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Repositioning nuclear power: From Fukushima to COP 26
An unprecedented, high-intensity earthquake followed by a tsunami on 11 March 2011 led to disruption of operations at the nuclear...
No lowering our guard against China
China is planning to build a ‘passageway’ between Tibet and South Asia. The National People’s Congress opened in Beijing on...
Cool Breeze: Bring it on, trolls
Bring it on, trolls Clearly anticipating the social media reaction to his conversation with economist Kaushik Basu, the former Congress...
Rahul’s RSS card works, but for the BJP
Rahul’s verbal sallies on the RSS reinforce a perception that Congress continues to seek to make the majority community accept...
Prashant Kishor’s second Punjab innings
By appointing political consultant Prashant Kishor as his principal adviser with a Cabinet rank, Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh,...
Challenges that Biden faces domestically
His major challenge is to build bipartisanship. In practice this translates to bringing the middle over the extreme, in both...
Freedom of dissent has its limits
The right to protest is a sacred aspect of democracy. But what is not permissible is public protest that violates...
Tells us why, tells us how
The draconian sedition legislation was never an archaic law; it has been used by every regime. Against the backdrop of...
Declaring tribals as non Hindus shows lack of understanding of Bharat
It is not mere coincidence that Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh that are at the epicentre of the activities which form...
One year of the US-Taliban agreement: Where does Afghanistan stand?
The US-Taliban agreement inked last year on 29 February 2020 after exhausting rounds of complex negotiations engaging the Taliban and...
Cool Breeze: G23’s next move?
Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad’s three-day visit to Jammu is being seen as another platform for the G23 to make...
Fingers crossed on India-Pak ceasefire
Moeed Yusuf later denied that any meeting between him and Ajit Doval was held. This should be taken with a...
Restructure FinMin away from short-term revenue maximisation
The Finance Ministry’s structure, and of course the deep pink state, often leads it astray, focusing on immediate filling the...
Build big, grow faster
The reality is, India is poor because it does not invest in scale, particularly in infrastructure projects. The ‘money is...
Euro-Atlantic Quad takes shape under Macron
A ‘coalition of the willing and the able’ should be formed from within the European members of NATO that would,...
