CHALLENGES FACING MAINSTREAM POLITICS IN BANGLADESH TODAY

16 Apr 2021 07:07 AM IST

In the 50 years since its independence, mainstream politics in Bangladesh has faced a difficult challenge. The main opponents of democratic politics are now Islamist fundamentalist groups which have gradually accumulated massive power in Bangladesh, a state based on secularism and national identity. However, there are countless forces that do

COVID CRISIS: LOCKDOWN IS NOT THE SOLUTION

16 Apr 2021 03:01 AM IST

Amid an unprecedented surge in Covid infections, the Maharashtra government has imposed what it insists is not a lockdown, but a Section 144. Considering the said section of the IPC prohibits the assembly of four or more people in an area, and given the measures that Maharashtra has taken, its

Why National Curriculum Framework must be ‘national’

16 Apr 2021 03:00 AM IST

The 2005 National Curriculum Framework, introduced during the UPA-led government, is in need of review and revision. Mainly because the textbooks produced as per the framework have glaring omissions and anomalies, which are depriving school-going children of an education that exposes them to latest developments in the world while inculcating

COVID CRISIS: LOCKDOWN IS NOT THE SOLUTION

15 Apr 2021 06:41 AM IST

Amid an unprecedented surge in Covid infections, the Maharashtra government has imposed what it insists is not a lockdown, but a Section 144. Considering the said section of the IPC prohibits the assembly of four or more people in an area, and given the measures that Maharashtra has taken, its

Why National Curriculum Framework must be ‘national’

15 Apr 2021 06:39 AM IST

The 2005 National Curriculum Framework, introduced during the UPA-led government, is in need of review and revision. Mainly because the textbooks produced as per the framework have glaring omissions and anomalies, which are depriving school-going children of an education that exposes them to latest developments in the world while inculcating

Need to create confidence and positivity to tackle the coronavirus surge

14 Apr 2021 11:08 AM IST

Besides putting in place necessary restrictions and enforcing Covid-appropriate practices, there is a need to instil a sense of positivity and confidence among people right now. States need to ensure that their Covid protocols do not cause panic or stress among citizens.

NCAH Act: A welcome move for allied & healthcare professionals

14 Apr 2021 06:55 AM IST

The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2020 (NCAH Act) has been passed by Parliament after a long wait. The Act provides for the regulation and maintenance of standards of education and services by allied and healthcare professionals, assessment of institutions, maintenance of a Central Register and State

OUR CONFUSED RESPONSE TO COVID-19

14 Apr 2021 06:50 AM IST

On the one hand we have our television screens full of visuals of crowded elections rallies and even more crowded gatherings at the Kumbh Mela, some masked, some otherwise. On the other hand, we are told that if we are seen without a mask in a public place, even if

NSUI CELEBRATES ITS GOLDEN JUBILEE BY REMEMBERING INDIRA GANDHI

12 Apr 2021 02:04 AM IST

The National Students Union of India, the student wing of the Congress, celebrated its golden jubilee on Friday (9 April) by recalling the contributions of the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, under whose leadership the frontal organisation was launched in 1971. To mark the occasion, a poster of the former

Are deemed to be universities on the path of self-improvement?

12 Apr 2021 02:02 AM IST

Pre-eminence of deemed to be universities gets further corroborated by the National Institutional Ranking Framework data, which shows that as many as 35 of them have figured in the first hundred institutions during the last two cycles.

HOW SHALL NIGHT CURFEW CURTAIL COVID CASES WHEN DAY NORMS ARE FLOUTED?

10 Apr 2021 08:39 AM IST

The Delhi government as well as several other political dispensations around the country have imposed night curfew, supposedly to check the surge in Covid cases. While the declaration appeals to a number of people, the logic behind this exercise is unexplainable. There are a very few citizens who are on

What ‘emancipation’ is China celebrating today?

10 Apr 2021 08:37 AM IST

Even after the bloody events of 1959, which saw the massacre of Tibetans, led to the flight of the Dalai Lama and established the Communist Party’s chokehold on Tibet, how can the Chinese administration and media celebrate the region’s ‘emancipation’ and ‘peaceful liberation’?