Opinion

Mamata Banerjee's gamble - appealing to Muslims by attacking Hindu monks - highlights the dangers of appeasement politics. Win or lose, the impact on Bengal's social fabric could be profound

cVIGIL app is among the armoury of apps built by the EC to leverage technology and facilitate voters. It marks a significant advance in promoting transparent and fair elections by giving the common man power similar to that of an election observer

85 per cent of jobs that will exist in 2030 haven't been invented yet. The future of work demands more than specialised knowledge. Universities must shift to cultivating foundational meta-skills that will enable graduates to continually adapt and reinvent...

The 1990s and early 2000s were the worst periods of terrorism in Kashmir. Since August 5, 2019, the valley has witnessed an unprecedented calm. Kashmir has changed, and for the better. Peace, fragile as it may be, is here, and I hope it stays

The Tibetan issue still remains alive with the support of the international Tibetan community. Their struggle against Chinese imperialism shows that China’s goal of forceful assimilation of Tibet has yet not materialised fully

ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim AA Khan, a British lawyer of Pakistani Ahmadiyya descent, has applied for arrest warrants against Israel’s Prime Minister and Defence Minister and the top leaders of Hamas

Regardless of political affiliations, the turnout reflects a collective yearning for progress, stability, and prosperity under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, signalling the dawn of ‘Modi 3.0’

Polling percentage has become a benchmark of success for the Election Commission’s voter education and outreach programme. However, can it always get the better of prevailing political sentiments?

While opportunities should be provided for the development of minority communities as a whole, special emphasis should also be placed on addressing the needs of smaller minorities within these communities to maintain social balance

Raebareli is a much safer option. It has been nursed by a Nehru-Gandhi since independent India’s first election in 1952. Most importantly, it has only ever turned its back on a Gandhi family member once

A developed Bharat would include a developed West Bengal and a developed West Bengal would need vote-bank and identity politics to go away

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an exclusive interview with News18, said that the BJP/NDA would neither consider, nor implement wealth redistribution or an inheritance tax

‘Terror Financing in Kashmir’ by Abhinav Pandya goes in-depth into the history of terror financing in Kashmir. He pointed out that Pakistan transformed the terror funding business into a robust parallel conflict economy, with the conflict elites having su...

While the extent of concern in BJP ranks is debatable, the saffron outfit is aware that its core voter needs to be galvanised into action. And if the statistics are to be believed, this is urgently required in this phase itself

The democracy factor has played little role in the West’s policies towards India since 1947, which have been dictated by hard national interest

The PM's words, uttered in the swirling fog of a bruising political war, are not pretty in the least. And while by extension they also don’t make for genteel repetition, they do prompt some legitimate questions and, therefore, must be recalled