Opinion

Lord Ram is about inclusion

04 Aug 2020 05:30 AM IST

The Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust should be commended for sending the first invitation to the Ram temple shilanyas ceremony by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Iqbal Ansari, one of the main litigants in the Ayodhya case. It is a magnanimous gesture and a fitting tribute to what Lord Ram

Non-personal data: Tread wisely in the new gold rush

03 Aug 2020 05:57 AM IST

India’s effort to regulate the non-personal data space stirs up various questions, whose answers will determine the course of business, economy, citizen rights and national sovereignty.

Mohammad Rafi: The eternal voice of India

03 Aug 2020 05:56 AM IST

Forty years have passed since Mohammad Rafi, arguably India’s greatest playback singer, passed away, yet his songs continue to enthrall billions of people the world over. Rafi’s sudden death had left the entire film industry in a shock, and actor Shammi Kapoor, for whom the singer sang some of his

Opposition must speak carefully on diplomacy, national security

03 Aug 2020 05:55 AM IST

In the book, Why We’re Polarized, Vox’s Ezra Klein quotes Princeton political scientist Markus Prior on the nature of political coverage transforming over the years. According to him, the critical factor is not access to political information, but interest in the said political information. Prior says, “The digital revolution offered

Focus on dual technology to strengthen defence capability

01 Aug 2020 06:08 AM IST

While India has fared well in the past with visionary legends like A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, it further needs to enhance indigenous defence capability with dual-use technology.

WHAT WILL BE PRIME MINISTER MODI’S FOCUS ON 15 AUGUST?

01 Aug 2020 06:08 AM IST

While it’s neither easy nor advisable to second guess Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it would be interesting to pen down some of the key points that he could be raising during his Independence Day address to the nation on 15 August this year. Interesting because the build-up seems to have

Technology is a means & not an end

31 Jul 2020 06:19 AM IST

Internet was supposed to bridge the information gap and create an even society. But the disturbing aspect is that this might only be the beginning of discrimination for poor children in the country.

India must skill its youth on a priority basis

31 Jul 2020 06:19 AM IST

India needs to get skilled at tapping skills at a young age for the right market demand. Hundreds of foreign companies, including over 200 firms from the United States (as reported in the media), are planning to set up their manufacturing bases and are ready to invest heavily in India

India must change Nepal approach from ‘Roti-Beti’ to ‘Roji-Roti’

31 Jul 2020 06:19 AM IST

Nepal and India have enjoyed extraordinary friendly relations and sound bilateral bonds based on phenomenal connections of history, religions, traditions and cultures for a long time. Because of these special entities, the relation between the two nations is comprehensive, multidimensional and pragmatic in social, cultural, political and economic engagements with

Time to build a stronger bridge between New Delhi & Seoul

30 Jul 2020 06:33 AM IST

India’s diplomatic and strategic influence is rising in East Asia and in the Pacific region beyond Japan and Australia. Call it a new diplomatic order compelled out of the coronavirus pandemic and the new shifting alignments due to many nations reconsidering their ties with China, India seems to have generated

IT’S TIME TO DEBATE ‘SECULAR’, ‘SOCIALIST’

30 Jul 2020 06:33 AM IST

At a time when a petition has been filed in court seeking the removal of the “undemocratic” words socialist/socialism and secular/secularism from the Constitution, it can be said with certainty that there will be major controversy on this. Of these two, “secularism” in particular is a sensitive subject. However, there

Analysing the moral dilemma of existence

30 Jul 2020 06:33 AM IST

As human beings stand at the crossroads of their survival, it’s time that environmental compliance becomes a habit and a national norm, rather than a discretion of a particular government or an individual.