Opinion

THE CREDIBILITY CHALLENGE

15 Feb 2023 01:24 AM IST

As the Budget Session of Parliament takes a break, it’s a good time to analyse the last fortnight that saw a fiesty face-off between the Opposition and the Treasury Benches. After a long time, there was debate on the floor of the House as opposed to adjournments inside and sloganeering

Innovation Super-clusters: Solution for focused nations

15 Feb 2023 01:22 AM IST

Every one cannot be good in everything possible, true for an individual, true for a nation. While everyone needs to learn and practice a horde of various things and skills, finally s/he settles down on a few things, just one or two where the expertise lies, and with focused attention

Selling ‘India short’ is a bad idea and won’t work

15 Feb 2023 01:21 AM IST

Recently, a report of the US investment research firm Hindenburg (the name, inspired by the Nazi Zeppelin that exploded over New Jersey prior to World War II) has caused share prices of Adani group companies to nosedive. It has been done through a method called “shorting”. There may be some

Zelenskyy should not punch above his weight

14 Feb 2023 00:58 AM IST

What has happened to Ukraine over the last one year of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of that country is heart-breaking. With millions of lives destroyed and over 60,000 dead, the country is now a hollow shell of its former self. It’s a fate that should not befall any country. Whatever be

Ethical, legal, scientific, and spiritual perspectives of life, death and beyond

14 Feb 2023 00:56 AM IST

The proposition of accepting death when life seems futile is largely controversial given its ethical, legal, scientific, and spiritual connotations. The legal perspective is the most furiously debated around the difficult question: Should we allow active euthanasia or not? In the Indian legal system, only passive euthanasia is permissible, which

Old vs New Tax Regime: What you need to know

14 Feb 2023 00:55 AM IST

The past two budgets have been nudging people to opt for the New Tax Regime (NTR). Budget 2023 claims to have made NTR all the more alluring for all categories of taxpayers. Standard Deduction as applicable to OTR has been extended to NTR besides raising the tax exemption limit for

Budget allocation for sickle cell disease is a paradigm shift

13 Feb 2023 09:35 AM IST

Sickle cell disease (SCD) and thalassemias are hereditary disorders that afflict millions of individuals worldwide; their incidence is significant among scheduled tribes that are socio economically disadvantaged and lack access to health care. SCD is prevalent in India, particularly in the central and western regions, where around 1 in 86

Traversing beyond familiar limitations of our education

11 Feb 2023 07:47 AM IST

Children love to play games and enjoy being with their little companions at play schools. Instead, most of them are hooked to online games as a large number of working parents may not find adequate time to spend with their children. It is vital to make children play team games

Huge surge in Indo-US Defence ties

11 Feb 2023 07:38 AM IST

Earlier, this month during the visit of NSA Ajit Doval to the United States, India and the U.S., kickstarted the inaugural dialogue on the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). In addition, the two sides announced a set of programmes whose aim is to increase the depth and scope

Economic shocks widen social inequality, hit recovery of marginalised, vulnerable sections

10 Feb 2023 07:38 AM IST

The global economy in the recent past was hit with two major shocks—the Covid-19 pandemic followed by the Russia-Ukraine war. Research across a wide range of natural and man-made disasters, including hurricanes, floods, and economic downturns, repeatedly demonstrate the greater health burden that falls on those in disadvantaged social and

SHEHBAZ SHARIF’S KASHMIR RANT RILES GLOBAL COMMUNITY

10 Feb 2023 07:30 AM IST

Pakistan is reeling under a severe and unprecedented economic crisis. India’s neighbouring country is at the verge of bankruptcy. There are disturbing reports about how people in Pakistan are facing an acute poverty and food shortage. But amid the worsening situation like this, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is busy

Link between judicial delay, corruption is a complex one

10 Feb 2023 07:27 AM IST

The Chief Justice of India’s recent statement on the reluctance of judges in the lower judiciary to grant bail is noteworthy as it highlights a crucial issue of flooding of bail applications before the higher judiciary. The CJI recognised that the reluctance was not due to a lack of understanding