Opinion

As India makes rapid advances towards becoming a superpower, our police cannot remain frozen in time. Traditional and linear devices used in the past are insufficient today.

Under this ‘Asian way’, India has maintained both the US and China as major trading partners.

Not a single politician across the political spectrum has come forward to condemn the gory events in Amritsar and Kapurthala that have claimed two lives.

Pilgrim sites have a life of their own and are also places that offer livelihood to many.

While Rahul keeps punching Hindutva, he never condemns any act of violence as Islamic or Islamist. It just confirms that the Congress’ secularism remains hollow, dangerous minority-ism.

Bipin was quite forthright and frank while dealing with senior officers. He was never overawed by the company of senior officers and held his own.

AFSPA does not provide blanket protection to soldiers. Many officers and soldiers operating in insurgency areas have been prosecuted and punished by Army in the past for violations.

A lot of pain points of traditional methods can be addressed using agritech. Farmers can keep an eye on their yields easily and remotely using the drone technology.

Timely nutritional interventions of breastfeeding, age-appropriate complementary feeding, full immunisation and Vitamin A supplementation have proven effective in improving outcomes in children.

After the 35% fall in Paytm, investors are still viewing this as a Paytm problem. It is, indeed, but investors are still unwilling to recognise the bubble in internet companies.

Between March 2014 and October 2021, the excise on petrol charged by the central government increased by over 200% and the excise on diesel by over 600%.

Low use of male contraceptives reflects lack of male involvement in family planning. Most programmes too operate from the perspective that women are contraceptive users.

Simply put, ‘regime change’ in Islamabad is now in Nawaz Sharif’s hands. But will he return while Imran Khan is still in office? Seems unlikely.

It is widely estimated that economic cost of air pollution in India accounts for 4.5 per cent of GDP, where premature mortality contributes to half the burden and health costs the rest.

The number of diabetics in the country has increased by 124 per cent over the last 30 years from an estimated 26 million in 1990, to the current 77 million.

Be it in the context of Swachh Bharat campaign or any other flagship programmes in recent years, Narendra Modi has often invoked Swami Vivekananda and Vedanta teachings.