Opinion

Russia and Ukraine must make genuine efforts towards peace

08 Aug 2023 08:21 AM IST

A meeting to discuss the end of the Russia-Ukraine war was organized in Saudi Arabia last weekend, which saw around 40 countries including India, the United States and China attending, apart from Ukraine, on whose initiative the meeting was organised. However, “peace talks” may be a misnomer for the meeting,

INDIA alliance is on a failed mission with a selfish vision

08 Aug 2023 08:20 AM IST

For centuries, our country has been a witness to alliances, the foundation of which have only been marred with self-interests. The historical references in our country evidently exhibits the traces of nefarious actions of groups and individuals within our country who have served ensuring only self-motivations. Unfortunately, catering to their

Questions of Answers remain after Nuh Violence

07 Aug 2023 11:10 AM IST

It has been one week since violence broke out in Nuh in the Mewat region of Haryana, and even though the State Government, after being unable to initially anticipate the fallout of a religious procession, has taken numerous steps, the situation continues to be tense. In fact, the aftershocks of

Globalism or Separatism, Faustian Bargains: “Modi Way” offers Indians, even world out from devilish choices

07 Aug 2023 08:45 AM IST

A Faustian bargain is when one is presented with what seems like an attractive choice but in making it, it is like selling your soul to a devil- at least, eventually. Indians, now facing upcoming elections and part of an independent country, unshackled from the British Empire and enlightened with

Strategic Roadmap between India and France

07 Aug 2023 08:44 AM IST

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of their partnership and anticivpate significant milestones ahead, India and France have jointly decided to develop a roadmap that will guide their bilateral relationship until 2047 through Horizon 2047. In a world dominated by great powers and Cold War-style bloc competition, India under Prime Minister

I.N.D.I.A. is merely a facelift project for the UPA

05 Aug 2023 08:08 AM IST

Interesting times we live in wherein PM Modi takes wacky and queerish swipes at the (purported) united opposition by juxtaposing the alliance, I.N.D.I.A., with acronyms such as PFI, SIMI, IM, and EIC and insinuating the ostensible parallels! Lampooning the newly forged alliance, PM Modi jibed that a mere name doesn’t

India has the potential and must aspire to become a high-income country

05 Aug 2023 08:06 AM IST

India has come a long way from being one of the five fragile economies that it was until the mid-eighties to becoming the fifth largest economy in the world with a GDP of $3,385.1 Billion. It has surged ahead of the United Kingdom, which is now reconciled to the 6th

Kejriwal’s resignation amongst AAP’s Options

05 Aug 2023 08:03 AM IST

The insistence of the Centre to go ahead with the Delhi Services Bill in Parliament, which provides the powers over transfers and postings of bureaucrats in the capital to the Union government, depriving elected representatives of the city, could boomerang on the Bharatiya Janata Party. The ruling dispensation has the

Opposition parties using no-trust motion move to disrupt House

04 Aug 2023 08:42 AM IST

The no-confidence motion mechanism provides a platform to challenge the government in case it is perceived to have failed in its responsibilities. In the wake of continued violence in Manipur, a no-confidence motion has been moved against the Modi government. However, Opposition parties have used the no-confidence motion move as

In conflict zones, the lives of children and their education get affected the most

04 Aug 2023 08:39 AM IST

After women, it is the children whose body and mind becomes the site of any conflict. The conflict and more so, if it is armed, one sees its locatedness and continuity through the children or the generations to come. The history and the contemporaneity of the conflict affects the vulnerable

GLOBAL COMMUNITY MUST MOUNT PRESSURE ON PAKISTAN TO CURB TERRORISM

04 Aug 2023 08:38 AM IST

Hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif showed his willingness to talk to India, the United States said that it supports a dialogue between Islamabad and New Delhi on issues of concern. Reacting to Sharif’s statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said that India

Need to address challenges to ensure social security for India’s elderly population

03 Aug 2023 08:20 AM IST

Social security is a basic human right, which was recognized in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The Right to life, recognised as a fundamental right by Article 21 of the Constitution of India, implies the Right to live with human dignity. It encompasses not only the