Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi is the man who led the nation-wide cleanliness campaign named as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. It can be translated into English as Clean India Mission. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a restructured version of Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) implemented in 1999 by the then government, which was later renamed as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan […]

Terrorism is a terrible thing. Terrorism is described as a systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in the population for political, religious or ideological reasons. It is the greatest threat to humanity in modern times. It has been observed that terror has mainly aimed at easy, soft targets with an […]

The revolt started at Meerut, over 64 km from Delhi, on May 10, 1857. It had begun three weeks ahead of the date fixed, i.e. May 31, 1857. Greased cartridges were issued to the soldiers of the 3rd Native Cavalry which they declined to use. They were court-martialled for disobedience and convicted. The authorities were quite […]

For a country that is taking such gigantic strides in the midst of the world’s economically powerful nations, India’s persistent inability to create ample employment for its burgeoning population has been an albatross around its neck for far too long. In fact, the charge of ‘jobless growth’ has been levelled against all governments even those […]

Who is the Head of Chandrayaan-3 Project? India’s third mission to the moon, the Chandrayaan-3, got a boost when Mr. P. Veeramuthuvel from Villupuram (Tamil Nadu) was appointed as the Project Director of the mission, which is likely to take flight by the end of 2020 or early 2021. Mr. Veeramuthuvel, 41, will shoulder the […]

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” —Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General of the UN Knowledge is awareness of knowing about ‘what, why, when, where and how’ of anything. It is power. Power is of two kinds: one physical and the other intellectual. The […]

“We believe when we see; We learn when we do…”. Our ancestors had handed over the planet Earth to us, so cool and green. We are polluting the environment—sometimes intentionally, sometimes ignorantly. Pollution is one of the current evils brought about by the growth of science and technology. It harms the health and well being […]

The maxim of ‘Look before you leap’ advises that we should look deeply upon the matter and think over on how it is to be done, before we begin to act. It also warns that if we do not do so, we are in for trouble after having done it wrongly. The maxim is applicable […]

It took India 82 years to transit from an opaque system of governance, legitimised by the colonial Official Secrets Act, to one where citizens can demand the right to information. The enactment of the Right to Information Act 2005 marked a significant shift for Indian democracy, for, the greater the access to information, the greater […]

India is the biggest democracy of the world. A democracy is known for its multiculturalism, multidimensional approach, compromise and accommodation. A democracy’s most important feature is equality embedded with justice. Unlike all these terms which are used coterminously with democracy one feature is not considered that important—unpredictability. A communist and autocratic government works in a […]