Greta Thunberg is right, in more senses than one. Our house is on fire. And it’s not just the environment. It’s politics too. The age of clichés is over. Never was this more obvious than when 2019 closed. I got two greeting cards this year and a half-empty hamper. Yes, […]
Month: December 2019
CAA: Held mistakenly, 4 spend 11 days in jail
MUZAFFARNAGAR: After spending 11 days in jail, a government clerk and three other men who were “mistakenly” picked up by Muzaffarnagar police after December 20 clashes walked free on Tuesday. Over 73 people are in jail for their alleged role in clashes and arson in Muzaffarnagar. Local police are in […]
India reserves right to strike at terror sources: New Army chief
NEW DELHI: Warning Pakistan that India reserves the right to pre-emptively strike at cross-border sources of terror if it does not stop state-sponsored terrorism, the country’s new military brass on Tuesday said the armed forces are in a high state of operational readiness and better prepared to tackle the challenges […]
Rlys to hike fares for 1st time in 5 years
NEW DELHI: In its first fare hike in five years, the railways on Tuesday announced increase in passenger charges that will see ticket prices rise by Rs 55-60 if you travel between Delhi and Mumbai or Kolkata on a Rajdhani from Wednesday onwards but did not touch suburban train fares. […]
Delicate balance: JD(U) and BJP cannot afford to let seat sharing wrangles get out of hand
JD(U) vice-president Prashant Kishor’s suggestion that the party should contest a lion’s share of seats in the Bihar polls later this year signals trouble for BJP after Shiv Sena’s exit from NDA. Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi, widely seen as the alliance’s peacekeeper, criticised Kishor and said the decision […]
‘People who change jobs often but have social protection … this is the vision which needs to be promoted by politicians’
Michal Rutkowski is the Global Director for Social Protection and Jobs – overseeing the World Bank work for protecting the vulnerable from crises and shocks. He talks to Surojit Gupta about the future of jobs and the need to build social protections: How do you see the future of jobs? […]
New Rajpath for the Republic: Clear air over hush-hush architectural project that will redraw ties between state and people
The 2020s will see India turning 75 and contemplate many changes. One of them will cut right through the national capital’s Central Vista: the axis that unites the government with the people. The Rajpath or Central Vista Redevelopment Project will be undertaken by an architectural firm from Prime Minister Narendra […]
Make many Indias: The sarkar’s New Year gift to the nation is to multiply it lots of times over 😊
Second Opinion called on the Big Boss to wish him and his team a happy New Year. As the Big Boss was busy, Second Opinion made do by wishing the Aide-in-Chief. Second Opinion: People are saying you guys are planning to give the nation a special New Year gift. Is […]
There are four tools for right diligence
By Thich Nhat Hanh The Buddha described right diligence in four steps which involve practising mindfulness in a way that we focus on watering the positive seeds within us and resting the negative seeds. In Buddhist psychology, our consciousness is represented by a circle with two layers. The lower level […]
‘India lost 110 tigers, 491 leopards in 2019’
NAGPUR: The country lost 110 tigers in 2019, a third of them to poaching. The year also saw the death of 491 leopards, according to figures compiled by NGO Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI). As many as 38 tigers were lost to poaching, up from 34 in 2018. While […]