Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Make agriculture smart, villages smarter

21 May 2020 04:51 AM IST

In the last five years of India’s economic development and nation building, the “Smart City” tag has created the maximum buzz. It was supposed to be home to jobs, assured income and basic to high quality living. The “smart cities” today are helpless, jobless and most of them, penniless. The

Balance domestic politics and global diplomacy

20 May 2020 10:57 AM IST

When domestic fault lines are being exploited by external actors, the safeguarding of a country’s foreign policy needs cooperation of domestic players.

Carpe Diem Moment For Congress?

20 May 2020 03:20 AM IST

At some point, during lockdown the Congress decided that it’s a good idea to go back to being an active political party, instead of playing secondfiddle to Mamata Banerjee and Uddhav Thackeray. It was Sonia Gandhi who fired the first salvo when she took on the Central government for charging

Covid will profoundly impact Indian economy

19 May 2020 04:02 AM IST

The country needs a new economic growth paradigm and that is what we should expect and demand from our government.

Central guidelines must be followed

19 May 2020 04:02 AM IST

One of the most significant takeaways of India’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic until now has been the way the Centre and the states have worked together in tackling this grave crisis—in fact more often than not, in perfect coordination. The Prime Minister has shown the way on how to

Pragmatism beyond the locker room

19 May 2020 04:02 AM IST

‘Bois Locker Room’, an Instagram group in which obscene messages and morphed pictures of underage girls were shared, is reminder of things gone wrong in society.

Politics of opportunism, confusion & appeasement

18 May 2020 05:10 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee often indulges in shrill theatrics only to cover-up on her colossal failures as West Bengal’s Chief Minister and Health Minister.

Lockdown lessons that can help us deal with climate change

18 May 2020 05:10 AM IST

We need to strike a balance between being self-reliant and collaborating with the world to problem solve.

Violence cannot be condoned

18 May 2020 05:10 AM IST

Disturbing news of violence committed by migrant workers wanting to return home are coming from certain parts of the country, especially Gujarat. Some incidents have also been reported from Uttar Pradesh, where workers wanting to return home to Bihar not only indulged in violence, but also raised political slogans. Earlier

It’s time for India to redefine swadeshi

16 May 2020 01:35 AM IST

We should device a new policy which is mix of import substitution with export orientation.

Financial cybercrime rides the Covid-19 wave

15 May 2020 03:58 AM IST

The world may be at a standstill but online predators are on the prowl. They have shifted to corona-based messaging themes to defraud and loot unsuspecting prey

Surmising about the Modi stimulus

14 May 2020 03:08 AM IST

The priority of lives over livelihood has to continue in our resource allocation, not only by way of cash transfers or free grains but also through gradual opening up of economy.