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In a document like the New Education Policy, one must distinguish platitudes from new provisions, including within the latter even the dropping of old platitudes. Thus phrases like “education is a public good”, “6 per cent of GDP should be earmarked for education” are just platitudes, unless some concrete suggestions are advanced to realise to them.

In laying the foundation for the Ram Temple in the Lord's birth-place, Ayodhya, on August 5, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has brought the State and Religion together, making an historic break with Secularism, as it evolved under India's Constitution.

When Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the presidential election in Sri Lanka exactly a year ago, those watching Sri Lankan politics were sure that his Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP) would win the parliamentary elections also in August 2020. They have been proved correct. The elections were held last Wednesday (August 5). The SLPP swept the polls winning 145 out of 225 seats. Getting the support of five more MPs does not pose any problem. Judging by Gotabaya’s declared intentions, Sri Lanka is in for an authoritarian rule in which the President will wield far more power than he does now. There is both jubilation and trepidation among the people, depending on their attitude to democracy and individual freedom.

“A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.” – Henrik Ibsen

Since the last week of May, Tripura has been witnessing continuous rise in Covid-19 cases and the number has already crossed the figure of 5700. State has the second highest number of cases in the northeastern region after Assam.

It is twelve months since the abrogation of Article 370, and Kashmir situation is still ‘unsustainable’, as it was a year before. In the first six months of the year, from January to June, 32 civilians, 143 militants, and 54 security personnel have been killed.

No one needs to state upfront that the Indian economy is not in the pink of health. So for the central bank the task is to make the best of a bad situation. The Reserve Bank of India has attempted doing exactly that in its monetary policy, announced on August 6.

New Delhi: Drag flick specialist VR Raghunath is of the view that the current Indian hockey team's defence line is very experienced and can withstand and challenge the World's best squads.

Seventy-five years ago, when the US dropped a bomb named Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the world entered a new and terrifying era.

On August 5, 2019, the central government annulled Jammu and Kashmir’s special status — which granted exclusive land and job rights to permanent residents of the former state. One year later, contrary to the commanding national narrative, Kashmir today has a ruined economy whereas mainstream politics, which was centered on ‘Kashmiri identity’, has been rendered irrelevant.