Opinion

A Brigade level flag meeting is believed to have occurred since the latest clash albeit inconclusively reflecting the level of uncertainty, volatility and intractability that has gripped the two sides since the outbreak of the crisis in April-May.

Pressure from both Washington and Beijing has left India in an uncomfortable position whereby a decision will inevitably provoke fury from at least one global superpower.

A surprise choice, the dhoti-clad civil engineer has been handpicked as L-G for Jammu and Kashmir at a time when the government is considering initiating political process in the region.

The Congress has comfortably forgotten a big lesson from the late 80s and 90s – the party’s downfall began when it tried to balance catering to both the Hindu and Muslim political forces.

For decades, the Congress, under Rajiv, P V Narasimha Rao, Sitaram Kesri and Sonia Gandhi’s leadership, faced many predicaments in either supporting Ram temple or staying on as a mute spectator in events relating to Ayodhya.

Reports suggest that smokers are more vulnerable to COVID-19, as their fingers are frequently in contact with their lips, increasing the likelihood of the virus being transmitted from their hands.

For the Congress to atone its past mistakes that led people to desert it, the party will have to launch a preparation matching the land and sea invasion of Germany. Anything less than that will not bear any fruit — Priyanka Gandhi or no Priyanka Gandhi.

India’s ancient system of “Gurukul’ tradition was mainly focused on holistic development of a child through a rigorous process of teaching, learning and training in all vocations of life for the transformation of a skilled manpower at the exit.

There has been no disbursement of salary for the teachers and non-teaching staff of 12 colleges since April.

For a course correction, the top leadership should be accessible and at least meet those with grievances; check indiscipline and factionalism and devise a long- term strategy to attract talented people.

Today the world is ignoring more than 500,000 Uyghur children’s cases who are connected to one perpetrator, hiding in plain sight. And what is most frustrating is the silence from the world community.

The NCP is said to be upset at Uddhav’s moves to gradually ease the lockdown restrictions in the state, instead of allowing normalcy to resume sooner, while the Sena has protested over transfers.

Police will have to do some serious soul searching on what they are trying to become. Just as will have to be done by the common people, who will have to rid themselves of their bloodlust.

The Khilafat Movement was not an isolated historical event. It had definite scriptural sanction and historical antecedents, and it continues to find resonance today.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the globalisation process has forced many nations to re-think trade ties with China.

Many believe the resignation would pave the way for the end of anti-India politics in Kashmir as separatism has lost its address in the Valley. Geelani in his resignation mentioned that the so-called “freedom movement of Kashmir” has become the “movement”...