Opinion

There is a much closer integration of classroom and online teaching under the generic term of blended or hybrid learning. Classroom time will be reduced but not removed.

Such conclaves and hate speeches only give a handle to those who wish to defame Hinduism and delegitimise Hindutva.

For the short term, there is both good and bad news on the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.

With the BJP seemingly winning the Hindu narrative, Rahul Gandhi and the Congress are attempting to distinguish between ‘Hindu’, ‘Hinduism’ and ‘Hindutva’.

With India sitting on an unutilised stock of over 20 crore vaccines, the government should allow private hospitals to start administering boosters to elderly and vulnerable groups.

Ever since Indian Air Force’s helicopter Mi-17V5 carrying CDS Bipin Rawat and 13 others crashed, questions have been raised about its safety features.

When I got appointed as the GOC of the Dagger Division in Baramulla, he was the Commander of the Rashtriya Rifles sector, Sopore, one of the most difficult sectors to command.

Vaccination works and is our best bet in the fight against COVID-19. Vaccines have fought two of the most dreaded diseases in the twentieth century.

The Congress, despite its waning presence in the Hindi heartland and in vast south India, has a lot more recall value than Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress.

Like most other radical Islamist terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State and the Al Qaeda, the Taliban too seek to overturn the West and in particular the US.

‘Model’ villages started to mushroom on India-China border back in 2017, but because Washington has said so, it is suddenly noticed (and commented upon) by Delhi, which earlier had stayed silent.

Sheer size of India’s education system, extent of cooperation, role of the private sector and execution of key initiatives are major challenges that would shape the outcome of NEP 2020.

When Yogi Adityanath took over the reins of UP, he had resolved to fulfil the mantra of ‘Sabka Saath-Sabka Vikas’. He has delivered, and Purvanchal Expressway is an important milestone.

Biden administration has proved to be unexpectedly tough toward China. It seems to have discovered the technology and innovation gap between US and China is much narrower than was thought.

Net-zero targets must have detailed transition plans that include short-, and long-term milestones for emission reductions, investments in innovation; upskilling and reskilling.

G20 should task OECD, in cooperation with Financial Stability Board, Financial Action Task Force, and IMF, to prepare guidelines for the regulation of crypto-assets.