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FOCUS - JULY 2025

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Presidential Powers vis-à-vis Supreme Court Intervention The problem between the office of the Governor and state governments in India is perhaps as old as the days of independence in 1947. But it became more acute much later due to political compulsions of ruling dispensation at the centre. Governor overstepping his constitutional brief has always been a bone of contention with the state governments, if the state government happens to be of a political outfit not in alignment with the political dispensation at the centre, as it has been happening with the Tamil Nadu government led by DMK with MK Stalin, as the Chief Minister and the Governor RN Ravi, appointed by BJP led NDA government at the centre. Governor Ravi had, in a way, made life difficult for the Tamil Nadu government. He had held back clearance of some 10 legislations since long and was sitting on it. TN government had to take recourse to the options available to it, to break the impasse. So they knocked the door of Supre...

MIP - JULY 2025

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NEW DELHI: BHARATH RATNA & 2nd HAND CARS In the last week of May 2025, there was this print media report “ANANT NAG RECIEVES PADMA BHUSHAN” with photograph of President Draupadi Murmu handing over the citation to Kannada actor Anant Nag and to actor dancer Shobana, besides Padmashree to musician Ricky Gyan Kej. There were many in public life congratulating the Kannada actor for the award. Ostensibly these awards were given to them for their contribution to the films they were involved in for many years. We all know that those who are in the films, are in the film industry only to promote themselves. It brought them name, fame and fortune. Now this award, a national recognition, the third highest civilian award. Quite frankly it baffles logic. They apparently gave their best performance so that they become acceptable to the audience and in turn to the producers of the films. Every time they do well on the screen their price goes up and up. They end up making fortune. Towards the fa...

MIP - MAY 2025

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NEW DELHI: - MEDICOS DISABILITY NORMS There was this report in the print media “NMC’s disability norms to focus on ‘What student can do’.” With disabled medical students going in circles not only while studying medicine, but also once they clear the degree level to keep themselves usefully occupied, this development is very positive empowerment of disabled medicos. Acting on directions from the Supreme Court, NMC (National Medical Commission) is set to review the disability guidelines for both admission to medical college, so also to perform as medical practitioner, once disabled person is qualified as a doctor. To begin with NMC has renamed the Disability Assessment Boards as Ability Assessment Board, to recognize the ability of the disabled student to learn, clear the exam and then start medical practice. Here emphasis is clearly on what the student can do or perform rather than the degree of disability aprisal. According to the proposed review there will be no rigid disability per...

MAY FOCUS 2025

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TRUMPONOMICS & THE WORLD AT LARGE Donald John Trump, is probably the only person and an issue that made ISSUES & CONCERNS, repeat the Focus on the man, in less than 4 months. It was in January 2025 that I&C carried the Focus “DONALD J TRUMP: The New U.S. President”, and we are in May, in three intervening months, the man and the U.S. President forced himself into the Focus, for the kind of words and actions that followed from the 47th occupant of the White House. He is also the 45th President of U.S., having lost his bid for being 46th President in 2020. He attempted yet again in 2024 and was successful. After his first term, reportedly “Scholars and historians ranked him as one of the worst president of the United States of America in the entire history of U.S. Presidency”. Be that as it may, Americans supporting the Republican Party elected him to contest the U.S. Presidential election in 2024 and he won against Democrat Kamala Harris. So clearly Americans by and large w...