Opinion

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

Why do Indians achieve more success in Western world than India?

01 Dec 2021 01:58 AM IST

On experiencing systems of the Western world, we come to realise what freedom and independence are. We get to see the true face of democracy in such nations. One finds no cause to hold ones’ opinions and is able to express them without any fear. In our country, even if

TMC WORKING TOWARDS UPSTAGING THE CONGRESS

30 Nov 2021 03:15 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is clearly working on a plan—to replace the Congress as the main Opposition force in the country. To achieve this goal, she is picking up various leaders, even though questions can be raised about her choice. Those who have joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC)

Aggressive TMC to jostle with Congress for Opposition space

30 Nov 2021 03:14 AM IST

Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, after her party’s decisive victory in West Bengal Assembly elections, has become aggressive and is now aspiring to dethrone the Congress from playing a leadership role for the entire Opposition.

CHANNI’S AAM AADMI IMAGE PUSHES AAP ON BACKFOOT IN PUNJAB

29 Nov 2021 02:46 AM IST

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is emerging as the most effective politician in the border state and if he manages to assist the Congress in winning next year’s Assembly polls, he would have joined the big league. The simple but astute politician appears to be giving a tough time

The saga of COP26: Why we should be concerned

29 Nov 2021 02:45 AM IST

It is because of the flawed approach of UNFCCC and IPCC that Combating Climate Change Movement has not gained the required momentum even after 24 years of the Kyoto protocol.

LEADERS REMEMBER AHMED PATEL, SONIA GANDHI’S TROUBLESHOOTER

27 Nov 2021 02:53 AM IST

Ahmed Patel was without any doubt the most powerful functionary of the Congress in this century. On his first death anniversary on Thursday, several top leaders paid tributes to him, recalling his pronounced role during the presidentship of Sonia Gandhi without mentioning that in fact, he was the de facto

Gati Shakti: PM Modi’s masterplan for connectivity

27 Nov 2021 02:50 AM IST

Be it Purvanchal Expressway or the upcoming Jewar airport, the ability to coordinate seamlessly with the state government concerned and translate vision into reality has been the high point of PM Modi’s holistic, development-oriented agenda.