Opinion

India needs to nurture civil society heroes at borders

13 Jun 2020 05:14 AM IST

Encouragement of genuine local leadership like Sonam Wangchuk, with a nationalistic outlook and commitment, would be an effective safeguard against foreign attempts at incursion and subversion.

Rajasthan boils in Rajya Sabha heat

13 Jun 2020 05:13 AM IST

Elections will be held for 24 Rajya Sabha seats on 19 June. What is interesting is that even in the times of pandemic, good old-fashioned politics is not left behind. It is the BJP that has upped the ante after 8 Congress MLAs from Gujarat defected to join the saffron

Delhi should remain firm against Dragon

12 Jun 2020 04:45 AM IST

India must stand its ground vis-à-vis China albeit in a calm and restrained manner without taking recourse to jingoistic sabre-rattling or vocal hyper-nationalism.

India must act fast to lure businesses leaving China

12 Jun 2020 04:43 AM IST

My worst fears came true this Monday when I heard the news about Vietnam ratifying a significant trade deal with the European Union, which is expected to boost the country’s manufacturing sector and exports. The move promises to make Vietnam a new market for trade with Europe as the EU

A loss either way, one worse than the other

12 Jun 2020 04:40 AM IST

As India’s growth forecast tumbled to a 30-year-low, economists are of the opinion that the economy must now be ‘managed alongside persistent infection risks’.

This world and our lives won’t be the same again

11 Jun 2020 04:28 AM IST

A ‘new normal’ is being created and developed as we speak. The ongoing pandemic will probably change the way the world functions in ways that are unthinkable right now.

China cannot be trusted

11 Jun 2020 04:27 AM IST

Can China be India’s friends, or for that matter anyone’s? Or can India trust China? These questions have roiled India’s China relations for over five decades and India seems not to have learnt the bitter lesson that the answer to both questions is a resounding “no”. From “Hindi-Chini bhai bhai”

A corona warrior’s ongoing battle with the pandemic

11 Jun 2020 04:26 AM IST

We doctors know very well that the worst phase of this pandemic is yet to come and we have to handle it with our limited resources. But we won’t rest till the virus is defeated and human lives are safer.

Curious case of one nation and multiple border rules

10 Jun 2020 05:30 AM IST

One hopes the local administration learns from this experience and if another lockdown is invoked in future, the citizens are treated well as per Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution.

Madhya Pradesh bypolls will be Jyotiraditya’s first real test

10 Jun 2020 05:28 AM IST

Recently there has been a lot of speculation regarding the fate of Jyotiraditya Scindia who recently switched over from the Congress to the BJP. Now that the Rajya Sabha elections have been announced for mid-June, he will get the coveted seat this entire drama was all about. We have also

BJP at advantage as Bihar gears up for digital campaign

10 Jun 2020 05:27 AM IST

With a good mobile platform in place, Bihar is becoming the first state to have a virtual electoral campaign this year. While the BJP and the JD-U have already begun their digital drive, the Grand Alliance is busy fighting internal battles.

Right time for India to become a global player

09 Jun 2020 05:10 AM IST

Donald Trump’s invitation to India at the expanded G7 is a big opportunity for New Delhi and Washington D.C. to make Quad a formal alliance, to step up the maritime security and defence partnership in the Indo-Pacific region.