Opinion

It is undeniably true that the uninterrupted conduct of elections, even in the wake of the pandemic, is essential for democracies to sustain and thrive.

The core reason why demand continues to be muted is fear. The fear of uncertainty; the fear of vulnerability; and the fear of the virus. Fear is also a strong sentiment that fails to segment along the lines of geography, age or social-economic factors.

Borrowing more debt on a highly leveraged or burdened balance sheet means that, for one, the cost of borrowing keeps rising and, secondly, a large part of the expenditure goes towards servicing debt.

Naga negotiators, fearing for their lives and fratricidal bloodshed, aborted talks in 1966 and returned to the state. Eventually, it was pushed into an unprecedented inter-tribal fratricidal bloodshed.

The doctor told me coronavirus had left its mark on my lungs and it would take at least six to eight weeks for its footprint to disappear.

COVID-19 has taught us the importance of decentralisation. Power and decision-making concentrated in a region or only one institution would definitely be the wrong way ahead.

While for some reason Nixon and Gandhi did not hit it off, his predecessor President Lyndon Johnson made much of her first visit in 1966, a few months after she became the Prime Minister.

My wife and I cannot escape from our responsibilities and working in Covid-19 hospitals, but I feel a surge of anxiety for my father, who is a cancer patient, my mother, and my three-year-old child.

This mosque was designed and constructed in accordance with the Hindu art and architecture. Another special feature is that it may be the only one that faces east, while all other mosques face west towards Mecca.

Even if the current standoff with China is resolved peacefully, the government and military must deeply introspect on the manner in which national security issues should be handled.

With elections for Tamil Nadu assembly just eight months away, the DMK needed to fan the ‘Hindi imposition’ issue. The new National Education Policy and Kanimozhi’s purported exchange with a CISF officer provided an opportunity to do just that.

Concerns of residents have only heightened even as lieutenant governor GC Murmu's administration appears to be in a tearing hurry to push rules that are seen by Kashmiri people and leaders as effectively changing the Muslim-majority character of the erstw...

Rafale is a game changing fighter which will change the way we fight.

To fight the epidemic smartly and effectively we need well analyzed information on the epidemic that can indicate the strategy and actions.

The AAP government through its legal instrumentality converted Delhi High Court into a ‘turf war’, compromising the interest of Delhi Police.

Some leaders belonging to the grand old party want Rahul to team up with ally Udhav Thackeray to pay a visit to Ayodhya and keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi from walking away with all credit for construction of Ram temple.