Opinion

WHY SHARAD PAWAR’S NAME IS BEING PUSHED FOR UPA CHAIRMANSHIP

12 Dec 2020 03:58 AM IST

With uncertainty surrounding the leadership question in the Congress, speculation has started in political circles whether Sharad Pawar would replace Sonia Gandhi as the Chairman of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Sources in the NCP have denied that Pawar was a candidate for the position, but Shiv Sena MP Sanjay

Farm reforms: Demystifying MSP

12 Dec 2020 03:56 AM IST

The total value of all agricultural output was around Rs 40 lakh crore in FY20, while the total value of MSP operations was around Rs 2.5 lakh crore. If only 6.25% of the agri produce is MSP-driven, then why this hue and cry about MSP?

PM IS KNOWN TO BE THE MASTER OF THE MESSAGE; WHY IS HE TRIPPING UP NOW?

11 Dec 2020 03:27 AM IST

This is one protest the Modi government could not have seen coming. The widespread protests by the Muslims against the CAA bill was something they must have anticipated—and sceptics will add—planned for as these only served to bolster the BJP’s image amongst its hardline Hindutva vote-bank. The protests against the

DON’T DITHER, TAKE A STAND AGAINST HUAWEI

10 Dec 2020 03:12 AM IST

The news that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has included Chinese telecom giant Huawei in its working groups on the rollout of the 5G network in India comes as a surprise, especially since India is paying a mammoth price daily to preserve its territorial integrity from an aggressive China, which

Why farmers are up in arms against farm laws

10 Dec 2020 03:09 AM IST

Farmers continue to be unrelenting. Their camps are well organised and the government should be able to see that this vast stream of ex-servicemen farmers are well trained to handle teams in deserts as well as upon glaciers. Sensibility demands that any confrontation laced with the repetitive logic of anti-national

Why making MSP a legal right is a bad idea

09 Dec 2020 03:57 AM IST

There’s a demand to make MSP a legal right and criminalise any purchase of agri-produce outside government mandis. Such a measure will only debilitate agriculture in this country even further. Making MSP a legal right could very well be the most disastrous policy that this country has ever adopted, with

VACCINE MAY BE AROUND BUT DON’T RELAX YOUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS JUST YET

09 Dec 2020 03:36 AM IST

Despite the promise of a vaccine, the pandemic is still very much out there and all precautions need to be maintained. Conservative estimates of a global vaccination cover will take us to the end of next year (December 2021) at the very least, hence the social distancing and other Covid

How India can bounce back and become ‘aatmanirbhar’

09 Dec 2020 03:34 AM IST

India has had a history of coming out strong from every economic crisis. Just as the 1991 balance of payment crisis ushered in liberalisation and changed the economy, there is a huge potential for the country to usher in a new era of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

When no minimum sentence is prescribed, accused is entitled to default bail

08 Dec 2020 04:06 AM IST

Just recently on December 4, 2020, the Delhi High Court in a latest judgement titled Rajeev Sharma vs State (NCT) of Delhi [CRL. REV.P. 363/2020] while ruling explicitly that an accused is entitled to default bail if the chargesheet is not filed within 60 days in offences where no minimum

THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY BACKTRACKING ON FARM LAWS

08 Dec 2020 04:04 AM IST

It is hoped that some progress will be made in the Wednesday, 9 December, talks between the Central government and the farmers—primarily from Punjab—agitating on Delhi’s borders, and there will be an end to the current impasse. But sadly, right now this appears to be difficult, because the farmers are

History will judge Opposition for its destructive criticism

08 Dec 2020 04:02 AM IST

The Congress-led Opposition’s move of misleading farmers about the farm laws and encouraging their protest only shows how willing it is to disrupt the nation’s progress and behave undemocratically only to serve its own interests.

WHY PRIMARY HEALTHCARE REMAINS INDIA’S BLIND SPOT

08 Dec 2020 03:52 AM IST

A robust primary healthcare system can improve patient outcomes and reduce financial burden due to the high costs of emergency and tertiary/quaternary care. India seems to be ignoring this fundamental aspect of healthcare for decades to the detriment of the well-being of a billion citizens.