Opinion

India must strike a balance between utilising debt as a financial tool and ensuring fiscal sustainability

There is a need for more dialogue, trust, cooperation and collaboration among countries to achieve the theme of G20

The objective should be to minimise revenue loss, thereby addressing the valid concerns of States as they relinquish a significant source of fiscal autonomy

In India, around 41% of women in rural areas and 48% in urban areas reported that child care and personal commitments at home are the reasons for not working or not seeking work (PLFS 2021)

Inclusion is not just hiring people because they look and sound different, it is genuinely being aware of and questioning one’s implicit bias

Now that the US has exited Afghanistan and is determined to check the rise of China, Pakistan has lost its geopolitical appeal for its big donor

Broadcasters have discovered a commercial market in hate-mongering, and the Modi regime a political market in it.

Telangana govt’s multi-pronged strategy acted as an umbrella helping petty shops make the most during Ganesh Puja

No other person, except perhaps Mahatma Gandhi, served the cause of India with singleness of purpose as Annie Besant Blurb: Through her institutions, Besant wanted to train the younger generation to feel proud of the glorious past of the country

The G20 presidency has opened up opportunities for the country to emerge as a prominent global manufacturing centre

The sudden growth of Islamic fundamentalist organisations which aim to topple the Hasina-led government should worry India

Capturing political autonomy and freedom of the States will translate the Constitution from flexible and federal to rigid and unitary

We must raise our voices so that basic needs like healthcare and housing for the armed forces and efficient irrigation systems for agriculture do not get overlooked amid other priorities

India should take a lesson from Brazil which has successfully scaled up its bioethanol marketing by focusing on flexible fuel vehicles

NITI Aayog, being a nodal agency for SDGs, should have given orientation to all the States and UTs uniformly to localise the SDGs

Efforts should be directed toward improving women’s access to education and economic opportunities

It will be interesting if one looks at the Constitution objectively with reference to Governor’s duties and powers in the ever-changing political scenario

While discussing social issues, the old slogan of unity in diversity is still pertinent for our polity and incidents like communal riots harm our image

The parties in the bloc are for an open economy, but they are not for shutting down the public sector

The West is keen on a big stimulus and a bigger rate cut in China as it hopes for its own revival

Ambedkar had said: “However good a constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good”

British historian EH Carr has succinctly put it, ‘history is a continuous dialogue between the past and the present’

Special judicial courts for political leaders facing charges can expedite the cases so that they can be convicted or cleared of charges in a timely manner

The Tawang monastery is a real target and China will always have its covetous eyes on Tawang in order to strengthen its hold on Tibet