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Don’t rush into unviable theatre commands, with skewed structures
By C Uday Bhaskar
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2020 07:43 PM IST
The Narendra Modi government is to be commended for creating the CDS in the first place but a hasty MTC pursuit could become the equivalent of India’s military demonetisation.
Decoding the dip in public expenditure
By Avani Kapur and Sharad Pandey
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2020 07:42 PM IST
Despite enhanced commitments across spheres, the government has spent less this year than it did last year
How SM Krishna slipped up at UNSC
By Manjeev S Puri
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2020 08:33 PM IST
Krishna began by recognising the UNSG. We had not included him in the salutations. He appreciated the presence of two Portuguese-speaking nations. It was not in our prepared text. His third sentence was about Timor-Leste. The penny dropped
1971: A military victory and the birth of a nation
By VK Singh
UPDATED ON DEC 18, 2020 08:57 PM IST
A short swift war, a manoeuvre on foot in which the Pakistani army was outclassed tactically and strategically giving birth to a new nation — this victory has no parallel in military history anywhere in the world.
Le Carré captured the human condition, in the Cold War and beyond
By Prakash Karat
PUBLISHED ON DEC 17, 2020 09:32 PM IST
Through the grey world of espionage, Le Carré wrote about the human condition. In his own words: “Out of the secret world I once knew, I tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit.”
In Punjab, the centrality of the mandi system
By Shreya Sinha
UPDATED ON DEC 18, 2020 05:41 AM IST
The mandi has been a major rallying cry for the protests in Punjab. Its importance to agricultural life cannot be overstated
A four-point action plan to improve Delhi’s air
By OP Agarwal
PUBLISHED ON DEC 17, 2020 02:02 PM IST
A sustainable plan to reduce emissions from the transport sector requires a comprehensive and multi-year effort
Indian diplomacy’s climate test, writes Syed Akbaruddin
By Syed Akbaruddin
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2020 09:28 PM IST
India has been an overachiever on Paris — but the road ahead is strewn with challenges
To revive the economy, go back to the grassroots, writes Bhupesh Baghel
By Bhupesh Baghel
PUBLISHED ON DEC 16, 2020 08:06 PM IST
To strengthen the rural economy, we need to strengthen the rural ecology too
Decoding the DC-Brussels-Beijing geopolitical triangle
By Manoj Kewalramani
PUBLISHED ON DEC 16, 2020 08:05 PM IST
Irrespective of this economic engagement, there is friction between Beijing and Brussels, which is independent of Washington
India is right to bet on a post-Brexit UK
By Avinash Paliwal
UPDATED ON DEC 15, 2020 08:30 PM IST
The invite to Boris Johnson indicates deepening strategic and economic convergence
Pollution: Why every one per cent counts, writes Sunita Narain
By Sunita Narain
UPDATED ON DEC 15, 2020 08:29 PM IST
The source of pollution here is local. Action has to be taken through local agencies. And it has to be systemic
Away from the noise, voters continue to repose faith in the BJP, writes Prakash Javadekar
By Prakash Javadekar
UPDATED ON DEC 15, 2020 08:28 PM IST
From rural area to tribal areas, urban parts to cosmopolitan coastal landscapes, India is giving a message. Diverse electorates, diverse elections are giving the same message — that India’s prime issue in 2020 is development and only a Modi-led NDA can provide it
The menace of social media monopolies
By Praveen Chakravarty
UPDATED ON DEC 15, 2020 06:15 AM IST
Facebook’s global monopoly profits helped propel WhatsApp’s domination of India, with great social costs
How did slums survive during the lockdown?
By Adam Auerbach and Tariq Thachil
UPDATED ON DEC 14, 2020 08:01 PM IST
The pandemic has shown that slums need sustained engagement between crises
The world is changing. India needs to get its priorities right
By Pranay Kotasthane
UPDATED ON DEC 15, 2020 06:14 AM IST
What will this new world order look like over the next quarter century? More importantly, how can India shape this emerging order to attain peace and prosperity for all Indians?
Moscow must come to terms with India’s security imperatives
By Harsh V Pant
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2020 08:39 PM IST
As India reconfigures its China policy with the Indo-Pacific at its core, India-Russia ties won’t be able to escape this strategic reality
The emerging contours of tech policy
By Suyash Rai
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2020 08:38 PM IST
From a laissez-faire approach, the State is turning to regulation. This is understandable but has risks
China wants India to accept the new normal on LAC, move on to restore bilateral ties | Analysis
By Shishir Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2020 10:56 AM IST
While India wants China to restore status quo ante of April 2020, Beijing apparently feels that Modi government will come to terms with the new normal on LAC and revive ties in the coming months and willy-nilly accept the rise of the Middle Kingdom.
From Hisar, notes on a new, changing India
By Neelanjan Sircar
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2020 09:29 PM IST
The tale of a small outlet in a Haryana town reveals shifting demand, new supply chains and evolving markets across India’s interiors in the wake of the pandemic
Needed: A new 3-D model for schools
By Meeta Sengupta
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2020 09:27 PM IST
Blended learning has come centre-stage, hybrid will have to be the norm. We educators need to work faster towards models of hybrid learning that are not wholly dependent on the internet or screens as the pandemic peaks and eases off
A manifesto for the climate summit
By Arunabha Ghosh
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2020 07:45 PM IST
Summits serve three purposes. High-level participation allows leaders to negotiate knotty issues, building on personal rapport and the promise of grand bargains. Alternatively, leaders could set a new agenda, drawing others to their cause
What to expect when the vaccine rolls out
By Rajat Arora
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2020 08:49 PM IST
With several vaccine manufacturers in the race for emergency use authorisation, will the rollout guarantee mass immunisation or are there hidden challenges?
What the Paris Agreement means for the climate crisis
By Ajay Mathur and Ritu Ahuja
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2020 08:15 PM IST
India is well-equipped for a new chapter of climate collaboration and competition. The Paris Agreement gives it an opportunity to build on this and create a template for climate change behaviour and action in developing countries
Agriculture as a shock-absorber
By Sabyasachi Kar
UPDATED ON DEC 10, 2020 09:12 PM IST
Commercialisation is inevitable. But it must be accompanied with building an alternative social safety net
Confronting everyday sources of pollution across the country
By Santosh Harish
UPDATED ON DEC 10, 2020 09:05 PM IST
Our fixation with the November smog misleads the way we approach this national public health crisis in three fundamental ways.
Navigating the vaccine challenge
By Gagandeep Kang
UPDATED ON DEC 09, 2020 08:36 PM IST
Getting the product, quantity, condition, place, time and cost right is key
How the agriculture reforms finally liberate farmers | Opinion
By Ram Madhav
UPDATED ON DEC 09, 2020 08:59 PM IST
The agitation is led by a section of the farmers, misled by false propaganda. On the other hand, the majority of the tilling class, Dalits and the poor, are conspicuous by their absence
The evolution of India’s Parliament building
By Chakshu Roy
UPDATED ON DEC 09, 2020 08:30 PM IST
The need for the upkeep, repurposing and enhancements in the building had become evident early on
Decoding India’s latest diplomatic push in the West Asian theatre | Opinion
By Kabir Taneja
UPDATED ON DEC 09, 2020 10:25 AM IST
While successfully balancing relations between Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia power blocks, New Delhi’s affinity for this Gulf outreach is rooted in geopolitical and geo-economic realities