Opinion

Melvin Durai Considering how modest and humble I am, you may be surprised to learn that I enjoy winning awards. I’d be thrilled to receive almost any kind of award. I’d even accept an award from the National Association of Lazy Husbands. Yes, even an...

Oscar Jonsson & Taylor Owen Today, as our economic and social lives increasingly move online owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the digital and physical domains are becoming more integrated than ever. And now more than ever, governance and regulation of a hyper-powered digital world must...

Saamdu Chetri & Jagdish Rattanani For so many students sitting in their homes and not knowing when the lockdown will end for their particular schools or colleges, this is a difficult time. Opening up has risks. Not opening up has other worries. Some have lost...

Dasarathi Mishra While releasing the Monetary Policy Statement earlier this month, RBI Governor Saktikanta Das sounded an optimistic note. He stated that, “Relative to pre-Covid levels, several high frequency indicators are pointing to the easing of contractions in various sectors of the economy and the...

Saeed Naqvi President Donald Trump and his National Security Adviser, Robert C. O’Brien are aching to announce troop withdrawal from Afghanistan as a last-minute sweetener for the American voter, rather like floral touches in an Indian wedding. General Mark A Milley, Chairman of the Joint...

Brahma Chellaney The Quad, a loose strategic coalition of the Indo-Pacific region’s four leading democracies, is rapidly solidifying this year in response to China’s aggressive foreign policy. Following a recent meeting of their top foreign-policy officials in Tokyo, Australia, India, Japan, and the United States...

Dr Santosh Kumar Mohapatra The Maratha invasions were a series of conquests in the Indian subcontinent which led to the formation of the Maratha Empire. These conquests were started by Shivaji Bhosale on 10 November 1659 and had his first victory at the Battle of...

Bharat Jhunjhunwala Inter-state movement of goods was troublesome before the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST). Every state used to classify goods according to its understanding and collected Sales Tax at different rates. For example, kraft paper could be classified as "packing material" and...

Dr. DK Giri The United States is nudging India into a closer bilateral security alliance as the latter continues to stand-off against China at the border. Also, the US faces the Presidential election November 4. Obviously supporting India, the statements emanating from US officials disapprove...

Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra Odisha, as it is known today, came into being as a unified province in 1948 following the unification 27 princely states, carrying with it the scars of invasions, famines and natural calamities in iterations. The famine of 1866, for instance, killed...