay down the code of ethics, SEBI said. SEBI noted that NSE is an MII. It is a recognised stock exchange (RSE) in terms of SCRA, 1956... in terms of provisions of SCRA 1956, SECC Regulations.
Serious governance issues in NSE: Conscious decision not to report matter to SEBI, no action on CEO's bizarre misconduct
Ramkrishna resigned with effect from December 2, 2016. The SEBI examination found that in spite of having knowledge of such grave irregularities and misconduct on her part, NSE and its board in the Board meeting held on December 2, 2016, allowed her to exit through resignation despite having committed such bizarre misconduct as reflected from her email correspondence with a fictitious email address, apparently belonging to Anand Subramanian.
Proper officer under Customs Act, 1962 -- will the loose cannon misfire again?
While the Department has filed a review petition against the case listed for hearing on March 9, 2022, and is also battling out on new turf of other cases pending in the Supreme Court, the Executive has done its bit through proposed amendments in Finance Bill, 2022.
Pak sponsored LeT and JeM must be targeted to free India of terror
Every time before the periodic review meeting, Pakistan puts up some facade of compliance by showing that it is cracking down on terrorist financial networks in the country but after the meeting is over, it resorts to the same old tricks. Last year during the October meeting, Pakistan had lied to FATF that the UN-designated JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar was "missing" and "untraceable". But in reality, he was seen in PoK.
Forward looking Quad focuses on positive agenda, not containment of China
Symbolic of Quad's traction is the joint statements issued by its leaders after their in-person summit in September 2021, as well as after the meeting of FM's meeting in Melbourne last week, where they reaffirmed the Quad's commitment to supporting Indo-Pacific countries' efforts to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific -- a region which is inclusive and resilient, and in which states strive to protect the interests of their people, free from coercion.
Why Ukraine is testbed for big power contestation?
Ukraine stands encircled from three directions by Russian troops with largest military posturing since World War II. Mass concentration of troops in Eastern borders, posturing and joint exercises with Belarus and Russian Black Sea Fleet combat ready with bases at Crimea. Ukraine too, fully aware of its military capacity limitations, is getting combat ready to protect its sovereignty.
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