Amit Shah sounds bugle of change in Didi’s Bengal

15 Jun 2020 05:16 AM IST

The Home Minister’s ‘Banglar Jana Samabesh’ comes at a time when people are increasingly being attracted by PM Modi’s vision and conviction of turning West Bengal into a lead state.

Home Minister’s strong message to Delhi

15 Jun 2020 05:15 AM IST

By holding an emergency meeting with senior functionaries of the Delhi government and its allied agencies, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday sent a strong message that the fight against the Covid-19 Pandemic in the national capital can only be fought collectively and without shifting blame on each other.

Let’s turn the Covid crisis into an opportunity

15 Jun 2020 05:14 AM IST

After every period of darkness, a new dawn breaks out ushering in a new era, new dreams, new happiness and a new and better world. One hopes that’s the case with this pandemic too.

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.