India

Why there is so much protest against farm laws

01 Oct 2020 04:45 AM IST

Amidst strong protests by Opposition parties and farmers’ organisations, the Central government got the three farm bills passed in Parliament. With the assent of the President of India, these bills have now become Acts or the laws of the land! The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act

How brands turned Covid crisis into an opportunity

01 Oct 2020 04:42 AM IST

The over two month long nationwide lockdown which was put in place to slow down the spread of the Covid-19 infection has led to several brands re-strategising their business models in order to recover from the sweeping losses they had faced during the lockdown. Some of the brands include Gem

We need to stand with our farmers today

01 Oct 2020 04:38 AM IST

The Americans and Europeans—both the public and the governments—have never ceased to support their farmers. We should also come forward in support of them.

India slams Pakistan over its move to hold elections in disputed Gilgit-Baltistan

30 Sep 2020 04:43 AM IST

India has come heavily down on Pakistan for its decision to conduct elections in the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has reiterated India’s stand that the entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas of so-called Gilgit and Baltistan, are its territories

When China talks of peace, India must prepare for war

30 Sep 2020 04:38 AM IST

Before waging a war, Dragon often invokes peace. It used the same tactic to convince Nehru to send food for the invading PLA troops in Tibet who, as new evidences suggest, used their presence there to prepare for the 1962 war against India.

This is no longer a man’s world: Jorie Healthcare CEO Anita Singh

29 Sep 2020 06:04 AM IST

In conversation with The Daily Guardian, Anita Sumra Singh, the Indian-origin CEO of Jorie Healthcare Partners and Jindal MMG, talks about her efforts and expansion in Chandigarh. With a dedicated team, she is bridging the best of Chicago and Chandigarh and in less than a year, her team grew from

Jaswant Singh was a gentleman politician, always polite & courteous

29 Sep 2020 05:59 AM IST

The ninth summit of the Group of 15 was held in Montego Bay, on the west coast of Jamaica, between 10th and 12th January 1999. The gathering had brought together leaders, representatives and policymakers from Non-Aligned nations which had joined together to create a forum to foster cooperation and develop

Local storytellers, global warmongers

29 Sep 2020 05:54 AM IST

We need to start talking about the issue of cultural sovereignty like the rest of our sovereignty depends on it too. We can’t outsource stories of the self to interests that wish to exterminate that very self altogether.

Woman moves court after losing a Ludo game with dad

28 Sep 2020 05:59 AM IST

A 24-year-old woman has approached a family court after she lost a Ludo game to her father. The matter came up before family court counsellor Sarita Rajani in the Madhya Pradesh capital here. The daughter has said that she has been experiencing alienation from her father ever since the outcome

Former Bihar police chief joins Nitish’s Party a month before Assembly elections

28 Sep 2020 05:54 AM IST

Ahead of the Assembly elections in Bihar, former Director-General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey, who recently took voluntary retirement scheme (VRS), joined the JD-U on Sunday evening. He met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday and later said that he has not taken any decision on contesting the elections.

Tejashwi’s big poll promise: Will fill 10L vacancies soon after coming to power

28 Sep 2020 05:49 AM IST

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday promised that if his party returned to power after the Bihar Assembly elections, more than 10 lakh government vacancies would be filled within two months. He also accused the Nitish Kumar government of neglecting the youths of Bihar. “As a result, job

India would never go up when Bharat is going down

28 Sep 2020 05:41 AM IST

Our corporates must realise that nature abhors disequilibrium. There is a huge multitude of people who have been left out of economic development. Why can’t they tie up their goals to the needs of these people? Why can’t they give them work and therefore, money and therefore, create a further