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UPSC Final Interviews: Merit or Caste?

Despite reservations, caste and economic backwardness cannot supersede merit. This is why the Union Public Service Commission’s latest decision to share the Caste...

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H1B Visa: Are Indians are going to benefit from the US visa renewal process?

With the debate over H1-B VISA holders, who are in large numbers from India, being drummed up to a crescendo by Republic (GOP)...

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Sunset for the Chogyal

Iwas having lunch when I got a call from Kewal Singh, the foreign secretary, asking me to report to him immediately. It was...

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Diplomacy extraordinary

THE assignment to Fiji has been hazardous to Indian envoys at the best of times. For historical reasons, the envoys are looked upon...

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A singular summit

SUMMIT meetings have become a standard feature of international diplomacy in the twenty-first century. Leaders meet each other with a frequency which is...