India

WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM UP’S IMPRESSIVE COVID-19 NUMBERS

09 Dec 2020 03:24 AM IST

Despite being one of the most densely populated states in India, Uttar Pradesh has managed to keep its number of Covid-related deaths low, thanks to the administration’s timely and proactive strategy of contact tracing and scaling up the state’s health infrastructure.

DOUBLE-SPEAK? ‘PRO-PROTEST’ PAWAR IN 2010 WANTED PRIVATE SECTOR BY AMENDING APMC ACT

08 Dec 2020 03:55 AM IST

NEW DELHI: While Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar is today vociferously protesting against the farm laws, his 2010 letter as Union Agriculture Minister reveals that he then wanted the APMC Act to be amended to allow the private sector participation. This step is exactly what the Modi government

HOW A 150-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE ADAPTED TO THE NEW NORMAL OF ONLINE EDUCATION

08 Dec 2020 03:53 AM IST

The principal of Indore’s Daly College, Neeraj Kumar Bedhotiya, in an exclusive chat with NewsX, shares insights gained from his experience of more than three decades in the field of education.

WHY PRIMARY HEALTHCARE REMAINS INDIA’S BLIND SPOT

08 Dec 2020 03:52 AM IST

A robust primary healthcare system can improve patient outcomes and reduce financial burden due to the high costs of emergency and tertiary/quaternary care. India seems to be ignoring this fundamental aspect of healthcare for decades to the detriment of the well-being of a billion citizens.

US POST OFFICE TO BE NAMED AFTER SLAIN SIKH POLICE OFFICER

07 Dec 2020 03:32 AM IST

HOUSTON: A post office in the US city of Houston will be named after Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, the first Sikh Deputy in Texas’s Harris County who was shot dead while on duty in September last year. Decks were cleared for renaming the post office at 315 Addicks Howell Road in

QUEEN ELIZABETH II TO ‘WAIT IN LINE’ FOR CORONAVIRUS VACCINE

07 Dec 2020 03:28 AM IST

LONDODN: The UK’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will not get preferential treatment, but will instead “wait in line” during the first wave of the Covid-19 vaccines reserved for the over-80s and care home residents, The Daily Mail reported quoting reliable sources. The vaccine will be made

I HAVE NOT SHIED AWAY FROM WHO I AM: AMAAL MALLIK

07 Dec 2020 03:26 AM IST

Popular Bollywood singer, composer and lyricist Amaal Mallik shares insights on his pop debut and his journey to success.

ONLINE LEARNING HAS PUT THE SECURITY OF CHILDREN AT STAKE

07 Dec 2020 03:24 AM IST

In a bid to digitalise education in Covid times, the issue of the privacy of young students seems to have slipped under the radar. If left unchecked and unregulated, this will have long-term negative ramifications on the lives of many.

ADVERTISING ISN’T ABOUT PROMOTING A PRODUCT BUT CREATING CONVERSATIONS: DEVIKA SETH BULCHANDANI

04 Dec 2020 07:41 AM IST

Devika Seth Bulchandani is a known name in the world of advertising. Currently serving as the North American President for McCann WorldGroup, where she has been for the last 26 years, she is slated to take over as Chief Executive Officer of Ogilvy North America and the global chairwoman of

FARM LAWS PROVE PM MODI IS WITH INDIA’S KISAN

04 Dec 2020 07:40 AM IST

The three farm laws, which are causing much uproar in the country right now, are actually aimed at bringing greater autonomy to farmers and greater transparency in the agrarian sector.

NATO IDENTIFIES CHINA AS A THREAT IN THE COMING DECADE

03 Dec 2020 07:20 AM IST

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has identified China as a “full-spectrum” systematic rival and a threat in the coming decade. In its latest, 2030 Expert Group’s report “United For A New Era”, which is to be launched in partnership with Carnegie Europe on 3 December, NATO has called China

NEERA TANDEN RECOUNTS HER JOURNEY FROM POVERTY TO POWER

03 Dec 2020 07:19 AM IST

Speaking during the introduction of members of US President-elect Joe Biden’s economic team, Neera Tanden, who has been named the new administration’s budget chief, shares her incredible rise from poverty to power Highlighting the common connection between her life and that of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris—both were raised by single