Opinion

Indian model of urban planning is heavily borrowed from the American models. Car-based city expansion models would not remain relevant in the Indian context in future.

The pandemic can be an opportunity to recalibrate priorities. Education along with health, jobs and climate change should be the core ingredients of our recovery plan.

The 2022 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh will be contested within the political parameters framed by the BJP and the Sangh Parivar affiliates.

Looking beyond the rhetoric, Glasgow is unlikely to aim sufficiently high enough for an “equitable” and “effective” reduction in carbon emissions on a per capita basis.

The key for Australia and India is to somehow align Australia’s export goals with India’s investment and new exports priorities.

With 100 crore doses administered, and a robust information backbone tracking tests, vaccinations and cases, it should not be difficult to convince those doubtful about vaccine efficacy.

It isn’t clear if the Indian outreach to Pakistan is only in the context of Afghanistan or there is something more to it—a bilateral thaw perhaps?

Long-standing bilateral issues apart, China's rapidly growing economic footprint and political clout in Sri Lanka are straining relations between New Delhi and Colombo.

Eggs are available in all forms and shapes in Surat, from Egg Tikhari, Egg Ghotala to Egg Dal Dhokli and Egg Fanta. The hotbed of all egg activities is a lane called Khaudhra Lane.

The Pakistani nuclear scientist died lamenting why his efforts could never be acknowledged by an ungrateful nation and its ‘spoilt brat’ military establishment.

When enemies of privatisation speak, the noises they make grow into a crescendo. And, this is something few politicians and parties are comfortable with.

The other big highlight of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US visit was India successfully de-hyphenating itself from Pakistan on the global stage.

For developing critical and emerging technologies, multilateral cooperation is a necessity, not a choice.

Having brought in regulatory discipline for PSBs, creating options for resolving bad debt and making prudent use of capital, government is now bringing in NARCL.

AUKUS pact serves India’s interests in so far as it is intended to counter China’s efforts to dominate Asia and achieve its time-table for becoming the world’s leading power.

Developments in Chandigarh have shown that essentially Congress MLAs are loyal to Gandhis than to any regional satraps.