Opinion

Resume life but with the mask on

07 Oct 2020 05:40 AM IST

From all accounts, Covid is here to stay till at least the middle of next year; we are now learning to live with the ‘new normal’, despite the rising cases. On 6 October, India reported a spike of 61,267 new Covid-19 cases and 884 deaths in 24 hours. Yet, life,

Ball in China’s court to improve the situation

07 Oct 2020 05:37 AM IST

As the standoff between Indian troops and the Chinese enters fifth month in Ladakh, the possibility of a confrontation turning into a conflict seems to have been at least temporarily delayed, not diminished.

Hathras: Quality of policing leaves much to be desired

06 Oct 2020 05:21 AM IST

The attempt to cover up the alleged gang-rape of a Dalit girl in Hathras by cremating her dead body in the middle of the night is a despicable crime, for which the personnel involved should be prosecuted. The crime of rape is unpardonable and deserves the harshest punishment. And those

Leadership in governance of higher education

06 Oct 2020 05:19 AM IST

The system of higher education cannot be fixed without fixing the issue of governance.

AIIMS doctor’s unprofessional conduct in Sushant case

05 Oct 2020 10:47 AM IST

Dr Sudhir Gupta, chairman of the AIIMS Forensic Board, appointed to go into the autopsy report of Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput, appears to have breached the established protocol by prematurely declaring that the actor had committed suicide, and homicide was completely ruled out. As per established practice, the findings

Modi 2.0: Mainstreaming the Indian periphery

05 Oct 2020 10:46 AM IST

The hallmark of Modinomics is inclusivity, with no geographical discrimination whatsoever. This explains why Jammu & Kashmir, the Northeast and other hilly states have been given priority in the last six years.

Calling Hathras protests merely political is wrong

03 Oct 2020 06:14 AM IST

The horrific rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl at Hathras has not just shocked the nation but it has also jolted some sense into our television channels that were peddling the Sushant Singh Rajput death case into a major Bollywood drug scandal. But even their all consuming desire for

Why new India needs to learn Vedic mathematics

03 Oct 2020 05:31 AM IST

One of the goals of the new National Education Policy is to restore and re-establish ‘Indian-ness’. Vedic mathematics can prove to be an important instrument in this ‘rediscovery of India’.

A primer on CDM and Global Carbon Markets

02 Oct 2020 05:34 AM IST

CDM is a trading mechanism through which countries can purchase Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), to meet their treaty obligations. CERs are the currency of the CDM system, where one unit of CER is equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide emission.

Why Mahatma Gandhi continues to be relevant in the present-day world

02 Oct 2020 05:18 AM IST

Gandhi’s concept of non-violence could not be more relevant than in the present times. Realist paradigm for long have dominated international politics which states that international politics is characterised by anarchy and in this anarchical situation states compete with each other for power, markets and influence.

Hathras should not be reduced to a photo op

02 Oct 2020 05:07 AM IST

The horrific murder and gangrape of a 19-year old Dalit girl in Hathras has brought to fore the insensitive manner in which the district authorities have handled the situation, resulting in large-scale protests in several parts of the state as well as in Delhi. Instead of recording the facts as

Trump and Biden spar in a no-holds barred debate

01 Oct 2020 04:54 AM IST

The Tuesday night—Wednesday morning India time— Presidential debate between US President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate, Vice President Joe Biden is coming under fire from commentators for being “messy”, “chaotic” and not “Presidential” enough. Such a reaction is not unexpected, considering the aversion that mainstream western media and commentators have