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Caption: BENGALURU, KARNATAKA, 19/04/2016:A view of the second day workers protests against recent amendments to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) at peenya industrial area on Tumkur road in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Arranged pic

A self goal

The NDA government restores the EPF interest rate under pressure from trade unions, but it will have to pay a heavy price for its move to trifle with
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CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 23/03/2016: A pharmacist separating banned drugs from the rest of the medicines at a shop in Kilpauk, Chennai on March 23, 2016. Photo: M. Vedhan

Faulty prescriptions

The Centre’s decision to ban 350 fixed-dose combination drugs brings to the fore the urgent need to curb the unethical practices in the pharmaceutical
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Nasik : Three women including Swaraj organisation chief vanita Gutte perform prayers Triambakeshwar temple, in Nasik on Thursday. PTI Photo (PTI4_21_2016_000189B)

Struggle for equality

The women’s movement for the right of entry into religious spaces seeks to challenge gender- and caste-based hierarchies. The organisations leading it
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NEW DELHI, 30/11/2012 : The high level BJP degation comprising L. K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaiteley, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Balbir Punj and R. Ramakrishna coming out after submitting a memorandum to Election Commission on alleged violation of the Modal Code of Conduct by the Congress Party by announcing Aadhaar based Direct Cash Transfers beginig 1st January 2013, in New Delhi on November 30, 2012. Photo: V_Sudershan

Dubious tactics

The modus operandi used to introduce the Aadhaar Bill, 2016, has serious implications for the future of Indian democracy.
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B.LINE:Jairam Ramesh at Parliament House , in New Delhi ,on 30.11.15. Pic : Kamal Narang

‘Planned emasculation of the Rajya Sabha’

Interview with Jairam Ramesh, Congress member of the Rajya Sabha and former Union Minister.
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NEW DELHI, 09/03/2016: Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury addressing the media on the issue of World Cultural Festival at the Parliament in New Delhi on March 09, 2016. Photo: R.V. Moorthy

‘A grave encroachment on individual privacy’

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
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Marketing dharma

The book skilfully chronicles the role played by Gita Press in popularising the idea of a Hindu India by propagating the virtues of “sanatana dharma”.
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VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, 06/07/2015:CITU general secretary and CPI (M) general secretary Tapan Sen addressing a press conference in Visakhapatnam on July 06, 2015. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

‘Burden on honest taxpayers’

Interview with Tapan Sen, general secretary, CITU.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
VISAKHAPATNAM(ANDHRA PRADESH) 19 -09-2014: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh national general secretary Virjesh Upadhyay. -- Photo:arranged pic

‘Much depends on agriculture’

Interview with Virjesh Upadhyay, national general secretary, BMS.
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B:LINE: Members of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee staging a protest against Central Government demanding rollback of Tax on EPF proposed in the Union Budget in the capital on 7-3-16. Pic: Ramesh Sharma

Double whammy

Widespread opposition to the proposal to tax withdrawals from Employees’ Provident Fund puts the government on the back foot.
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Doctors look at the ultrasound scan of a patient at Janakpuri Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi January 19, 2015. The empty hospitals in the heart of the Indian capital are emblematic of the paralysis gripping a public health system that is responsible for some of the world's worst health indicators. Many of the country's 1.2 billion people have a choice between expensive private care, or no care at all. Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces many challenges to his stated goal of providing universal public health coverage, but one of the most daunting is ending the logjams that mean officials consistently fail to use their budgets. Picture taken January 19, 2015. To match Insight INDIA-HEALTHCARE/HOSPITALS REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS)

Cosmetic measures

The Union Budget uses a silo-based approach to health in complete disregard for what its own reports and data point out in terms of what is required f
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New Delhi: Congress leader Anand Sharma interacts with the media at Parliament house on the first day of the monsoon session in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Kamal Singh (PTI7_21_2015_000129A)

‘Tactical diversion of public attention’

Interview with Anand Sharma, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha.
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