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By the time you read this lakhs of chickens will have died of avian flu. Some will have died naturally. Others will have been beaten to death or strangled. How many do you think will be buried or burnt? Very few. Most of them will...

The Supreme Court’s ruling on January 18 about the farmers’ proposed tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day says that it is a matter of law and order and the Delhi police has to take a call. This nips in the bud an attempt by...

Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali’s three-day trip to India ending January 16 was an opportunity for New Delhi to repair the fractured relations between the two countries and make amends for the bungling by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the past few years...

India has joined the ranks of wealthier nations by beginning to inoculate health workers on January 16 in what is going to be the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Among the 195 countries in the world the United States, Britain, Israel, Canada and Germany have...

Aakar Patel I was being interviewed for my book and was asked a question unrelated to it: Why does Hindutva hate Nehru so much? It is an interesting question and has two parts to the answer. To know it we must first understand what Nehru...

Perhaps service rules stopped them from airing their views but after retirement bureaucrats are not bound anymore and can voice their thoughts freely. This has led to the formation of pro- and anti-government groups among retired babus who jump into the fray at the behest...

After weeks-long protests by farmers in the vicinity of Delhi demanding the outright repeal of three new farm laws, the Supreme Court Tuesday suspended the implementation of the laws until further order. Simultaneously, the top court constituted a four-member committee to go over the three...

That a vegan diet helps in reducing, and even removing diabetes and heart disease, is fairly well known. While generally higher in carbs, vegan diets are up to 2.4 times more effective at improving blood sugar management in people with diabetes. Vegan diets are also...

Every one, mistakenly, thought that it’s a sad commentary on the functioning of the country’s executive that finally made the Supreme Court get exasperated by its dilatory tactic on the three contentious farm laws passed recently. The impression was sought to be created on 11...

President Donald Trump has done it again and with vengeance. After failing to deny victory to President-elect Joe Biden through legal challenges and then instigating vandals, who went berserk at the Capitol on January 6, Trump has now chosen to make life difficult for Biden’s...