Opinion

Crucial to China’s plans of dominance in the virtual world is that 5G networks in South Asia and Europe be provided by Chinese technology giants like Huawei. However, these plans have run into serious competition from India’s Reliance Jio.

Prabhu Pingali (along with Aiyar, Abraham and Rahman, 2019) in his critically acclaimed book ‘Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India’ emphasizes how the key to development of modern agri-food sector lies in ‘reducing transaction costs, developing an...

A quick and face-saving end to the imbroglio is in Punjab CM's interests, before new forces come into play, hijack the platform and alter the narrative. Nor can he allow dissidents within his own party to gain leverage from it.

Clearly some Khalistan groups had a hand in mobilising support among their own for the farmers rally. But purely numerically, that was still only a relative handful in a rally attended by several thousands. The Khalistan slogans and flags at the farmers s...

The fact that the price of diesel and petrol soared in Delhi on Sunday, should have been enough for opposition parties to raise a storm. But there has been no sign of any opposition concern for farmers for whom diesel is a crucial input.

Worryingly for the Congress, which is preparing to go it alone in the assembly elections due in mid-2022, the NCP is seeking an honourable seat sharing deal, failing which it has threatened to walk its own path.

Three union ministers participated in the meeting with farm leaders, more to gauge the mood of the farm leaders than to offer any alternative, as decision-making lies elsewhere.

Women can see that Narendra Modi’s efforts are directed at not just securing the present but also ensuring a brighter future.

France has had a history when it comes to be the centre of such controversy, Charlie Hebdo being one and the shooting incident followed. But, why depiction of Prophet Muhammad is so heavily criticised in Muslim world.

Given the huge global demand for COVID-19 vaccines – every country wants it for its citizens – there are legitimate apprehensions as to how much of the total availability will fall into India’s share, at least in the early months.

A revisit of the composition of the grand alliance and the list of the candidates fielded by it, gives credence to Tejashwi Yadav’s claim of his politics not just being about M(Muslim) and Y(Yadav) but A to Z.

Given the trajectory of the China relations- Sri Lanka’s ‘India First’ policy will obviously be confined to bilateral security issues and New Delhi’s concerns in the matter.

While the Congress needs a stunning performance to get back in power, some ground-level surveys, reportedly conducted by organisations and individuals considered sympathetic to the BJP, have presented a rather dismal scenario for the ruling party.

The retired Pakistan Army major general is himself admitting the role of Pakistan in stoking the conflict in Kashmir after Partition in the book.

The Zhenhua revelations are not an imminent threat, but a clear and present danger. Launching investigations and adopting an injured stance will have only limited value. A legal framework to protect and secure data and a concerted indigenization push is t...

Late Finance Minister Arun Jaitley once said that as a minister in Vajpayee's cabinet, he left ministry at 6 pm, sipped coffee at India International Centre and reached home. But in PM Modi’s cabinet these are things of the past. Gone are the days when mi...