Opinion

MODI’S ‘DEFT DIPLOMACY’ LED TO INDIA-ISLAMIC WORLD CLOSE TIES

20 Jul 2023 09:18 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his outreach to the Islamic world, describing it as an “exemplary”. Significantly, Tharoor’s remarks came hours after PM Modi’s day-long visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that saw the two nations strengthening strategic partnership. The Congress

INDIA: Appropriating a nation with a political alliance

20 Jul 2023 09:17 AM IST

The 26-party coalition led by the Congress known as “The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance” or “INDIA” has nothing new to offer, and is the same old wine in a new bottle. The Opposition political groups from each state banded together to take on the BJP, a powerful political rival

Steps needed to transform states & UTs to global levels

19 Jul 2023 08:40 AM IST

In recent times, India has been striving to transform itself by undertaking many new initiatives that include Make in India, Atmanirbhar Bharat, promoting entrepreneurship, increasing exports, bettering international relationships and economy, to name a few. In this process, it is quite imperative that all states and Union Territories (UTs) with

Vilnius NATO leadership summit outcome: In Zelenskyy’s pyrrhic win, was peace the casualty?

19 Jul 2023 08:35 AM IST

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may be the most feted head of state in the world, well at least in the West. The question is whether he and his agenda on war and world order largely supported by NATO, should be so dominating that many key issues to the South and

Opposition Unity Vs NDA Growth

19 Jul 2023 08:30 AM IST

The optics for Opposition unity are proceeding rather nicely specially with the Congress agreeing to support the Aam Admi Party on the controversial amendment moved by the Centre against the Delhi government. On the eve of the Monsoon Session, such coordination harbours well for the Opposition. And this is despite

Taking consumers for a ride: Is the relentless pursuit of business profits harming the environment?

18 Jul 2023 08:18 AM IST

Presently, the environment, sustainability, green production, green marketing, green supply chain, green finance, and many of their variants have not only entered the lexicon of business and social discourse, but have become buzzwords worldwide. The United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals have been transformed into the Sustainable Development Goals. No discussion

Opposition unity is about creating perceptions

18 Jul 2023 08:13 AM IST

The meeting of the Opposition parties started on Monday in Bengaluru in Karnataka, a state that the Congress recently snatched from the BJP in the Assembly elections. It may look like a mega meet of 26 parties that are joining hands to defeat the BJP in 2024. But a closer

Parliamentary questions in times of logjams

18 Jul 2023 08:09 AM IST

The right to ask questions is an inherent and inalienable right of members in a parliamentary democratic set up. A question is a most versatile and powerful tool of accountability. A question may be asked to a minister on a matter of public importance within the domain of the business

Fire in Delhi’s Multi Storey Building should be a wake-up call for NCR

17 Jul 2023 08:20 AM IST

On Saturday, a fire that broke out on the ninth floor of a multi-storyed building on Barakhamba Road near Connaught Place, should serve as a wake-up call for authorities in the entire National Capital Region, including parts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Although there was no loss of life reported

For now, NATO heading to Asia is a very bad and dangerous idea?

17 Jul 2023 08:09 AM IST

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General and NATO, he leads are expansionist and overly offensive at times some argue. Over the last several years, the Atlantic alliance has added at least four new members with five now that Sweden has been permitted to join. This has happened all while a fast growing

Unheard voices: The invisible Muslim women in development

15 Jul 2023 08:40 AM IST

At a time when India is boasting about its progress towards sustainable development goals with slogans like “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas”, Muslim women are being overlooked in the development scenario. Analysing women’s development through the lens of Dr. Ambedkar’s statement, “I measure the progress of a community by the degree

Capital Shame as Post-Flooding, Epidemic Threat Looms Large

15 Jul 2023 08:31 AM IST

Many Chief Ministers from Sheila Dikshit to Arvind Kejriwal, have in their over enthusiasm, tried to compare the National Capital with several prominent cities of the world. However, what is evident is that successive governments have failed completely in providing a robust infra-structure that can deal with natural calamities. A