Opinion

How India can hit China where it hurts the most

20 Jul 2020 05:27 AM IST

The Indian government has focused on giving China a befitting reply on the border dispute through economic sanctions. The idea of “boycott China” is resonating within the country. A closer look at the economic relations between the two countries will help us in understanding the feasibility of the boycott plan.

Gear up agriculture to prepare for fourth Industrial Revolution

18 Jul 2020 06:32 AM IST

We should denounce apocalyptic scenarios surrounding the fourth Industrial Revolution in the country and instead, focus on skilling and technology.

The big Rajasthan message for Congress

18 Jul 2020 06:31 AM IST

Despite stating that he wants to remain with the Congress, Sachin Pilot has drastically endangered his ties with the party. After Jyotoraditya Scindia’s exit, this has come as a morale dampener for the party, especially the second generation; one of whom rather evocatively stated: The party has lost its Karan-Arjun.

Beijing needs to improve its relations with neighbours

17 Jul 2020 05:52 AM IST

Beijing and Washington, already at loggerheads over rising trade rifts to human rights issues in Hong Kong, Tibet and Xinjiang, resulting in the US sanctions against Chinese officials, are not ready to mend fences. Particularly the US administration, currently facing the presidential election heat, will not mend ties with China

Time for India to recalibrate its strategic approach

17 Jul 2020 05:51 AM IST

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a bold and inspiring speech to the soldiers, including a reference to the Sanskrit half-verse “Veer Bhogya Vasundhara”, in Ladakh, many had hoped that India would finally shed its shy and disempowering attitude to strategic issues and recalibrate its approach to one coming from

India falters on Covid after a good start

16 Jul 2020 05:22 AM IST

We, as a nation, should realise that the pandemic is not going to end any time soon. If anything, it is only accelerating. Do we need to go back to a phase 1-like lockdown again?

Nearly a million corona cases: What now?

16 Jul 2020 05:21 AM IST

At a time when India is on the threshold of crossing the one-million mark in Covid-19 cases, the third highest in the world, the numbers involved appear mind-boggling. But a country of 1.3 billion people should not be scared of numbers. The actual number of active cases in India is

Why India should not worry if Biden becomes US President

16 Jul 2020 05:21 AM IST

Before US President Donald Trump visited India in February 2020, there were a number of unsuccessful efforts to invite him. In December 2019, I got some indications from my contacts that he might like to visit India. In December 2019, I requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to invite Trump before

Children hit hardest by Covid-19 pandemic

15 Jul 2020 06:22 AM IST

The underprivileged kids who have neither the wherewithal for e-classes nor the food back home to compensate for the lost mid-day meals at school have suffered the most.

Congress scores a self-goal

15 Jul 2020 06:22 AM IST

Two years ago when I was writing my book The Contenders, on GenNext politicians, I interviewed Sachin Pilot for the chapter on him. Interestingly, he revealed a funny quirk about himself and said that even when he watches a movie, he researches it first to figure out if it’s worth

Maharashtra govt infusing anarchy into state education

15 Jul 2020 06:21 AM IST

Ever since the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government took the reins of Maharashtra, it has been under constant public scrutiny for every wrong reasons leading to nothing but a state of governing anarchy. Considering the overall pattern of ineffective administration in the state, it won’t be wrong to

Babudom needs an overhaul if self-reliance is to succeed

14 Jul 2020 05:29 AM IST

The British built a system to ‘administer’ and ‘regulate’ a colony, and we are continuing that. We must change. Now is the time to instead reorient our bureaucracy towards ‘facilitation’.