Opinion

AFTER VIJAY RUPANI’S RESIGNATION, SPECULATION ON SHIVRAJ BEGINS

13 Sep 2021 02:50 AM IST

The resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani, the fourth by a BJP CM this year, has not come as a surprise. In fact, the party’s central leadership had made up its mind to replace him after three internal surveys indicated that it may not be possible to win the

National Monetisation Pipeline aims to re-invigorate economy

13 Sep 2021 02:47 AM IST

The recent National Monetization Pipeline (NMP) of the Modi Government is a masterstroke that is set to generate a revenue of Rs. 6 lakh crore by serving an essential roadmap for asset monetisation of various brownfield infrastructure assets across roads, railways, shipping, aviation, power, telecom, oil and gas, and warehousing

ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, TERRORISTS CONTROL AFGHANISTAN

11 Sep 2021 03:52 AM IST

The sensational pictures of two Boeing Aircrafts crashing one after the other into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York are deeply etched in the minds of virtually all those who witnessed this horrific act on Television. In fact, what followed the dastardly attack on the

More about MSP and farm economy

11 Sep 2021 03:50 AM IST

The Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) to farmers are guaranteed prices for their produce from the government. The major objectives are to support the farmers from distress sales and to procure food grains for public distribution.

REALIZING THE INDIAN EV DREAM THROUGH EARLY ADOPTION

10 Sep 2021 06:59 AM IST

5000 years back when humankind invented the single most revolutionising device, wheels, no one anticipated its catalysing effect on the society towards modern civilisation. Today as we stand in the 21st Century, there is a dire need to rethink mobility and the ancillary services required to bring the most environmentally

Afghanistan’s history and its connections with India

10 Sep 2021 06:57 AM IST

This article sheds light on the interesting parts in the history (pre-historic, proto-historic, and historic eras) of Afghanistan, cultural links with India, and Afghanistan’s Hindu past.

IT’S A CASE OF TALIBAN REDUX, WITH BETTER PR

09 Sep 2021 07:18 AM IST

If even a month ago anyone said that an UN-listed terrorist would take over as the head of a country’s government, or that a US-designated terrorist with a bounty of $5 million on his head would be the interior minister of that government, and that the world would debate whether

Women judges and raised hopes for substantive justice

09 Sep 2021 07:16 AM IST

Judges with a patriarchal frame can hardly be expected to deliver justice and this frame is sustained for a longer period if the judiciary remains male-dominated with a mere cosmetic representation of women.

IS CONGRESS MIRED DEEP IN A STRATEGY CRISIS?

08 Sep 2021 07:07 AM IST

Five states are set to go to the polls at the beginning of the next year, and these include Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Punjab. The Opposition is being very careful not to label the coming Uttar Pradesh elections as a semi-final because they are not very sure if

Dismantling Global Hindutva: A Hinduphobic conference

08 Sep 2021 07:05 AM IST

This sinister and unhinged project takes a huge stab at dismantling and dismembering the faith of a billion people across the world. But, equally, it is a thinly disguised project to dismember Hinduism, India, the Indian government, and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

US NEEDS TO PROBE THE FUNDING OF ANTI-HINDU CONFERENCE

07 Sep 2021 05:23 AM IST

Is it a coincidence that the controversial “Dismantling Global Hindutva” conference is being organised from 10 to 12 September, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks? It appears that the not-so-subtle attempt is to draw a false equivalence between Wahhabi terrorism that felled the twin towers

Tikait’s Communal Trap

07 Sep 2021 05:21 AM IST

No government would allow farmers to suffer. Allow the system to roll out. If the system fails to empower farmers and becomes an instrument to exploit them, there would be revision and change.