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Recent rumours are swirling that the Finance Minister of India may be changed. It is being discussed that FM Nirmala Sitharaman might likely be replaced by KV Kamath, who recently demitted office at BRICS bank. As FM, Sitharaman might not have lived up to expectations...

The aggressive posturing of the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) on the Indian border, mostly at Ladakh, seems to be a ploy to misguide the Indian defence forces. Ladakh gains importance since it is on the path of One Belt One Road (OBOR), a pet...

With sectors of the economy opening up after nearly a three-month shutdown, the overall mood across the nation remains gloomy. The daily COVID infection toll rose to the level over 8,000 and total infections are nearing the two-lakh mark – a far cry from the...

What is the role of the state in the time of an epidemic? A natural disaster has prevented large parts of the population from taking care of itself. Crores of people have lost their jobs. The Centre says over 1 crore people so far have gone...

Indian Railways is rightly under fire for messing up the return journey of fleeing migrants from the metros to their home states. It tried to save face by claiming that the delays were due to train routes being purposely diverted to avoid heavy traffic congestion...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the latest monetary measure slashed the repo rate by 40 basis points. This was on top of the 75 bps cut it had affected since India went into a battle mode against the coronavirus. The lockdown 4.0 will...

Did you know that hens sing when they are happy? In the entire lockdown period, when I was completely alone for almost two months, I made friends with a crow. The secret is persistence and exact timing. I would come out from a wretched day...

The locust swarms flying into India have already wreaked havoc on agriculture in many northern and western states. First affected was Rajasthan followed by Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. It is said that these swarms can be as large as 80 million...

The COVID-19 scenario, rather than improving, is turning worse for India. With two months of lockdown, the nation is faced with the worst health crisis in the form of the pandemic that has taken lives so far of over 4,000 people. But much more than...

India is as good as losing what was once its closest ally in the region, Nepal. The process of distancing is not new, though. Prime Minister Sharma Oli releasing a new map of Nepal – which included Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh in its fold –...