Opinion

The sheer scale and efficiency of the vaccination drive show exactly what the Indian state is capable of once it decides to do something.

Weingarten says he feels like a vulture knocked off a meat wagon, when he eats Indian food. To him I’d say–vultures are partial to rotting food, I’m sure you have better taste.

Narendra Modi never saw the development of Dholavira in isolation. He had the foresight to develop surrounding infrastructure, protect local flora and fauna and integrate local communities.

Notwithstanding the shift in Kabul’s preferences, Narendra Modi remained steady in his responses. All Indian commitments made to Afghanistan were kept.

Some believe that Prashant Kishor’s distancing from Punjab is also a tale of the Congress’ declining fortunes in February 2022 state Assembly polls.

Thailand, Vietnam and Kerala, once hailed as model countries and states for their pandemic response, are facing challenges in containing the rising COVID cases.

Attempts to deflect attention from the criminal apathy and gross mismanagement of the Covid pandemic in Kerala by the Left government is akin to adding salt to the injury of Kerala’s hapless people.

The health ministry’s decision will hopefully pave the way for implementing OBC reservation in all government departments and institutions, such as IIMs and IITs.

By giving little coverage to the Afghan army and number of districts they have won back from the Taliban, media has given the Taliban the coverage they seek.

COVID-19 has restricted access to abortion services for nearly 1.9 million women and could limit access to contraceptives for more than 25 million couples in India.

If India made a mistake in not engaging the Taliban misses the basic point that the relationship between Pakistan and the Taliban presents a specific threat to India.

One of the biggest challenges for the NDA government will be to push deep economic reforms when many Opposition-ruled states are determined to oppose them.

With seven new inductions from UP, the BJP conceded that despite its seeming invincibility, it could not wish away its allies and the votes they brought to the table.

From prawns and cheese to cashew and fruits, you can make a pakora with just about anything in India.

Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D could well become the world’s first DNA vaccine for human use and the first vaccine in India to be licensed for adolescents.

An Afghanistan deprived of Indian presence would be nothing but another hapless province of Pakistan to be ruled by movers and shakers from Rawalpindi.