Category: Commentary

Let’s aim for peace, but be prepared for war

By Sanjeev Srivastava India -- under Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- crossed the line of control in more ways than…

8 years ago

Behind Pakistan’s military confidence: China’s growing shadow

By Abheet Singh Sethi Until five years ago, the US and China shared an almost equal proportion of Pakistans arms…

8 years ago

Global cost of India-Pakistan nuclear war

By Abheet Singh Sethi If India and Pakistan fought a war detonating 100 nuclear warheads (around half of their combined…

8 years ago

Shimon Peres: Hawk-like dove behind most audacious anti-terror mission

By Vikas Datta Too young to be among its founding fathers, Israeli statesman Shimon Peres, who died on September 28…

8 years ago

Why Bihar can treat only 0.3% of its malnourished children

By Shashank Srikant & Nishant Ojha Of 5 million malnourished children under five in Bihar, no more than 0.3 per…

8 years ago

Are Google Glass, Note 7 tech failures of recent times?

By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) As we enter a technology era where Next-Gen devices are launched every…

8 years ago

Record satellite launches in 2016, foreign craft dominate

By Charlie Moloney The Indian space programme launched 10 satellites in 2016, three times more than the preceding year and…

8 years ago

India needs to design policies that enable greater innovation

By Amit Kapoor As the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) begins its platinum jubilee celebrations, it is time…

8 years ago

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar have India’s youngest population

By Shreya Shah Uttar Pradesh and Bihars populations have the lowest median ages -- or youngest populations -- in India…

8 years ago

Why Bijnor communal villainy did not spread

By Saeed Naqvi I had the Muzaffarnagar riots of February 2013 at the back of my mind when I drove…

8 years ago

Varanasi, Allahabad air over WHO pollution limits on most days in August

By Charlie Moloney On more than 90 per cent of the days in August this year, pollution levels in Varanasi…

8 years ago

Post-Uri, how does India neuter demented neighbour?

By Amulya Ganguli The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tryst with moderation has been extended from its angst over "gau rakshaks"…

8 years ago

Why do bystanders look on as people get stabbed?

By Vishal Narayan New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Earlier this week, Delhi's residents witnessed two completely different versions of crimes…

8 years ago

Sharif’s UN speech a monumental error of judgement

By Hardeep S. Puri Absent good advice, democratically-elected leaders are capable of making serious mistakes which have far-reaching repercussions on…

8 years ago

13 deaths reminder of malnutrition in India’s most industrialised state

By Prachi Salve Widespread malnutrition in Maharashtra was brought to the fore again with the deaths of 13 children in…

8 years ago

India’s engineering education needs R&D push

By Anil K. Rajvanshi A few years ago, five M.Tech students of agricultural engineering from one of the top agricultural…

8 years ago

As population rises, UP’s healthcare system collapses

By Sushree Panigrahi and Jeet Singh In Uttar Pradesh, the number of public health centres (PHCs), the frontline of the…

8 years ago

Army’s 2016 death toll highest in 6 years; 31 terrorists killed

By Abhishek Waghmare With 18 soldiers dying in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in North Kashmirs Uri area on September 18,…

8 years ago

Manufacturing competitiveness key to India’s progress

By Amit Kapoor India has convinced a lot of people and the world is making big bets on its stature…

8 years ago

Unspent money for Dalits/tribals, $42.6 bn = 8 times agri budget

By Nikhil M. Babu It was raining heavily last monsoon when Heerabai's youngest child, Seshkumari, 4, collapsed with a fever.…

8 years ago



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