DailyPost 1872 PROCUREMENT MAYHEM If the procurement is important for the nation and takes a decade to procure, it lands in a mess and then it becomes a dirty linen to be washed in public, for all times to come. This has not been with one procurement or the other, our procurement history is replete with […]
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DailyPost 1860 THE FEUDAL EXECUTIVE Where does the charm of the executive emanate from? What is the impetus of joining it, leaving behind bright professional careers lots of times? Can we go by the oft repeated cliché of public service and an urge to make a difference? The harsh reality of the Indian executive appears in the
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DailyPost 1857 INVESTIGATION IN THE DOCK Investigation is the legal act of finding the truth with the necessary substantiation which can withstand the test of judicial scrutiny and lead to conviction. There are other methods where the same rule applies differently, enquiry commissions, fact finding committees, court supervised investigations, arbitrations, tribunals, regulatory agencies / authorities and
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DailyPost 1838 PANDORA PAPERS The genesis of the name for this cache of documents remains unknown. Pandora’s box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod’s Works and Days. In reality this explanation is right; “A present which seems valuable but which in reality is a curse.” The recently
DailyPost 1824 EVERGRANDE It has different names in different parts of the world, the financial mess which it ends up in, remains the same. Now it is Evergrande of the famed Shenzhen city in China, famed for the super Silicon Valley pace of digital existence. In 2008 in the US, it was Lehman Brothers facing an
DailyPost 1787 DESCENT INTO CHAOS! It could not have been more prophetic. Ahmed Rashid authored a book Descent Into Chaos in 2008. The theme of the book was ”How the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.” Thirteen years down the line, with the Taliban taking over levers of power
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DailyPost 1786 LIFE IS POLITICAL DECISION Life is a political decision and so is death, it seems. The fall out of political decisions are so far reaching that the ones who decide are even not aware of it. What they see is only what can be seen. Behind the scenes, machinations of human existence, of
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DailyPost 1732 A PLAGIARIZED MINDSET Plagiarism is not a new phenomenon, but its rampant growth in the last decade with the onset of large-scale digital resources, has slowly created a plagiarized mindset in a whole generation. This type of a prevalent mindset reflects all over the place in two very clear-cut stands; one is that there
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DailyPost 1722 SUPERFICIAL, IMAGINARY TO THE SURREAL This is the story of the electronic mainstream national English media, the English TV channels. With a skeletal reporter base covering the expanse and issues of this country and claiming to be covering with authority, it can at the very least be declared a tall claim. The one anchor-based
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DailyPost 1707 COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM, GOVERNANCE & INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMUNICATION – THE MEDIA WAY The political party spokespersons have been mandated by the parties to become government spokesperson. They also interpret one odd press conference on topical issues of the day. National limelight falls on them every evening, defining every government move and add an intelligent and coherent
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DailyPost 1700 ELECTRONIC NEWS MEDIA – WHERE IS THE NEWS? Television on an experimental mode started in 1959 in Delhi. In 1965 daily transmission started as a part of All India Radio. It had a steady growth with technology facilitation at every milestone, moving to colour in 1982, at the time of the Asian Games.
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