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DRDO’s intervention timely and effective in combating Covid-19
DRDO had developed On-Board Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS) for fighter aircraft which had an offshoot in the form of Medical...
China gloats over India’s Covid-19 crisis
An official Chinese news website published a picture juxtaposing China’s space mission and India’s funeral pyres of Covid-19 victims, with...
Whom the gods would destroy they first deprive of reason, ask Xi Jinping
No one understands why China thinks it can antagonize the US, Europe, Japan, ASEAN and India and many others all...
Will Mamata emerge as the face against PM Modi in 2024?
Talk of anti-BJP ‘Federal Front had emanated at her swearing-in 2016 as well… The very fact that Mamata took oath...
Jesus, and a grieving widow
News of disease, death and distress is nationwide. Economic savings evaporate, and markets tumble. Hopelessness engulfs as support systems fail...
Opening the closed doors of the universe
There are several verses in the Quran that explain how everything in the universe is constantly engaged in praise and...
Just He, not Me
A ‘thought ‘ can stand only with relation to the ‘ thought of’. But the ‘ I’ thought , by...
Mamata arrives on national scene
India is in dire need of a strong opposition. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now arrived on the national scene....
Should health be on Concurrent List?
The manner in which the states have responded to the pandemic has forced one to ask whether health should be...
Mamata begins journey to Delhi
After handing out the most humiliating defeat to the Narendra Modi, Amit Shah-led Bharatiya Janata Party’s electoral machinery since 2014,...
Ground realities must determine India’s path to going green
Rich countries’ renewed commitment to assist will catalyse its march. A suo moto declaration by India at the forthcoming 26th...
Accountability key
Sardar Patel and Pandit Nehru differed on many issues but were united in their insistence that the colonial structure of...
Republican Party becoming a Trump franchise
A similar takeover of a ruling party took place in India in 1969. SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic which was revealed in...
Lessons we learnt from the Chinese virus
International cooperation during the pandemic has brought out the best and the worst in globalization. Ten countries are reported to...
It’s Time for action
When they ruled the country, the British colonial officials sought to concentrate all power in their own hands. They refused...
Six months left for the needed revolution in administrative affairs
This is a point of inflexion for the BJP government. The crisis of 2020-21 calls for PM Modi to ensure...
