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District Forest Officers and rangers are not trained in ecology. Ecology means the interrelationship of all things – what happens to the whole when one part is affected. They don't know about plants or animals. In fact, this entire service should be disbanded because all...

While writing this column yesterday, the title chosen was China, China, China. Little did people across India know that a highly ranked Indian army officer along with two jawans was killed by Chinese forces near the Galwan valley in Ladakh while the supposed de-escalation was...

A hilarious video of the US President Donald Trump showed how, during his first election campaign, he constantly mentioned China as the arch economic foe of the United States. The video showed Trump uttering China at various times and in different attires. While that was...

The deed is finally done. The Sharma Oli government in Nepal has won the support of the Lower House of parliament for the new political map that laid claim over a considerable stretch of land in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, which India claims as its own...

Bhakt means devotee, someone wildly enthusiastic about someone or something. Hindi defines it as anuragi, someone offering unconditional and eternal love. The word bhakt is also used to define the followers of the Prime Minister. They consider him a messianic figure, who will produce the...

The Enforcement Directorate and the Modi government may have reasons to have a pat on their own backs after word spread the ED has managed to get back valuables worth Rs 1,350crore from Hong Kong. This, in the ongoing cases of bank fraud and money...

A week after the Facebook fiasco, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has replaced the entire media team. In the wake of the Cyclone Amphan and the relief work being undertaken, the person handling the ministry’s Facebook account uploaded a picture of a table with...

Every state government has taken upon itself the task of bringing back their migrant workers home. After the factories had been shut and industries closed down in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, migrant workers were rendered jobless. What compounded the crisis was the Prime...

During this time of lockdown, thousands and thousands of Indians, especially women, have cut back on their daily food and fed the street animals instead. As the days drag on, the money has dwindled because no one is earning any money, but the hunger levels...

The COVID-19 scenario in India is turning from bad to worse, and the lockdown – as also the virtual paralysis of the nation for over two months – has not been of much help in checking the spread of the virus. When the lockdown was...