BMC’S COVID WORK ‘EXEMPLARY’, MUMBAI MODEL TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN DELHI

10 Jun 2021

MUMBAI In addition to preventing the spread of Covid-19, BMC is working tirelessly to provide more effective medical treatment to the Covid affected people. Despite many challenges, including population density, the work done by the BMC is being positively acknowledged from time to time at the state, national, and global...

BLUE ECONOMY: INDIA’S MARITIME OUTLOOK

08 Jun 2021

Blue economy is ‘marine-based economic development that leads to improved human wellbeing and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.’ —Admiral Sunil Lanba (Retd) at Maritime Power Conference, 2017 Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth’s surface, contain 97% of the Earth’s water, and represent 99% of the...

Uniform bail act must be initiated at the earliest

08 Jun 2021

Let me at the very outset begin by voicing my utmost indignation at the discriminatory manner in which bails are given with poor being at the receiving end almost in all the cases barring a few notable exceptions. This has to change now. The earlier this is done, the better...

CHINESE INFLUENCE-PEDDLING DERAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID

08 Jun 2021

As increasing evidence emerges of how all questions about the origin of the coronavirus were deliberately derailed by a web of international scientists and at least one reputed medical journal, it is hoped that a thorough investigation will be carried out into Chinese influence-peddling worldwide and how this phenomenon has...

DIVIDE IS NOT JUST DIGITAL, BUT ENOUGH MECHANISM EXISTS TO VACCINATE ALL

08 Jun 2021

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India spoke about a big digital divide in the country that might hinder vaccination drive. The apex court was talking of the rural-urban digital divide while adjudicating on the Covaxin policy of the Union government. It quoted the data of the NSO (National Statistical...

Second wave hit hard, but India held its fortress valiantly

08 Jun 2021

In all the years of my life— having been born and brought up in India— I have never seen an invisible tsunami hit millions of my countrymen and that too at such a harrowing swiftness. I do not hesitate in saying that we are under attack of an invisible enemy...

WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID WAR, LET’S STOP BLAME GAME

08 Jun 2021

The second Covid-19 wave sent the nation into deep crevices of misery and dejection. For the innumerable teary eyes, the countless desolate faces, the infinite gasps of worried breaths, and the thousands who couldn’t breathe to tell a tale, the nation bows in grief and anguish to express solidarity and...

OVER PROMISED AND UNDER DELIVERED: INDIA’S COVID VACCINE SHORTAGE

26 May 2021

As the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage India, most Indian states continue to be under lockdown. As of May 24, 2021, the total number of Covid-19 cases in India is 2.68 crores, making it the second-worst affected country in the world, after the United States....

COVID MISHANDLING EXPOSES A BIG HOLE IN PM MODI’S GOVERNANCE STORY

26 May 2021

Every time there is a loss of faith in the Modi government, we are asked the inevitable question: If not Narendra Modi, then who? Surveys will then give us the option of Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar, Arvind Kejriwal, Nitish Kumar and so on. Inevitably, in the face of...

CRYPTO EXTORTION: THE LOOMING THREAT OF RANSOMWARE

26 May 2021

The US’ largest fuel pipeline paid $4.4 million to a gang of ransomware operators who breached into its computer systems recently. After the 7 May ransomware attack, the company took its pipeline system offline and supplies tightened across the US. Prices started rising and a number of US states declared...