Opinion

The pandemic has put a sharp focus on health as critical to economy, politics, society, foreign policy and security. It has imposed high costs on foreign policy goals.

This Rabi season, Haryana could register an all-time record in wheat procurement from farmers.

Any misconception that the second wave of coronavirus will not hit J&K should be set aside, by looking at the condition of a small state like Chhattisgarh.

The reason people read or listen to “public intellectuals” is because you are expected to call out all public failings, not just the ones that suit you.

Neither human behaviour nor re-infection and waning immunity can explain the COVID spike we saw in March-April in India. What caused this surge?

Many in the 18-29 year age group are first-time voters, unaware of the ‘grandeur’ of Jayalalithaa or Karunanidhi.

Narendra Modi’s critics feel the temple visits would help him consolidate the Hindu votes in West Bengal during the ongoing election season.

India-Russia relations may not be as warm as they were during the Cold War, but New Delhi realises that Russia is important for it to maintain a balanced foreign policy.

The more social media gets closer to politics, politics gets disconnected from reality.

The term ‘secularism’ has been debased by political leaders and parties, just like the word 'minority' has been conveniently attached to Muslims.

The dilemma of privatisation in India is—how does one privatise without the creation of corporate feudalism, without alienating all the people at the same time and without losing elections?

The need of the hour is to inject more debt into the Indian economy but this additional debt needs to sit on the balance sheets of India’s private sector.

It has been seen that tobacco companies are specifically targeting teenagers, enticing them in various ways to consume nicotine-laced gutkha, cigarettes and other tobacco products by aggressive marketing at point of sale.

Till we are reassured that there is no resurgence of the epidemic in India and the global situation too has reached a comforting level of control, public health vigilance and personal protection measures have to continue.

Continued reformative measures towards sustainability and profitability is the need of the hour for MSMEs which undoubtedly form the bedrock of the Indian economy.

Those who could not defeat India in conventional wars, or through terrorism, may use mob as a weapon to trigger civil unrest to destroy India from within