Opinion

Reset of India-Russia relationship a necessity

08 Dec 2021 02:09 AM IST

The changed world order and their alliances with each other’s rivals have necessitated a reset of the Indo-Russia relationship.

DON’T LET RUSSIA IMPACT INDIA’S RISE

07 Dec 2021 04:53 AM IST

The near-complete lack of media interest in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India should be indicative of the loss in importance of India’s Russia ties. Compared to a US President’s visit to India, or the Chinese President’s visit, there were hardly any ripples over Putin’s visit, except in diplomatic

Mamata Banerjee cannot beat PM Modi in a New India

07 Dec 2021 04:49 AM IST

The biggest challenge to any party or alliance today is to get the support of people. You can get leaders but not masses and unless you get people to back your efforts, these leaders would be paper tigers only.

GHULAM NABI AZAD SENDS A STRONG SIGNAL TO CONGRESS HIGH COMMAND

06 Dec 2021 06:59 AM IST

Intense speculation has begun in political circles on whether veteran Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad, is preparing to part company with the grand old party, to float his own regional outfit, in what was once the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The conjecture is that like Captain Amarinder Singh

Eventually, Parliament passes the Dam Safety Bill

06 Dec 2021 06:57 AM IST

The Dam Safety Bill was passed by Parliament on Friday. Although the bill was passed by the Lok Sabha in August 2019, it was cleared by Rajya Sabha last week.

GOVERNMENT MUST ENSURE THAT PARLIAMENT FUNCTIONS

04 Dec 2021 03:31 AM IST

It is an accepted fact that it is the responsibility of the government and the treasury benches to ensure that Parliament functions smoothly. For this to happen, the ruling dispensation has to take into account the concerns of the Opposition and accommodate their views as far as possible. It has

GDP growth: Making of a V-shaped recovery

04 Dec 2021 03:29 AM IST

Recent economic indicators show that India has recovered completely from the Covid induced jolt, and this speaks volumes about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, that has withstood the ravages of the pandemic, without buckling in.

ANDHRA’S FINANCIAL STATUS QUO IS RINGING DANGER BELLS

03 Dec 2021 01:38 AM IST

Nowadays, the State of Andhra Pradesh has become a peculiar State, performing outside the purview of the accounting practices and even it adheres the Constitutional violations by diverting VAT on Liquor to Government incorporated Corporation instead of transfer to the Consolidated Fund by a special GO for raising additional Loans outside

Controlling, addictive AI needs immediate attention

03 Dec 2021 01:34 AM IST

At the core of the concerns are the nature and design of algorithms that influence our choices. Online consumption, for instance, is not a free choice. Algorithms prod, poke and drive the consumer into a narrow set of choices which they may not have selected otherwise.

Democratic deficits and disaster management

02 Dec 2021 02:28 AM IST

Disaster management may turn into a bigger disaster if complaint handling mechanisms fail to resonate in the Parliament. In our emerging concern for Parliament’s democratic deficits, one need not be complacent to phenomenal challenges that besiege disaster management in the country’s larger governance.

PARLIAMENT MUST BE ALLOWED TO FUNCTION

02 Dec 2021 02:04 AM IST

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu should be commended for refusing to back down on his decision to suspend 12 MPs from the Rajya Sabha for the whole of the winter session for unruly conduct during the monsoon session. Public memory may be short, but it’s not that short that the bedlam

ANALYSING FEAR AND SPECULATION OVER THE OMICRON VARIANT

01 Dec 2021 02:00 AM IST

Are we ready for another lockdown? The fear of Omicron, the new coronavirus mutation hitting our shores has raised a high level of anxiety amongst Indians. The predominant fear of course is a repeat of the horrors of the second wave. Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has already asked the