Opinion

Dr. D K Giri Prime Minister Modi made an impassioned speech on September 22 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. The crux of his speech was its reform and expansion and India’s membership of the UNSC. He implored, “How long...

Iain Campbell & Caroline Winslow Air conditioning (AC) may be cooling us, but it's cooking our planet. Countries around the world have experienced scorching temperatures this summer. This August was the second hottest on record. Global warming and more intense summer heat waves, coupled with...

Prof Radhakanta Barik The Odisha Universities Act, 1989, has been replaced by a new law through an Ordinance of the Odisha government. Under this, universities will not have autonomy in terms of formulating courses and in recruitment of teachers. These would be handled by the...

Anita Saluja It was Congress-Mukt Bharat for the BJP. But now, it seems that the BJP is also keen to get rid of its alliance partners. Gone are the days, witnessed during the Vajpayee era, when the allies were treated with respect and their voices...

Melvin Durai How long would it take you to multiply 869,463,853 by 73? It takes 20-year-old Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash of Hyderabad just 26 seconds to produce the answer: 63,470,861,269. It would take me about 26 minutes to do it, most of that time spent searching...

Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra The Covid-19 pandemic has unleashed a health disaster, precipitous economic downturn, and humanitarian catastrophe in India as well as the world around. India has become the worst-performing of all major economies during the pandemic. Indian economy trumpeted as the world’s fastest-growing...

Naveen Jindal The Covid-19 pandemic has affected lives, livelihoods, businesses and economy. Now that the world, including India, is learning to live with the virus until a vaccine is developed, and opening the economy and businesses at the same time, it’s useful to look at...

Ajit Ranade One silver lining to the 24 per cent fall in quarterly GDP between April and June was that growth in the agriculture sector was positive at 3.4 per cent. This is the first time in India’s history that we are experiencing a steep...

Shoumyakant Joshi Clean and adequate water is essential for survival and this has a direct bearing on positive health outcomes and food security of India. Most countries have committed to providing clean water and sanitation to every citizen in alignment with UN’s Sustainable Developmental Goal...

Saeed Naqvi The ancient Indian protocol for social distancing is embedded in the lines my yoga guru, from the famous ashram in Monghyr, Bihar, taught me: “Chaar miley, chausath khiley, Miley bees ek saath. Harjan se harijan miley, Bihsain bahattar hazar.” (When two plus two...