Opinion

At the moment our people seem committed to set a great example of trust and unity in their fight against the pandemic by making it a common national goal to defeat this menace. Unless the whole country stands up in a similar way to address the nuisance of...

We were unprepared for the arrival of COVID-19 and we seem to be unprepared for the aftermath. When the world wakes up after the lockdown, it would be a new reality to face.

Once the pandemic is brought under control, India must actively engage in rebuilding the world economy.

Will banks offer emergency credit lines to businesses suffering badly due to the COVID-19 fallout, like airlines, retail and hospitality, which need to pay salaries etc but have no income?

The immediate and tangible threat of the coronavirus pandemic is demonstrating the fact that we cannot survive without a community.

Of India’s six large airlines only two will make it through without a bailout. With time running out, the debate should not be on the bailout rather on the structure of a bailout.

The Gandhis kept believing that either BJP would not take a dynast or Jyotiraditya Scindia would not cross the laxman rekha. But Scindia turned out to be a kite who decided to fly against the wind, not with it.

According to a report, China's 'One Belt One Road' (OBOR), ie Belt Road Project, is a major contributor to the spread of this infection in Italy and Iran.

Though Kishor has openly said he is not working for any political outfit after deserting Nitish Kumar, many politicians do not take such an enormous exercise of mobilising youth merely as a long-term exercise for Bihar’s development.

Dissent and disquiet are signs of life in any organisation and the Congress, having seen many such moments in the past, is watching with a sense of anticipation.

Most Congress candidates contesting the February 8 assembly elections are dismayed that the party has failed to put up a credible fight.

Southern states feel they have been handed a raw deal in the 15th Finance Commission report that takes into account population figures from the 2011 Census instead of the 1971 Census. This discontent will only worsen when these states lose their share of...

The FM will certainly be criticised for not being more circumspect on the fiscal deficit (and her nominal GDP projection), but most experts are not particularly concerned.

As a legislator pointed out, the original idea was about granting 'limited permissions' to business enterprises to operate through the night and allowing working professionals access to food, medicine and entertainment.

The benefit of high prices that consumers have to pay rarely percolates down to the farmers. Several studies have shown that a battery of middlemen and traders walk away with the bulk of the gains.

The Citizenship Act of India still allows anyone from anywhere in the world to apply for citizenship. There are separate clauses for naturalisation which have been untouched and remain in force.