Opinion
Amid Covid Pandemic, Tuberculosis Patients Are Becoming a Casualty of Neglect
Due to the disruption of diagnostic services and the stigma attached to Covid-19, there has been a significant drop in Tuberculosis patients getting diagnosed.
Dumping Taiwan, Embracing Jinping: Biden’s Capitulation Before China Marks An Ominous Shift
What the Biden Administration is doing here is a worrying sight of sheer incompetence and delinquency, playing right into the hands of Xi Jinping
Green Hydrogen Can Revolutionise Transport. New Green H2 Policy is a Step in The Right Direction
The recently announced Green H2 Policy (GHP) of the government looks at the supply side of the H2 economy pertaining to hydrogen as an industrial feedstock
Stonewalling The US President: Why Saudi Arabia and UAE Made Biden Grovel For Oil
The US is expecting too much from Saudi Arabia and the UAE— drop the oil price to save our economy and then drop it a little more to help defeat Russia.
Matters of the Mind: Why Development-driven New India Cannot Ignore Mental Health
For low- and middle-income countries like India, the total economic cost of mental illnesses will exceed $2 trillion by 2030, as per WEF estimates.
War in Ukraine: Pax Americana Was Never Absolute, Now It Will Exist Even Less
Pax Americana would mean peace and order and prosperous stability across the world under America’s hegemony. That never really existed in full and exists even less now.
War in Ukraine: Not Just Russia, Ukraine Has to Battle COVID and a Healthcare Crisis
Because of low vaccination coverage, most Ukrainians are susceptible to COVID-19 infection. Huddled in safe shelters, social distancing and masking will not be prioritised.
Rahul Gandhi’s Declining Congress is Playing with Secessionist Political Rhetoric
With a vote share below 20 percent nationally, and not even enough seats to form the opposition, Rahul Gandhi seems to have discovered the virtues of decentralisation.
Cracks in Quad are Showing, from Doubts over US Pledge to Indo-Pacific to Differences over Ukraine
There are serious regional doubts about the depth of the US commitment to this part of the world – it has long pledged a new Indo-Pacific commitment, but this is still to be seen.
Cricket Fan Lata Mangeshkar Had Signed Photo of Bradman, Was Friends with Gavaskar, Tendulkar
My love for cricket dates back to the time when Baba had his theatre company in ‘30s and early ‘40s. We had a cricket team and actors and workers played together, Lata Mangeshkar had said.
Inconvenient Nationalist, Not Nazi Lover: Looking at Subhas Bose without Colonial Glasses
In many ways, Subhas Chandra Bose has been like the proverbial elephant to the four blind men.
By Taxing Crypto Assets, India Has Taken First Step towards Regulating This Volatile Space
As part of Budget 2022 proposals, transfer of virtual digital assets shall now be liable to 30 per cent tax.
Opinion | Kashmir Solidarity Day is a Cruel Joke
In the face of the plight of the people of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistani state-sponsored Kashmir Solidarity Day is a cruel joke.
Economic Survey 2021-22 Breaks from the Past, Uses Data to Deliver Policy
It is strange that economic writers have not given adequate credit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being the most reformist leader since P.V. Narasimha Rao in 1991.
Economic Survey 2021-22: Long on Details, Short on Analysis
There is little in the Survey that suggests anything about the direction Budget 2022-23 would take; nor are there any policy recommendations for the government.
Merging Amar Jawan Jyoti with the Flame at National War Memorial Displays Spirit of Oneness
Maintaining Amar Jawan Jyoti flames at two locations may dilute the impact of the ceremonials and the spirit that form a part of this solemn ritual.