Cheque book diplomacy
China’s ability to impress upon nations the benefits of joining its bloc is not unknown. Counter-moves like the Quad need to be strengthened The Chinese have either deployed “intimidation” or their famed cheque book diplomacy to “win” over other nations towards their own purposes. Both as an undisputed military and an...
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What would Mao say?
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Whither Gandhi?
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Path to sustainable future
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Slowly but surely…
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Tame the flood fury
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Human rights graveyard
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IIT’s exit plan
30 September 2019 | Pioneer
Takeaways from UN
Modi has clearly won this round at UNGA but has to restore normalcy in J&K to ensure that the goodwill stays with us Normally, speeches by heads of States at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) are really about taking notes for a global idea bank of the future. It is...
Wildfire syndrome
There is so much junk floating on the internet and social media that it is our civic duty to clean it up and follow the way citizens rescued Mumbai’s Versova beach Over the past week, I must have received several forwarded messages on WhatsApp and other messaging services. Some of them...
Another Trumpcard
The Democrats have decided to initiate the impeachment of the US President. But nothing much will come of it Ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election, not quite by a landslide but rather convincingly nonetheless, there have been calls to impeach him from various quarters inside the US. These were...
Crime spiral
The brazen increase in the number of incidents in Delhi means that the Government and police must work in tandem The spate of snatchings and shootouts at busy neighbourhoods and during working hours has definitely alarmed Delhiites. It is not only the count which is climbing recently, as confirmed by Delhi...
Just be the change
Greta Thunberg’s stinging speech at the UN sounded alarm bells for the world to start acting on climate change. The crusade of the young and old has begun A number of critical developments, pertaining to climate change, held centrestage among events marking the week that is approaching its end. The one...
Survivor’s rights
The Delhi HC ruling, allowing rape survivors the right to decide bail for their tormentors, is needed Remember the eight-year-old Kathua rape victim, who was murdered so that she wouldn’t be able to identify her tormentors? Or the 14-year-old Dalit girl in Muzaffarnagar district, who was burnt alive after being violated?...
Privacy vs security
The Supreme Court needs to codify a standard matrix rather than rely solely on Govt recommendations Privacy or personal freedoms and transgressions in exercising these rights have led to so many grey areas in the open democracy of the internet that it has now become incumbent upon the Supreme Court to...
