Opinion
With Lalu’s Potent One Liners Missing, Books By and On Him Drive the Poll Chatter in Bihar
For Lalu Prasad Yadav, whose absence from electioneering is feared to cast adverse impact on the poll prospects of RJD, this autobiography has provided him the much-desired relief and brought him on the centre-stage of poll narratives.
OPINION | After Jet Airways Experience, What Will it Take for Indian Aviation to Take Flight Again?
Growth in the aviation industry includes challenges like intense fare wars, challenging operations environment, negligible consumer loyalty, high constraints, and a talent crunch.
Delhi Statehood Demand: CM Arvind Kejriwal Wants to Have the Cake and Eat It Too
Given the performance of the party in Assembly polls in several states after registering a mammoth victory in Delhi, Kejriwal knows that political survival is the call of the hour.
Why Selective Anger Against Mayawati and Statues of Dalit-Bahujan Icons is Deeply Casteist
In India, most public art and culture is dominated by savarna icons and their culture. These public parks and museums help to continue their soft and hard Hindutva politics and influence.
OPINION | It’s Not Military’s Job to Plan Sub-Conventional War in Enemy Territory, Time for Govt to Wake Up
We have been foolishly saying we want a strong and stable Pakistan but our enemies are exploiting our fault-lines sub-conventionally.
Back on Poll Pitch, Sheila Dikshit Should Stick Around for 2020 Rematch
Dikshit’s return is important not just for the party to win the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, but to prepare ground to replace a tumbledown Arvind Kejriwal government when Delhi goes for Assembly polls in 2020.
HAL Can Match Dassault’s Delivery Time for 100 Rafale Jets: Former MD’s Message to Govt
Writing for News18, former HAL MD Ashok Saxena rejects doubts expressed over HAL's capability and urges the government to explore possibilities of signing a new contract for indigenous manufacturing of the fighter jets.
The Threat is Real: After US, India Could Suffer Foreign Meddling in Elections as Tech Giants Drag Their Feet
This election year will see usual political activity, but what will make these polls unique is the advent of information warfare in the political space.
Congress-AAP Alliance in Delhi Could Mean Challenger Going With Spoilsport
In 2015, the vote share difference between the Congress and AAP was to the tune of more than 40 per cent. Two years later, in the 2017 municipal polls, it had been reduced to around five per cent and in the assembly bypolls which followed, Congress gained...
Bru Refugees, BJP Poll Gimmick and a Transfer: The Underlying Reason For Massive Protests in Mizoram
It remains to be seen how things plays out eventually and the ECI has sent a second team to Mizoram, due to arrive Friday, to flesh out all outstanding issues but suspicions remain deeply rooted.
OPINION| Signature Bridge Episode Shows Delhi Needs A Bridge To Rebuild Political Dialogue
Delhi’s politics was where an Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister could felicitate the retired grand old Delhi Congressman Jag Pravesh Chandra with Padma Vibhushan for public service. Not what we witness today.
OPINION | It is Time to Replace AFSPA With a Better Law, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda
The Act has been described as an abomination—a draconian law that encourages the Army to carry out human rights violations with impunity.
Why Blowback to #MeToo Movement for Not Following Due Process is Completely Absurd
Multiple voids in the patchy legal framework give ample opportunity to the male-dominated structures to seep in and sweep away objectivity and sensitivity of the intended law from the existing system.
Three Times Annual Budget of 'Modicare' Needed Just to Keep IL&FS Afloat, and Your Tax Rupees Will Pay for It
The amount is also more than half the total health budget of the country and about 55% of the funds the Centre allocated to the rural jobs programme, MNREGA, in 2018-19.
OPINION | New-Age Netas, Take Note How Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Took Their Differences Public
Jawaharlal Nehru, 20 years younger and a self-confessed disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, had serious differences with the latter’s approach towards village economy, non-violence, religion and economic thinking.
Opinion | Maharashtra’s Vidarbha Set to Face Acute Economic Crisis Due to Climate Change, World Bank Warns
The World Bank study only confirms other studies that predict Vidarbha and Marathwada to be among the two most vulnerable regions in the coming years.