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Insights into Editorial: Women in the workplace: Not yet a better balance

Insights into Editorial: Women in the workplace: Not yet a better balance 21 June 2016 Article Link The position of women has steadily improved in India over the last 25 years. Employment gender gap, especially, has improved over the last 25 years. Conducive environment for women to balance work along with household responsibilities is being …

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Insights into Editorial: NEET breather for States as President signs ordinance

Insights into Editorial: NEET breather for States as President signs ordinance 26 May 2016 Article Link Summary: President Pranab Mukherjee recently gave his assent to the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test ordinance. According to this, all postgraduate (PG) admissions will be done through NEET this year. However, for undergraduate (UG) courses, an exemption has been …

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Insights into Editorial: Payments banks aren’t looking that lucrative anymore

Insights into Editorial: Payments banks aren’t looking that lucrative anymore 25 May 2016 Article Link Summary: Three firms—Tech Mahindra; Sun Pharma promoter Dilip Shanghvi and his partners IDFC Bank Ltd and Telenor Financial Services; and Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co- have withdrawn their applications to start payment banks. These firms, along with eight other firms, …

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Insights into Editorial: The judiciary is shifting the balance of power

Insights into Editorial: The judiciary is shifting the balance of power Article Link 18 May 2016 Summary: Judiciary, in recent years, is increasingly being criticized for actively encroaching on the powers of legislative and executive authorities. “The judiciary has appropriated for itself a role far beyond its primary duties of dispensing justice and interpreting laws”, …

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