The second wave of the coronavirus epidemic has caught the country off guard. If this was not the case, we would not have achieved the dubious distinction of topping the charts in the cases of...
Over four-and-a-half years ago on a visit to Srinagar when Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was running the government in coalition with the BJP, I said to a student audience at Kashmir University's media studies department...
On 22 June, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched a campaign called ‘Six Crore Vaccinations in Six Months’ with a view to accelerate the vaccination process. The vaccination campaign is presently going on at a slow...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's unveiling of the state's population policy last Sunday coinciding with World Population Day (11 July 2021) came as the state's 'population bomb’. Though parts of the document were released...
India is among the few countries that have emerged the fastest-growing digital economies over the past few years characterised by 90 per cent growth in terms of digital adoption index between 2014 and 2017. With...
A joint family was happily living on the outskirts of village Gauras near Kareli, Madhya Pradesh, away from the hustle-bustle of urban life. The family consisted of an old mother, her three sons, daughters-in-law, and...
It's almost 15 months since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India's first short lockdown at just four hours’ notice followed by a 21-day lockdown to beat Covid-19 Coronavirus that had burst upon the country. Millions...
Even as India is yet to get over the ravages of the second wave of covid-19, the possibility of a third wave of the deadly disease is looming large over the country. While it’s not...
In India, it is almost a given. While political parties in power, at the Centre or in states, dole out freebies to the public, especially during election season to remain in power, those in the...
Manoj Mishra, a dedicated environmental activist, who spent his entire life advocating for the preservation of the Yamuna river in Delhi, passed away on 4th June, 2023. Known for his campaign "Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan" (Let...
