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What will we do when the locusts come again? Locusts are a group of short-horned grasshoppers that migrate long distances in swarms, crossing over many countries. They devour leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, bark, and destroy plants by their sheer weight as they descend on them...

As 2020 comes to an end, it will be remembered as a year which shattered lives across the globe on an unprecedented scale. While the health concerns overpowered people’s mind space, there came along a few books, both at the international and national level that...

The showdown between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Bengal with the state Assembly polls only a few months away is an example of fierce and ferocious duel to both grab and retain power. To achieve their aims, both the contenders are resorting...

The tirades launched against China in the past few days by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat are an admission by the government that Chinese aggressive posturing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh has indeed...

The head of the NITI Aayog said something that upset many people and so he had to explain himself. This was of course his statement, repeated twice, that India had too much democracy. However something else was said in the same speech that did not...

These days your average babu can rarely say ‘no’ to a minister. Blind obedience is what is expected from them, leaving little room for independent decision-making. But like always, there are exceptions to the rule. An instance from Uttarakhand has recently come to light. There...

There is a runaway rise in fuel prices in the country. So much so that pump prices of petrol and diesel are at a two years’ high. Already reeling from a prolonged economic recession and pandemic-triggered distress, the unrelenting rise in petrol and diesel prices...

Health and fitness advisors often emphasise on seafood for muscles, high protein and weight loss. Few of them have studied the immense health risks that come with eating seafood. Mali Ston is an Adriatic Sea coastal town in Croatia, known all over the world for...

Disturbing reports have come that China has constructed three villages, about 5 km from the Bum La Pass near the tri-junction of India, China and Bhutan in western Arunachal Pradesh. It could be a major step in realising China’s territorial claims in the region as...

As the world is eagerly and impatiently waiting for a safe and efficacious vaccine for inoculation against COVID-19, the Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij testing positive for the virus just a fortnight after he voluntarily got administered a trial dose of Bharat Biotech’s indigenously developed...