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Dangerous conflagration: On Assam-Mizoram border clash

July 27, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments assam, Assam Chief Minister, bjp, border disputes, constitutional machinery, Dangerous conflagration, de-escalate tensions, editorial, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Mizo National Front, Mizoram, North East Democratic Alliance, North Eastern States, police forces, political bonhomie, sectarian tribalism, underdevelopment, Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Following a dangerous and avoidable escalation of an otherwise dormant border dispute, five policemen and a civilian from Assam were

Wounded mountains: on Himachal landslide tragedy

July 26, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, cloudbursts, controls for COVID-19, damming of rivers, destabilised terrain, destruction of forests, Dharamshala, earthquakes, ecology of the Himalayan States, editorial, flash floods, heavy rain, hill slopes, Himachal Pradesh, hydroelectric projects, hydropower potential, importance of preserving ecology, incompatible model of development, Kinnaur district, landslides, large-scale construction activity, parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy, pointer, Tourist tragedy, tourists, Wounded mountains

Tourist tragedy in Himachal Pradesh points to the importance of preserving ecology The tragic death of nine tourists in a

Change at the helm: on Yediyurappa’s resignation

July 26, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments B S Yediyurappa, B Y Vijayendra, Bharatiya Janata Party, bjp, BJP high command, change at the helm, community leaders, Congress-Janata Dal(S) coalition government, corruption charges, Defections, editorial, in the BJP, Karnataka, lingayat community, politics, politics of polarisation, seers, social base, strong regional leaders, uttarakhand

As the BJP seeks to widen its social base, it should avoid the politics of polarisation By unseating B.S. Yediyurappa

Money changer: On need for an official digital currency

July 25, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments Bitcoin, central banks, china, Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, editorial, Ether, india, inter-ministerial committee, legality of cryptocurrencies, Money changer, official digital currency, Reserve Bank of India

In contrast to India’s continued ambiguity over the legality of cryptocurrencies, its stance on introducing an official digital currency has

In search of gold: On Tokyo Olympics

July 22, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments Athens roots, australia, badminton, boxing, cancellation, china, COVID-19 protocols, demographic-dividend, editorial, European nations, events without spectators, Fukushima, hockey, In search of gold, india, Japan’s capital, local approval ratings for the Games, London, Mary Kom, Medals, Milkha Singh, Miyagi, Olympian, Olympics Village ecosystem, p v sindhu, P.T. Usha, pandemic, quadrennial congregation, runners, russia, Shizuoka regions, shooting, sports infrastructure, tennis, the Olympics, tokyo, Tokyo 2020, united states of america, weight lifting, wrestling

A medal can lose its lustre but the athlete’s sporting immortality is set in stone, such is the enduring allure

Sensitive and precise: On anti-trafficking bill

July 18, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments anti-trafficking committees, care, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill, causative factors, civil society activists, consensual sexual activity for commerce, criminalising sex work, debt, development schemes, draft Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, economic and social environment, editorial, federalism, governments, lack of opportunity, legal experts, Lok Sabha, Parliament, pornography, poverty, protection and rehabilitation to the victims, Public Domain, rights, Sensitive and precise, societies, State and national levels, supportive legal, trafficking, trafficking in persons, upper house, victimisation of the exploited, women and children, Zero-Tolerance

Trafficking needs a wholesome approach that is cognisant of the causative factors Undoubtedly, trafficking is a pernicious offence, one that

Leaving the past behind: On Afghanistan

July 18, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments Afghan forces, Afghan territory, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan’s neighbours, al qaeda, border post attacks, Central and South Asia connectivity conference, Central Asia, Central Asian countries, china, Contact group on Afghanistan of SCO Foreign Ministers, democratic gains, doha, DUSHANBE, editorial, ETIM, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, extremism, government in Kabul, IMU, india, intra-Afghan talks, JEM, Leaving the past behind, LeT, NATO, pakistan, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, peace negotiations, political solution, refugee influx, regional consensus, russia, solutions to the conflict, Spin Boldak-Chaman border, supply chains, support to transnational groups, taliban, Tashkent, territorial control, The Hindu, u.s., Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, violence by terrorist groups

Afghanistan’s neighbours must help it protect the democratic gains of the last two decades Two events in Central Asia last

Redemption road: On Euro 2020

July 13, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments denmark, editorial, England, Euro 2020, footballing countries, france, Germany, good football, italy, Redemption road, redemption stories, Spain, Sport, violence of English fans

Despite the violence of English fans, Euro 2020 will be remembered for good football Sport is replete with redemption stories.

Silver win: Messi-led Argentina’s Copa America win

July 11, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments Albiceleste, Angel Di Maria, argentina, Argentina goalkeeper, brazil, copa america, copa america final, diego maradona, editorial, Emiliano Martinez, Euro, fc barcelona, fifa world cup, football, half-time, intra-continental tournament, lionel messi, maracana stadium, maradona, Messi, neymar, Pele, Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo De Paul, Selecao, Silver win, South America, Sport, title-drought, uruguay, wimbledon

Sport is a distillation of micro-tragedies and mega-ecstasies enmeshed with whirring limbs, glistening sweat, unabashed tears and booming laughter. And

Mixed bag: on Indian merchandise exports

July 4, 2021 Divya Bharat 0 Comments annual record, china, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, commodity prices, congestion, container shortage, dollar terms, economic front, economic recovery in key developed markets, editorial, engineering goods exports, EU, export incentives, export performance, exporters, exports surge, freight rates, government, growth in shipments, health of every constituent sector, Import Duty, India’s merchandise exports, indian ports, iron ore, job-generating export sectors, Kenya, key raw material, large-scale employment, leather and leather products, leather goods segment, long-term growth in exports, mixed bag, non-rice cereals, organic and inorganic chemicals, overseas markets, pandemic-induced slowdown, policy measures, policymakers, protracted nationwide lockdown, raw materials and grains, readymade garments, Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export Products, reopening, reopening of major economies, RoDTEP, second wave of the pandemic, shipments of goods, Sri lanka, Tea, tea industry, trade data, u.s., vaccination coverage, varying degrees of lockdowns, WTO-mandated withdrawal

Restoring health of every constituent sector is a must for long-term growth in exports India’s merchandise exports reached an all-time

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