Sunday, June 1, 2025
Interfaith bonhomie with Covid playing cupid in its own way
  At a time when social distancing to ward off the deadly coronavirus has become a norm, the two major religious groups in the country, Hindu and Muslim, have a reason to come closer to each....
  All was going perfectly well for Mr Gautam Adani till Shani Gochar happened on 17th January 2023 and the wrath of the fearsome god hit the third-richest man in the world. If only he had...
  "Most of the subjects taught at the college do not have relevance outside the classroom. After studying hard memorising text of hundreds of pages as the students find the education they have attained would not...
No more lal batti culture, time to rein in on haughty babus
  Every now and then, one gets to read and hear about the erratic, arrogant and at times aggressive behaviour of the civil servants who abuse the power vested in them by the constitution with impunity,...
Centre-state tussle casting a long shadow on Indian federalism
Election after election keeps India in a state of perpetual war with itself. The chaos borne out from the political slugfests continued to bedevil the nation’s progress throughout its 70-odd years of history and still...
Time running out for a course correction in the vaccination process
  The government has started organising vaccination campaigns in both urban and rural areas with the right earnest. However, registration and slot booking is done through the Cowin app do not suit a country of India’s...
Covid in Bihar
Till June 8, Bihar was among those states in the country which reported low death toll from coronavirus despite the fact that the number of cases recorded was quite high. Hence, the new figures the...
Election Commission, supreme court
  In a ruling that is bound to go a long way in maintaining the spirit of democracy in the country, the Supreme Court directed the Central and the state governments not to appoint persons holding...
Orphaned by Covid, many kids at the mercy of elusive Govt doles
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...
eco-friendly cremation
  The dance of death that India witnessed during the disastrous covid-19 surge in April-May was quite traumatic with people scrambling for hospital beds, oxygen cylinders, ventilators, and medicine to save their loved ones. The ordeal...