Opinion

DIGVIJAYA SINGH’S GOOGLY TO ENTICE MUSLIM VOTERS MAY BOOMERANG

15 Jun 2021 02:43 AM IST

Those who say that Digvijaya Singh is a loudmouth must understand that his remarks over Article 370 abrogations were not off-the-cuff or personal opinions of a senior Congress leader. This is a part of the design to fan trouble in the Valley and give credence to those who seek to

DELHI UNIVERSITY UNDER A CLOUD IN ITS CENTENARY YEAR

14 Jun 2021 02:35 AM IST

The country’s premier university, Delhi University, in its centenary year, is in the grip of a major crisis resulting from apparently “illegal and questionable actions” of the ministry for Human Resources Development. The major contentious issue is that the university has a person functioning as the acting Vice Chancellor without

LINKING SCHOOLS WITH HIGHER EDUCATION

14 Jun 2021 02:33 AM IST

Higher education needs to come forward in a big way to improve the quality of school education in general and secondary education in particular.

AGRA HOSPITAL WHERE 22 PATIENTS DIED SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH MASS MURDER

12 Jun 2021 04:06 AM IST

In a shocking revelation, the owner of a hospital in Agra has claimed on a video that went viral, that he had directed the oxygen supply to some patients to be discontinued for some time to determine, who all could survive without it. As a consequence of this ‘mock drill’

HOW MODI GOVERNMENT IS EMPOWERING FARM ECONOMY

12 Jun 2021 04:03 AM IST

It is time for India’s Opposition and pressure groups to wake up, smell the coffee and change their mindset because the agriculture reforms by the Narendra Modi government are pro-farmers and the new farm laws are indeed India’s ‘Glasnost’ moment, as these reforms will usher in greater transparency in the

HAS SECOND COVID-19 WAVE OPENED THE DOORS FOR OPPOSITION?

11 Jun 2021 03:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expertise at using strategic electoral cards to win elections has received a setback in the recently-held West Bengal Assembly elections. Ironically, while the second wave of the pandemic may be held accountable for diminishing the appeal of what was once projected as a Modi-wave, the West

WHAT NEXT, NOW THAT INDIAN STUDY FINDS HCQ EFFECTIVE?

10 Jun 2021 08:37 AM IST

A malaria drug widely used in India, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), has been found to be highly effective in preventing SARS-CoV2 depending on the dosage used for treatment. A study to this effect was published in Journal of The Association of Physicians of India last week. Media reports say that the prophylactic

Analysing law, ethics and mischiefs of politics

10 Jun 2021 08:33 AM IST

The judgement on Central Vista opens the door for marauding governance eyeing prized locations to build their monuments and inscribe names on it.

NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT POLITICAL ONE-UPMANSHIP

09 Jun 2021 02:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally decided to address the vaccination issue, nearly a week after the Supreme Court pulled up the Centre on 2 June for its “arbitrary and irrational” vaccine policy. The next hearing of the case was listed for 30 June. Clearly, the PM’s address to the nation

DEFENDING CYBERSPACES IS AKIN TO DEFENDING OUR SOVEREIGNTY

09 Jun 2021 02:46 AM IST

Last October a cyber-attack shut down the electrical grid of Mumbai, India’s financial capital, plunging millions into darkness. The New York Times suggested that it was a Chinese cyber-attack aimed at giving the message that China could not only fight India in the Himalayas but also in its financial hub.

CHINESE INFLUENCE-PEDDLING DERAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID

08 Jun 2021 03:16 AM IST

As increasing evidence emerges of how all questions about the origin of the coronavirus were deliberately derailed by a web of international scientists and at least one reputed medical journal, it is hoped that a thorough investigation will be carried out into Chinese influence-peddling worldwide and how this phenomenon has

DIVIDE IS NOT JUST DIGITAL, BUT ENOUGH MECHANISM EXISTS TO VACCINATE ALL

08 Jun 2021 03:11 AM IST

A narrative is being built that the Co-win app, which mandates registration of beneficiaries of vaccination, is actually a tool to favour the haves over the have-nots. This is not true. The flip side is that the debate has allowed us to talk of other issues concerning the divide in