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Letters to the Editor — June 3, 2021 June 03, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: June 03, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article Exams cancelled The decision to cancel the Class XII Board examinations has come very late, and after causing much agony to students and parents (Page 1, “CBSE, CISCE scrap Class XII exams after review by PM”, June 2). The decision is incomplete without the involvement of all States. Keeping in mind the possibility of a third wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Government should draw up plans for the next course of action as far as the next academic session is con...

Letters to the Editor — May 19, 2021 May 19, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: May 19, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article CBI action It is unfortunate that just when the administrative machinery has begun to roll in West Bengal, spokes are being put in the State government’s wheel (Page 1, “Two TMC Ministers among four held by CBI in Narada scam”, May 18). It is mysterious how an old case bundle pertaining to alleged criminal offences by a few prominent political leaders in the TMC has suddenly found importance. Nothing barred the premier investigation agency to undertake this exercise all t...

Letters to the Editor — April 26, 2021 April 26, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: April 26, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article Patient safety It is distressing that several COVID-19 affected patients admitted in various hospitals are losing their lives almost every day as a result of oxygen/fire-related incidents. The fact that the national capital, home to constitutional, judicial and executive heads, is seeing several fatalities due to the oxygen crisis points to shoddy planning, inadequate attention and inept handling of the medical crisis. Ensuring foolproof safety norms in hospitals should b...

Letters to the Editor — April 19, 2021 April 19, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: April 19, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article Judicial vacancies Going by the statement of the Attorney General, 220 vacancies, which is a staggering figure, to the various High Courts have not been filled up. This is apart from the other vacancies in the Supreme Court. There should be no delay, even by a day, in the matter of constitutional appointments. The constitutional parameters in terms of the Preamble and constitutional values of secularism and a welfare state are very clear and should be strictly adhered to ...

Letters to the Editor — March 5, 2021 March 05, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: March 05, 2021 00:02 IST Updated: Share Article Stepping aside To many, whether V.K. Sasikala, aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, ‘withdrew from politics’ on her own or was forced to, would remain a question mark in Tamil Nadu’s politics. But there are ample hints in the report, “Sasikala announces decision to withdraw from politics (Page 1, March 4), that the national party in question, the BJP, may have leaned on its alliance partner in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK. Her situation is akin to that ...