Express Opinion

In its battle against latest wave of COVID, Delhi must go by the science, calibrate its response, resist stringent lockdown.

The pressure to share achievements on social media can lead to either the façade becoming second nature or suffocating.

The Centre can work with the states in building a credible institutional architecture for gathering data and producing knowledge about water resources — a foundational necessity to address most federal water governance challenges.

There are no silver bullets or quick fixes. Only a well-thought-out and sequenced reform plan. One that Reclaiming lays out meticulously and comprehensively.

Wedged between, China and India, Myanmar’s natural instinct is to avoid undue influences from either, even as it is open to enter into beneficial cooperation. India’s best bet will be to ensure it remains that

Perhaps even more important than transacting the prescribed syllabus is the holding and containing presence of peers and teachers who can listen, empathise and offer themselves as a reliable non-competitive circle of care.

Actor, orator, poet, thespian — there are many ways to remember Soumitra Chatterjee. But there is only one way to mourn him — with gratitude.

Paternity leave is an idea whose time has come, for both Indian men and women.

External Affairs Minister P V Narasimha Rao reiterated India’s offer of mediation in the Iran-Iraq war. Rao said India had been quietly trying to bring about peace between its two cherished friends.

Users can now be forgotten on Twitter, and they can forget their more embarrassing posts.

If Home Minister has to resort to same old rhetoric against J&K’s mainstream leaders, what’s been achieved over past year?

The decline in the revenue receipts of the states is mostly driven by the decline in their own tax revenue

History tells us that China is pushing India into a military alliance with the US, in order to consolidate a bipolar world order.

India must initiate a narrative, discussion and dialogue which focuses on each country taking on commitments that move their carbon trajectory towards the Paris agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C.

Delhi’s air isn’t only a matter for its residents; it also reflects the image of the country.

Agriculture can do hugely better if we change the way we farm; focus more on 'allied sectors' and build strong growth links with the non-farm rural economy.

This phenomenon is not just a matter of individual judges or individual cases. It is now a systematic phenomenon with deep institutional roots.

The Biden presidency is very sensitive to minority rights as constitutionally proclaimed and the US official human rights agencies will have more clout. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has already commented on Kashmir, in election debates.

The sameness of Nitish Kumar as chief minister masks deeper change, and a disquieting absence.

Lewis Hamilton has been a winner — on the track and off it too.

With government finances on the mend, focus should be on clearing overdue payments as much as on fresh spending.

Opposition members in the Lok Sabha marched out after the Speaker refused to admit adjournment motions on rising prices and communal riots and, instead, admitted adjournment on the recent railway accidents.

In his fourth innings as CM, the Bihar CM’s skills in negotiating with allies and opponents will be tested.

If India does not join the trade bloc in the future, it must negotiate bilateral agreements to offset the losses. If it does, it must strengthen its economy.

It is earnestly hoped that the concerned courts will heed the advice of the Supreme Court and pass appropriate orders in deserving cases — and not go by the label of the charges.