Editorials

The crisis in Joshimath comes as a grim reminder of how governments messed up with the environment to an extent that it has become irreversible.

Now that Bihar has launched the first phase of caste-based counting, the NDA government must shed its ambivalence on the matter

The latest draft guidelines are part of the New Education Policy whose idea dates back to the 1990s.

Upgrading Nyoma airfield into a full-fledged fighter jet base will help IAF to tackle Chinese misadventures.

India spends just about 0.7% of its GDP on research, compared with over 2% by China.

Though India is one of the fastest-growing economies, the fact remains that jobs have not been created at a steady pace

While using every international forum to expose the dangerous games of Pakistan, India must take sincere and credible steps to address the concerns of Kashmiris and ensure genuine empowerment.

The apex court’s ruling on demonetisation should not be interpreted as a judicial endorsement of the success of the note ban

The development of a prototype Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RBM) by the Election Commission is a welcome development that needs to be encouraged by all political parties in the country.

Climate mitigation measures cannot wait for the excruciatingly slow political decision-making processes of the nations

Gambia and now Uzbekistan deaths are a wake-up call for the authorities to pull up their socks and ensure strict quality control

New Delhi will have to keep an eye on the policy decisions that the Prachanda-Oli duo would take in the coming days in a competitive geopolitical landscape

The international community must feel the moral responsibility to lend unequivocal support to Afghan women who are being denied the basic dignity of life

The Centre must use the opportunity, created by the decline in militant violence, to bring J&K closer to lasting peace

In the past one year, over 3,600 kg of drugs have been seized from freight containers across several ports in the country

The latest approval from the Defence Ministry for 24 military modernisation proposals worth Rs 84,328 crore is a welcome development.

It is essential to go for genome sequencing of positive case samples to track the variants or sub-variants.

INS Mormugao, the indigenously built warship, is a reassuring step forward in India’s self-reliance programme.

UN COP 15 in Montreal is a historic deal as it commits to protect nature from further destruction.

Bilawal Bhutto would be better advised to direct his attention towards meaningful efforts to put an end to terrorism

In August, the Lok Sabha was informed that 386 acid attack cases on women were reported during 2018-22 and only 62 persons were convicted.

The Nirbhaya Act prescribed stricter punishments for perpetrators, but a decade later, the battle for women’s safety in the country is far from won.

Prohibition in Bihar has become a problem rather than a solution.

The December 9 intrusion near Yangtse in Tawang sector has raised the diplomatic temperature ahead of the next round of talks to defuse the military standoff in Ladakh.