Opinion

The recent report of 103 cases detected from a single society in Bengaluru after a party indicates a heavy spread, typical of mutant strains. Maharashtra has again shown a surge in cases.

Tej Pratap’s outbursts against the state party chief are being perceived as his anger erupting against the regimented system of functioning within the party in which only Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, the heir apparent of Lalu Prasad, is given due importance whi...

In the political-diplomatic sphere, if China had set out to create conditions whereby India would be forced to dilute its fast-growing strategic partnership with the US, it actually saw the opposite happen.

Global competition allows survival of the fittest. The Indian economy cannot place its bets on slow runners and allow the ‘PSU culture’ to thrive with cosmetic makeovers for an indefinite period.

Undeterred by the challenges posed by the pandemic, the government has paved the way for making India future-ready by initiating bold reforms and allocating sufficient funds for capex.

Lal Quila violence followed by the desecration of Indian tricolour, destruction of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Davis in California and Mahatma Gandhi’s calling off his violence after Chauri Chaura reflects the agony of our times.

Union Budget 2021, in many ways, will be inward-looking with the government preoccupied with reviving the economy and meeting internal and external challenges.

An out-of-touch global media, suffering from a colonial hangover, should mend their ways or risk irrelevance.

The government must push-up expenditure, especially in infrastructure and MSME to create demand in the marker. To bridge the gap of revenue-expenditure, it is the right time to simplify goods and services tax to increase tax net.

Have Upper Houses become a space for rewarding those loyal to the leadership or those who are unable to get elected or are defeated in elections to the Lower House?​

A comprehensive guide to the history of India’s agriculture policy in the context of the recently enacted Farm Laws.

Three union ministers participated in the meeting with farm leaders, more to gauge the mood of the farm leaders than to offer any alternative, as decision-making lies elsewhere.

The movement has manifold objectives, from putting an end to the ‘deterioration’ in Assam’s social, economic and political conditions to promoting tourism which has been perceived as a viable means of generating employment. Some observers interpret the de...

The question ceaselessly doing the rounds in the Congress is when would Rahul start acting as per his political instincts and become a claimant of his own aspiration instead of putting a façade? Party leaders in poll bound Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puduc...

The recent events in France have seen the Left Liberals staying silent over the issue. There seems to be a hesitation to condemn these atrocities with the same aggression when done by Christians, Buddhists or Hindus.

India is the second-most COVID hit country with 7.37 million confirmed cases and 112,161 deaths. The US is the worst affected with over eight million cases and 215,199 deaths so far.