Flying kites
The Government may be testing waters with silly proposals. But this points to a lack of creativity in policy-making The bureaucrat, who thought about the preposterous suggestion to limit duty-free alcohol purchases to a single bottle, will one day head the entire department. And that frankly is more worrying than the...
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BJP’s new chief
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A new lurking danger
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No surprises here
20 January 2020 | Pioneer -
Maximum city, again
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The hand that rocks
20 January 2020 | Rinku Ghosh -
And the trend continues...
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Bezos’ bummer trip
18 January 2020 | Pioneer
Talks with Pakistan?
While UNSC backs India on Kashmir and insists on it being discussed bilaterally, our SCO invite is a smart move Pakistan may have nudged its all-weather friend China into raising the Kashmir dispute at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) yet again — perhaps going by Western concerns about the continued...
Need to objectify history
As India charters its course through the 21st century, the liberation we all need is not from the glories of the past but from its burdens — communal, economic and psychological Why, when the nation should be focussing all its resources on remedying its economic slowdown in a fascinating but disruptive...
Putin’s Russia
The resignation of the Russian Cabinet has paved the way for his plans to stay on in power beyond 2024 Vladimir Putin has now become the longest serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin. No matter what opinion one may have of the current Russian leader with regard to the way he...
Death of justice
As the hanging of Nirbhaya’s rapists gets stalled, we must ask if we can get real about women’s safety or just float a bogey All concerns and campaigns for women’s safety sound vacuous and patronising when the commitment to it, by virtue of honouring and implementing the law, falters. We lose...
A new air quality agenda
An efficient traffic signal management can not only help maintain the flow of traffic but also drastically reduce air pollution levels and save fuel Air pollution in our country, particularly in some of the urban centres, has become a major public health issue. Depending on the region and climatic conditions, there...
The Donald is coming
Is Trump’s proposed India visit an attempt to deflect from the constant coverage of his impending impeachment trial? No matter what you think of Donald Trump — almost everybody in the world has an opinion about the one-time real estate mogul and reality television star who is now the 45th President...
SC to the rescue
Kerala’s suit on CAA in the top court may be an opportunity to clarify grey areas and assumptions around the new law Many may interpret the Kerala Government’s challenging of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the Supreme Court under Article 131 as pointless or even a deterrent to nationalist design....
