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Apoorvanand writes: He must restore autonomy of the university, create and protect spaces for free minds to flourish.

Democratic functioning may be an ideological imperative, operational choice, or legitimising tactic but it is not an end in itself for a political party.

Breaking the boundaries between academia and industry, investing in research and ramping up facilities helped the country in its march towards the 100 crore vaccines milestone

The world has moved on to other matters since January 20 and Trump rage-typing “FAKE NEWS!” from Mar-a-Lago, instead of the White House, doesn’t have quite the same impact.

The Moscow Conference has also underscored the fact that it is up to the Taliban, and its backers in Pakistan, to convince the world of their intentions.

The 2021 Nobel laureate for literature has an unparalleled felicity for stitching together histories of Arab sultanates, Indian merchants, and European colonisers in the 19th century with moving stories of refugees in the postcolonial world

Virander S Chauhan writes: All stakeholders should come together to achieve the vaccination goals sooner rather than later

PM Narendra Modi writes: The journey from anxiety to assurance has happened and our nation has emerged stronger, thanks to the world’s largest vaccination drive.

Neeraja Chowdhury writes: Her promise of giving 40 per cent of Congress tickets in UP polls to women is bound to have ripple effects across the political spectrum.

Prabhash Ranjan writes: India has suffered once by adopting protectionism. It must learn from past mistakes.

October 21 is a reassuring marker that the political will and systemic resolve behind the vaccination drive can — and should — rise to the next challenge.

The vaccination success story is just a trailer of what our collective Amrit Prayaas can achieve.

Tata’s management efficiency will allow Air India to better exploit operating assets like the lucrative routes to South east Asia, Latin America and Australia. With simple improvements in consistency of service, Air India’s existing bilaterals

It becomes dangerous when hate and bigotry are so easily amplified by social media — and when the right to take offence is licensed by politicians who, it appears, wish only to speak the language

Facebook is reportedly planning to change the holding company’s name. It’s confusing an actual problem for a PR one

Sameena Dalwai writes: It is a rite of passage to a senseless, prejudiced world

K Srinath Reddy writes: Experience gained through this vaccination programme will be valuable for the design and delivery of other public health programmes across the country

Radha Kumar writes: Strengthening police capabilities, improving coordination between security agencies and cooperation with state law enforcement are needed to address these issues

Sachin Chaturvedi, Priyadarshi Dash write: It will help with deeper and more effective engagement and will address the rapidly-evolving competitive development financing landscape

Arjun Subramaniam writes: A recent film, Udham Singh, highlights how the role of violent acts of defiance was diminished by overplaying the impact of the non-violent movement. This only served British interests

A beginning has been made in UP, but to take it forward, to draw the vital linkages between processes that are bottom-up and top-down, much political work remains to be done, both by the Congress

The proposed law is just the latest in a series of interventions that have seen the state countering what it appears to view as the cultural and political (which are, historically, dangerously synonymous in China)

New Delhi has expressed concern since events in its neighbourhood can potentially resonate at home but any response should be tempered by the understanding that this is a problem, primarily, for Dhaka to address.

With studies and IPCC reports warning about more destructive floods caused by sea-level rise and high-intensity rainfall, the country can ill-afford to delay investments in disaster management systems.

Pranav Patil writes: The work of this year’s Nobel Prize-winning economists helped in formulating more rigorous, objective and rational interventions to solve problems like poverty