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Health Care for All
January 13 , 2012 Dr M N Buch (late)
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In India at least since the British came to rule us it is the State which took upon itself the responsibility for providing health care. In 1925 in the undivided province of the Punjab Sir Fazl-i-Husain...

Governance and Political Studies

Peace Efforts Low on Credibility
January 11 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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The announcement that the Taliban will be opening an office in Qatar should be a cause for some reflection. The US and its allies are politically exhausted and economically drained by the war in Afghani...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

The Strongman Cracks
January 10 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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The Russian Constitution allows a president only two consecutive terms in power. Vladimir Putin was President from 2000 to 2008. Highly popular for having restored the political and economic authority o...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Reforming the Judiciary
January 5 , 2012 Dr M N Buch (late)
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The basic structure of the Constitution of India divides the State into three equal but separate constituents which, nevertheless, have a degree of convergence and interaction because each is incomplete...

Governance and Political Studies

American Nightmare
January 5 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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Book Review - That Used To Be US by Tom Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. The book spells out succintly where the US is slipping up, says Kanwal Sibal As the title suggests, this book deals with the real...

US

Social Welfare and Constitutional Responsibilities of Government: An Analysis of the Current Scenario
January 3 , 2012 Avneesh Kumar
Views: 32104
Abstract India is considered to be the largest democracy of the world, which is governed by an elaborate and detailed written constitution. The author in this research paper has elaborately discussed th...

Governance and Political Studies

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