Opinion

Operation Kaveri shows India’s efficiency in tackling challenges abroad

27 Apr 2023 23:22 PM IST

The Modi government has launched ‘Operation Kaveri’ to bring back stranded citizens amid escalating violence due to clashes between the army and paramilitary forces in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. As part of ‘Operation Kaveri’, two flights, carrying Indian citizens rescued from Sudan, have landed in India as well. So far,

Reimagining healthcare: Let us address the basics

27 Apr 2023 23:18 PM IST

Healthcare has never been as important as it is today. With India becoming the most populous country in the world, its healthcare needs will continue to expand and become more complex. The changing ecosystem needs agility in the government’s thinking and policy shaping. India is one of the few countries

Singapore’s zero tolerance for drugs and its traffickers

27 Apr 2023 23:14 PM IST

Recently, Singapore pronounced death sentence to a man for drug trafficking, attempting to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis, twice the amount that attracts death penalty. It is estimated that Singapore has executed over 250 people for drug offences between 1991 and 2007, and 11 people in recent times. Singapore boasts

Rajnath expected to give a strong message to Chinese counterpart

27 Apr 2023 00:49 AM IST

The 18th round of India-China Corps Commander level talks failed to make headway on the contentious issue of the Depsang Plains and de-escalation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. Now, all eyes are on the bilateral meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart

US-led sanctions worse than protection racket, may endanger India, entire world

27 Apr 2023 00:48 AM IST

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US and its allies issued a slew of sanctions in recent years, including an unprecedented 10 rounds of punitive actions in the West’s hope to kneecap its economy and President Putin’s regime so as to get his troops out of Ukraine and even to

Creating a culture of cohesion on campuses

27 Apr 2023 00:43 AM IST

It is a sad reality of our time that deaths by suicide on higher education campuses have become a rather frequent occurrence. Reportedly, during 2018-23, as many as 61 students died at Institutions of National Importance (INIs) alone: IITs (33), NITs (24) and IIMs (4). This block of five years

Can Nitish unite the Opposition?

26 Apr 2023 00:00 AM IST

The Bihar Chief Minister has been very busy during the last few days, travelling to Lucknow, Delhi and Kolkata meeting various Opposition leaders. Nitish Kumar has realised that in order to give the BJP some sort of a credible fight in the 2024 elections, the Opposition needs to get its

Input tax credit: Burden of proof is a burden to prove

25 Apr 2023 23:58 PM IST

Ever since the debates on introduction of GST started, it has always been boasted as a tax which would eliminate the cascading effect of multileveled taxes levied by executive. The idea was to get away with ‘tax on tax’ through a mechanism which would allow ‘seamless flow of credit across

Cheetah needs more space in other parks beyond Kuno

25 Apr 2023 23:53 PM IST

Death of another cheetah in Kuno national park seems to have opened up Pandora’s Box. This is the second death of a cheetah. Interestingly, both the cats died even before they could be released in the open forest. There is another issue that has been baffling the team of the

Global community must lambast Pakistan over Poonch terror attack

24 Apr 2023 23:14 PM IST

The investigation into the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, in which five Indian Army soldiers lost their lives, has prima facie suggested the role of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists. Reports also suggest that there were at least seven LeT terrorists who perpetrated this act of terror. Another Pakistan-based

Cross-strait relations remain on tenterhooks

24 Apr 2023 23:12 PM IST

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen conducted two “transit” stops at the United States during her visit to a few of the island nation’s diplomatic allies, Guatemala and Belize, in Central America from March 29 to April 7. Tsai’s transit period caught major headlines and reflected on Tsai’s continuous policy to interact

Introducing a law against dynastic politics

24 Apr 2023 23:08 PM IST

A few years ago, the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discovered that Indians have not yet rejected hereditary candidates. As a matter of fact, an astonishing 46 percent of voters said that they actually preferred politicians who hailed from dynasties. Nearly one in two Indians preferred candidates with a