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In the poster released by the Indian Council of Historical Research on the 75th anniversary of our independence, among the eight leading freedom fighters, country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has not been placed. A visionary, he was against the division of the country and opposed the proposition to accept religion as the basis. He was declared by Gandhi ji as his political heir and was in jail for nine years. It was during his tenure as the Congress president when the Congress adopted the resolution of complete independence in 1929. While fighting against British, he was also formulating the concept of the democratic structure the country was to have after freedom.

Social protection is a human right, yet majority of the people are not covered under even one social protection scheme across the world. Indians remain one of the most neglected and vulnerable population. The World Social Protection Report 2020-22 reveals that 47 per cent of the global populations are covered by at least one social protection benefit, but in India only 24.4 per cent people are lucky enough to have under a social protection umbrella.

Recent pronouncements and observations by the Allahabad High Court on issues relating to religious educational institutions and cow protection are likely to add to the apprehensions of the minorities and renew the debate on secularism. There is, however, cause for consolation as these have come during the course of hearing certain cases and not necessarily court verdicts.

Supreme Court Judge, Justice D Y Chandrachud, has given a thoughtful and lucid talk on ‘Speaking Truth To Power: Citizens And The Law’ on the occasion of the Justice M C Chagla Memorial Lecture.

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals' star batsman Shreyas Iyer, who was out of action in the first half of the IPL due to a shoulder injury, is eagerly awaiting the second half of the league scheduled to begin from 19 September in UAE.

Raymond Williams would not have claimed to have found all the answers. But we should remember him as one of the most thoughtful socialist writers of the 20th century.

LUCKNOW: Atul Kumar Anjaan, general secretary of All India Kisan Sabha said that all out preparations are on in the country to make a big success of the Bharat Bandh on September 25 called by Sanjukta Kisan Morcha. He informed that Samyukt Kisan Morcha at the national Kisan convention held in Delhi recently gave call for Bharat Bandh on September 25 as a part of ongoing farmers movement.

Jay Dubashi is not remembered publicly by the BJP in the 21st century. But, in the 1980s and 1990s, the right wing economist would begin his day early in the party’s national headquarters, spending several hours poring over data and policies of the governments of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, V P Singh and P V Narasimha Rao and giving his alternative policy options to Atal Behari Vajpayee, L K Advani and several other BJP leaders of the day.

"Final British troops leave Afghanistan to end 20-year campaign" - screaming headline during the last weekend of August 2021 in The Guardian, UK.

India, which missed the bus twice in the past to pursue export-led growth in an era of globalization, is now in the midst of yet another opportunity to utilize trade as an engine of growth. The opportunity has come India’s way in the face of Sino-US trade stand-off and Covid pandemic that has forced many advance economies to explore a new global manufacturing hubs other than China. India fits into the bill but is India ready to cash-in on the opportunity. Does it have the necessary wherewithal to leapfrog and push the sagging growth? Only time will tell if India has succeeded.