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Bubble breach
Very few meals that Indian athletes have had have ever set off such an intensive discussion On the face of it, what some Indian cricketers in Australia did by stepping out for a meal was not a big deal. After adhering to Australia’s quarantine norms, they were fully within their rights...
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Politics of vaccine
05 January 2021 | Pioneer -
A healing touch
01 January 2021 | Pioneer -
India in a churn
01 January 2021 | Pioneer -
People win in J&K
24 December 2020 | Pioneer -
Inbound doldrums
23 December 2020 | Pioneer -
Simultaneous polls
23 December 2020 | Pioneer -
Unanswered virulence
22 December 2020 | Pioneer
Nepal on the boil
As Oli dissolves House, losing the majority to challengers, it’s time for India to manoeuvre the crisis to its advantage For some time now, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been co-opted by China which has turned the Himalayan frontier State against India, challenging us on redrawing borders and questioning...
They all fall down!
Third day’s play at Adelaide saw the scores of Indian batsmen reading like a telephone number: 4, 9, 2, 0, 4, 0, 8, 4, 0, 4, 1 At the end of the day, there was shock, disbelief, disappointment. Having had the better of the exchange with hosts Australia during the first...
Cong deal for Rahul?
It looks like the reconciliation with dissenters is intended as a tradeoff for supporting Rahul as party president The Congress, battered as it is as a non-performing party externally and a non-transformative one internally, stopped short of just teetering over the edge by agreeing to give a listen to senior dissenters...
Can EC help?
Since a mass COVID vaccination drive will be similar to general elections, the Govt must consider using its strengths Having conducted the Bihar Assembly elections in the middle of a raging pandemic while avoiding a superspreader event, the Election Commission (EC) and its machinery have acquired a depth of experience in...
Blow to Mamata
BJP is doing an Operation Lotus in advance by weaning away top TMC leaders and re-directing trend winds Following its more than surprising surge of 18 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP not only became ambitious about taking Bengal from its archrival and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee,...
Calling Bangladesh!
The reopening of the Haldibari-Chilahati rail link is aimed at reducing the diplomatic distance between Delhi and Dhaka Given the heaving presence of China in the region and its debt-trapping ways with our neighbours, it is important for India to strengthen bilateral relations and invest in mutually beneficial infrastructure than depend...
Stop blockades
Enough is enough: No matter how ‘worthy’ the cause, disturbing other citizens cannot be allowed to carry on One can be allowed to have differing opinions on the validity of protests, whether it is the Punjabi farmers and middlemen at Singhu Border or the anti-Modi protestors at Shaheen Bagh, holding the...
