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Patriot Bureau -February 1, 2020

Gunmen wreak havoc in Jamia area

Gunmen wreak havoc in Jamia area

The police have reportedly identified the shooters as Mohammad Luqmaan and Rambhakt Gopal A STUDENT of Jamia Milia Islamia University was shot by a gunman on Thursday afternoon. A video doing the rounds on social media shows the gunman brandishing a countrymade pistol and telling a group of protesters on the road outside the university, […]

Patriot Bureau -February 1, 2020

Steering clear

Steering clear

AAP has kept the controversy surrounding the anti and pro CAA rhetoric at arms length, but why? ON JANUARY 26, Amit Shah made a fresh pitch in his Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign strategy for the impending Delhi election. Addressing the party’s social media volunteers at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the home minister raked up the […]

Patriot Bureau -February 1, 2020

Jharkhand’s ‘waterman’ in shambles

Jharkhand’s ‘waterman’ in shambles

He won the Padma Shri in 2016, but activist Simon Oraon and his family are struggling to make ends meet. His grandsons had to drop out of school, while one granddaughter works as a household help in Delhi At the central crossroad in Bero Bazar (Division), about 45 km from Jharkhand’s capital of Ranchi, stands […]

Patriot Bureau -February 1, 2020

What the media missed

What the media missed

India is facing an environmental crisis. But you wouldn’t know from reading papers and watching TV. Here’s why LET ME begin by stating the obvious: India is not New Delhi. Yet, for the moment, at least for the media, it is. Not so for people in the rest of this vast and diverse country. So, […]

Patriot Bureau -February 1, 2020

7 ways to revive the economy

7 ways to revive the economy

Here are the seven things the government can do in Saturday’s Budget to get the Indian economy out of trouble HERE WE look at seven things the government can do through Budget 2020 to get the Indian economy back on track. REVIVE CONSUMPTION India’s private consumption expenditure growth slowed dramatically in 2019-20. It is thus […]

Patriot Bureau -January 29, 2020

“Music will never take second place in my life”

“Music will never take second place in my life”

With the launch of his new single ‘Tootey Khaab’, singer Armaan Malik talks about his journey as a singer, his evolution from a child artist and his upcoming projects SINGER ARMAAN Malik, who is the grandson of the veteran music director and composer Sardar Malik, made his debut as a child singer with the song […]

Patriot Bureau -January 28, 2020

Can the Indian government spend its way out of the slowdown?

Can the Indian government spend its way out of the slowdown?

 DURING AN ECONOMIC slowdown, a recession, or a depression for that matter, economists become one trick ponies. Most of them go back to John Maynard Keynes, an economist who lived during the first half of the 20th century. Keynes’s major contribution to economics was explaining the Great Depression of 1929. He explained the situation prevailing […]

Patriot Bureau -January 28, 2020

Criminal tendencies

Criminal tendencies

They are innocent until proven guilty. But the nominees of the three main parties in Delhi have grave charges of crimes against women Delhi Assembly elections 2020 are just weeks away. With the closing of nominations and candidates out, it is — as tradition calls it —important to look at the criminals in the fray.  […]