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15 hours ago | Sahil Makkar
India's precarious internal security
This book should be compulsory reading for every Indian politician and bureaucrat
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24-Jul-2017 | Sahil Makkar & Ishan Bakshi
Resentment among bureaucrats over government 360-degree promotion policy
Those denied promotions are feeling demoralised and thinking of returning to their home states
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22-Jul-2017 | Sahil Makkar
CAG raps Centre, states for poor implementation of Right to Education Act
It finds lacunas in financial management, compliance and monitoring of the RTE Act, 2009
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19-Jul-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Naidu's reform push gave urban development a fresh impetus
He was proactive and the force behind the ongoing reforms in the ministry, says Jagan Shah
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19-Jul-2017 | Sahil Makkar
GST impact: Truck drivers enjoy the free run
The checkpoint now has barely any truck waiting for clearance
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18-Jul-2017 | N Sundaresha Subramanian & Sahil Makkar
GST cuts down trucks' travel time: Illegal traffic is off highways
BS reporters travel on trucks on two key routes from Delhi to find changes on the ground
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13-Jul-2017 | Sahil Makkar & Ishan Bakshi
Smart Cities: After 2 years, only 6.3% of projects under implementation
Contracts awarded for only 23% of projects under the Atal Mission
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07-Jul-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Scrap electoral bonds, bring law to regulate political parties: Chhokar
The founder-member of ADR says electoral bonds reduce transparency in political funding
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07-Jul-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Govt to push e-education with 4 digital initiatives
Initiatives will increase Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education - 24.5 (2015-16) to 30 (2020)
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06-Jul-2017 | Sahil Makkar, Gireesh Babu & Nikhat Hetavkar
Haryana to Tamil Nadu: Indo-Israel ties for a better future
Israeli technologies for farming, water treatment to bring in a silent revolution
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01-Jul-2017 | Sahil Makkar
AAP government bats for admission quota in Delhi University
There are legal problems, national implications in meeting the Delhi govt's demand of reservation
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27-Jun-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Ex-Isro chief Kasturirangan to head committee on national education policy
The last national education policy was made in 1989
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23-Jun-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Govt to monitor learning outcomes of 3 million students
Learning outcome of each student will be linked to Aadhaar
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21-Jun-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Teacher education reforms begin
Govt has issued show cause notices to around 4,000 institutes in the past few months
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15-Jun-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Coming Soon: Smart schools in 4 BJP states
Centre is planning a unified digital system to track attendance, performance of teachers, students
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09-Jun-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Why is IISc constantly slipping on QS rankings?
The institute has been scoring less on academic reputation and faculty-student parameters
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09-Jun-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Govt to roll out fellowships to prevent brain drain
The students have to refund the entire amount if they decide to leave their PhDs mid-way
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07-Jun-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Centre-Canara Bank to raise Rs 20,000 cr to give loans to IITs, IIMs
The financing model is such that the Centre will pay interest on the amount borrowed by the institutes
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03-Jun-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Amarinder Singh confronts Punjab reality
The Punjab CM is finding it hard to fulfill poll promises due to rising debt and revenue deficit
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29-May-2017 | Sahil Makkar
CBSE Class 12 pass percentage dips, girls continue to outperform boys
Students from Trivandrum, Chennai & Delhi performed better than seven other regions
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27-May-2017 | Sahil Makkar
CBSE to announce Class 12 results on Sunday
CBSE delayed announcement of results after Delhi HC said no to scrapping of moderation marks policy
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25-May-2017 | Sahil Makkar
CBSE remains undecided on Class 12 results
Over one million students are awaiting results as college admission process has begun
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10-May-2017 | Sahil Makkar
Smart cities get stuck in slow lane
Projects facing delays because of lukewarm response from private players and operational challenges
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10-May-2017 | Sahil Makkar & N Sundaresha Subramanian
Booking profits the old-school way
With Rs 325-crore IPO proceeds, S Chand aims to consolidate
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05-May-2017 | Sahil Makkar
I will continue writing despite joining Ashoka as VC: Pratap Bhanu Mehta
The chief executive of the Centre for Policy Research will be joining Ashoka as its vice- chancellor
