Opinion

Anatomy of an animus: Why is Obama wishing India ill?

27 Jun 2023 02:38 AM IST

The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States witnessed substantive outcomes that will take the India-US partnership to newer heights, especially with deals such as the potential co-production of the GE-414 engine in India, with 80% technology transfer. This is something unprecedented as the US does not

The Wagner mutiny: Implications for Russia, Putin and the Ukraine war

27 Jun 2023 02:37 AM IST

The Wagner Group, a private armed force run by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of President Putin, opened a mutiny against the Russian government and the latter was all set to tackle the mutiny. On 23 June, Prigozhin launched an armed rebellion after accusing the Russian military of killing Wagner

Plea for public funding of higher education

27 Jun 2023 02:35 AM IST

The new education policy (NEP 2020) laments that the public expenditure on education is “nowhere close to the 6% of GDP, as envisaged by the 1968 policy, reiterated in the policy of 1986, and reaffirmed in the 1992 review of the policy”. It is good that the new policy realises

Emergency, a blot on Indian democracy

26 Jun 2023 02:00 AM IST

On Monday, it will be 48 years since the dreaded internal emergency was promulgated by the then Congress government headed by Indira Gandhi, which many contemporary historians consider as one of the darkest chapters in the recent history of this country. The declaration entailed suspension of basic human rights and

A black chapter: How the press was muzzled by Indira Gandhi

26 Jun 2023 01:58 AM IST

The Emergency took the nation unawares. Most senior leaders, including Jayaprakash Narain (JP), were arrested in the early hours of 26 June 1975. Censorship was imposed. In order to prevent newspapers in the national capital from publishing the news of the arrests, electricity was cut from newspaper offices. Motherland was

Needless controversy over Gandhi Peace Award to Gita Press

24 Jun 2023 01:54 AM IST

There appears to be no reason why such a huge controversy has cropped up over the decision to present the Gandhi Peace Prize to the 100-year-old Gita Press, which has perhaps published more books than any other publishing house in this country. The award is to mark the centenary of

Political isolation of Imran Khan

24 Jun 2023 01:51 AM IST

Isolationism is not a recent phenomenon in Pakistani politics. The once-powerful leaders who enjoyed popular support have often been isolated in their later periods. In 2008, Pervez Musharraf’s closest ally in Sindh, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) under an understanding with their coalition partners from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)

We can co-exist together legally

24 Jun 2023 01:50 AM IST

The Law Commission of India on June 14 appealed to the people of India to submit their comments on the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the following 30 days. Since then, the burning issue of the UCC has been into the crucial talks of socio-political domain in

Modi’s focus on ‘time-bound delivery’ makes him a cut above the rest

23 Jun 2023 01:49 AM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar recently said that everyone can make promises to people but the Modi government’s “strong point” is that it delivers services and projects in a given timeframe. Jaishankar also said, “After elections, they forget (their promises made to people), but in Modi ‘sarkar’, people today are

PM Modi has redefined Indian diplomacy

23 Jun 2023 01:48 AM IST

India has always given priority to responsibility towards the world and the resolve to serve humanity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi A robust foreign policy is of immense significance in today’s highly interconnected and interdependent world. A country’s standing in the global order is determined by its ability to maintain socio-economic

The early dawn of a new turn in geopolitics

22 Jun 2023 02:01 AM IST

If there was any doubt about India’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interview to the Wall Street Journal should have cleared it. To a question on India’s neutrality on the war, the Prime Minister said that India was not neutral. “We are on the side of

Resilient disaster management practices, framework in India

22 Jun 2023 01:59 AM IST

There is an old saying that if you cannot mitigate an eventuality, try to manage the consequences. This is often true with nature’s backlash to humans in form of disasters. As an ordinary individual when we hear the term ‘disaster’, a sea of emotions ranging from shock to fear and