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By Ruma Pal The justice system in any democracy is set up, under the Constitution to serve the public without “fear or favour, affection or ill-will” as far as judges are concerned.

By Jawed Naqvi ON the eve of the Indian elections, Rahul Gandhi says he would fight from two constituencies and not just one. The move has surprised his supporters and annoyed the

By Brahma Chellaney Wars in space are not just Hollywood fiction but an emerging reality for defence planners. India’s successful “kill” with an anti-satellite (A-SAT) weapon is a major milestone in its

By Brinda Karat The Congress under Rahul Gandhi has lost the plot. On the pretext of establishing his pan-India leadership, he has decided to stand from Wayanad, a constituency in the southern

By Uday Balakrishnan In the recent firefight between India and Pakistan following the Pulwama attack, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan showed a maturity rarely displayed by any of his predecessors. However much

By Varghese K. George “The impossible is now possible” is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan for the 2019 elections. His supporters believe his vision and leadership have resulted in a new resolve

By Rakesh Sood Last Wednesday, on March 27, India carried out an anti-satellite (ASAT) test using an interceptor missile (as a kinetic kill vehicle) to neutralise a target satellite (possibly the Microsat-R

By Amir Suhail Wani If prose is walking and poetry dancing then we are compelled to assert that Mir Ghulam Rasool Nazki was both a gymnast and a ballet dancer. Poetry is

By Shabbir Aariz Meanness is expressed in a variety of forms, as there are also many ways by which one can change one’s course and deviate from the normal state and the

By Bhushan Parimoo Though environment-related issues and crises are well known to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, but not much has been done to improve the situation and make the state