Opinion

Opposition has shamed democracy in Parliament

17 Aug 2021 02:28 AM IST

On 11 August, Opposition MPs shamed Indian democracy by creating a ruckus and physically threatening members of security staff. Female parliamentarians charged that they were manhandled by male marshals. The video footage showed that it was they who pushed security people—male or female.

TALIBAN’S ASTONISHING TAKEOVER OF AFGHANISTAN HAS HUGE CONSEQUENCES

16 Aug 2021 05:55 AM IST

The astonishing military victory of the Taliban over the Afghan nationalist forces in just a matter of one week has huge ramifications that could disturb the peace in the region for a long time. To begin with, it would ensure that Ashraf Ghani steps down to pave the way for

What Olympics can teach on leadership & sportsmanship

16 Aug 2021 05:54 AM IST

Olympics epitomise leadership qualities the citizens need to emulate which will surely build camaraderie and cohesiveness in the society. There is a need to take sports to the masses especially in the rural areas and medals will follow, besides leaders being made.

ANALYSING HEALTH OF CORPORATE SECTOR BEFORE AND AFTER COVID PANDEMIC

14 Aug 2021 05:51 AM IST

The early days of the ongoing pandemic witnessed severe lockdowns in the country around the world, disrupting businesses and raising alarm about likely increase in insolvencies. In this context, the credit insurance company Euler Hermes, in July 2020, forecasted a +35% cumulated increase in its Global Insolvency Index over two

How retro taxation, tribunal reforms will boost economy

14 Aug 2021 05:49 AM IST

The Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, which seeks to nullify retrospective tax demands raised on companies, will enhance investor confidence, boost FDI and provide the much-needed fillip to the country’s goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy.

KILLERS OF BANGABANDHU SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE

13 Aug 2021 03:26 AM IST

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is not just a name. He is the creator of the Bengali nation-state. Sheikh Mujib is often referred to as the “Father of the Nation” in Bangladesh and is also popularly dubbed with the title of Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengal). Unfortunately, on 15 August 1975, a group

A forgotten and unpunished genocide

13 Aug 2021 03:22 AM IST

The Bengal famine, which exterminated over three million people, has been examined in the past, but Dr Mookerjee’s role in it has been minimised or distorted. His side of the story, as one involved in the Herculean task of providing succour to the victims, has been repeatedly brushed aside in

CONGRESS, GANDHI FAMILY AND POLITICS OF DINNER DIPLOMACY

12 Aug 2021 11:42 AM IST

Kapil Sibal’s dinner diplomacy has thrown up a lot of interesting observations about the state of the Congress. The first one being that this was a gathering of the Opposition without the Gandhis. Not only was the Congress party’s ‘First Family’ absent but it also came under the scanner with

Pursuit of impossible possibilities fuels the American dream

12 Aug 2021 11:40 AM IST

Since Edward Gibbon’s monumental classic, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, historians have been saying that the decline and fall of a civilisation is inevitable and America will not escape its destiny. But it happens only if a society is closed and its collective mind

PRESIDENT BIDEN, AFGHANS NEED YOUR SUPPORT

12 Aug 2021 10:31 AM IST

Afghanistan is sliding into chaos. The Taliban are making major gains in their attempt to capture the country militarily. In the last seven days, nine of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals have fallen to the Taliban. Seven of these provincial capitals are in the non-Pashtun north, which was the base of

Bharat Jodo Andolan will ascertain unity in diversity

12 Aug 2021 10:29 AM IST

As the 75th Independence Day approaches, it cannot be denied that in the making of New India, PM Modi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Andolan’ is the need of the hour and the education sector will have a paramount role to play in bringing about this change.

QUAD SHOULD SHED ITS PACIFIST APPROACH

10 Aug 2021 07:23 AM IST

A meeting of the heads of state and government of the four countries comprising the Quad—the Quadrilateral informal strategic forum—was held virtually in March this year. The next meeting may be held towards the end of this year, when the leaders of India, United States, Japan and Australia are expected