Opinion

As long as most of the Opposition has a broad understanding of playing to its own strengths from region to region, there appears to be potential to dent the invincibility and aura around PM Modi

National Research Foundation could propel R&D at large to make climate-smart agriculture key to India’s ambition to grow as an economic superpower

Instead of resorting to politics of ‘tushtikaran’ (appeasement) and the usual piecemeal lip sympathy slogans, the Modi government has focused on ‘santushtikaran’ (fulfilment of people’s needs)

Indian political parties which oppose the UCC either deliberately or unwittingly widen the rift in the hope of Muslim votes

To empower India’s youth and help the ‘Amrit Peedhi’ realise their dreams, the government formulated the NEP, which is focused on skilling and adopted economic policies that facilitate job creation at scale

The key question is why he didn’t fire his ISI chief in what was a huge intelligence failure

The pursuit of national interest is a joint project, where the ruling party and the Opposition must come together

Not only did PM Modi’s state visit yield a cornucopia of high technology, joint venture and defence manufacturing benefits, but it is on a scale such that the whole world will have to recalibrate how it considers India going forward

What Barack Obama said in an interview was premeditated and well-orchestrated at a time when the White House is rolling out its red carpet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Our basic position of separating our friendly ties with Russia from our friendly ties with the West, as we do not see these ties as mutually exclusive, has not changed

Overall, it’s been a mixed bag for Indian sports in the past 75 years. But there are good reasons to believe things are changing for the better

The US’ FedNow is neither friendly nor an easy option for in-person transactions, limiting its utility in comparison to UPI

It is only a matter of time before other dynastic parties follow Maharashtra’s Shinde-Fadnavis model and deserving leaders rebel to take over their rightful place in party leadership

The ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka has an important lesson for the world: That freebies can be precursors to economic unwinding and must be criminalised in developing nations

There is enough evidence linking drug abuse and deteriorating law and order situation with unemployment, especially in rural areas

Initially, attempts were made by some Taliban leaders and some intermediaries to bring in a section of the Taliban to work with the Hamid Karzai government