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India’s 1991 liberalisation leap and lessons for today: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

The reforms were hugely successful but a lot remains to be done, says one of the architects of the transition

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Repression has not silenced voices of struggle, says Natasha Narwal

President of the Public Health Foundation of India K. Srinath Reddy. File

Interview | Srinath Reddy Health

‘People need to be assured that vaccines are protective even against delta variant,’ says Dr. Reddy

Bindu Shajan Perappadan If a nasal or orally administered mucosal vaccine proves safe and efficacious, that will be a boon for child vaccination, says Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) president.

CCMB director Dr. Rakesh Mishra

Interview | Rakesh Mishra Health

Coronavirus | Rising cases are because of carelessness of people, says CCMB chief Mishra

Bindu Shajan Perappadan We need to study how the virus behaves in people with different comorbidities, says CCMB Director Rakesh Mishra, ruling out the possibility of mutations causing the surge in cases.

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Does 5G have potential to be a harmonising technology layer?

India’s 1991 liberalisation leap and lessons for today: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

interview National

Repression has not silenced voices of struggle, says Natasha Narwal

Interview | Srinath Reddy Health

‘People need to be assured that vaccines are protective even against delta variant,’ says Dr. Srinath Reddy

Interview | Rakesh Mishra Health

Coronavirus | Rising cases are because of carelessness of people, says CCMB chief Mishra

Interview | Trinamool will form Bengal government on May 2, says Derek O’Brien

Interview | Saab fighter jets tender still ongoing, says Swedish Ambassador

It was a single engine, originally, that was broadened to include all kinds of multi-role fighters, says Klas Molin.

CAA, mega alliances cannot stop us from forming govt. again: Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass

Congress-AIUDF grand alliance may help us gain a few seats from the Muslim areas they claim to have a hold on, says Ranjeet Kumar Dass

‘Himalayas are fragile and host to several complex processes that need to be monitored’

Ground-based measurements are critical to supplement satellite imagery but the prevailing conditions aren’t conducive, says Kalachand Sain, Director, WIHG.

‘Adverse event surveillance is being set up in health facilities across the country’

Regulators are not taking any shortcuts on ensuring safety of COVID-19 vaccine, says NTF member N.K. Arora.

Parties free to engage in political activity in J&K, there is no proscription: L-G Manoj Sinha

Home Minister Amit Shah has given an assurance in Parliament that Statehood will be restored and it will be, says Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu & Kashmir

‘Election cost is likely to be 50% more than average’

Elections to the Legislative Council and bypolls to the Assembly being held amid pandemic will mean several additional costs in terms of personnel and equipment

We have a blueprint for current year with reduced stress on exams: Suresh Kumar

Primary and Secondary Education Minister says no activity beyond getting doubts clarified will be allowed on campus

Challenge will be to strike a balance between fighting pandemic and policing: Kamal Pant

Bridging the gap between the police and citizens, and ensuring safety of women, children, and senior citizens are high on new Bengaluru Police Commissioner’s agenda

‘U.S. will continue to lead the world in scientific investment and innovation’

National Science Foundation director says his priority is to advance research into future, ensure inclusivity and continue global leadership in science and engineering.

Ladakh face-off | Status quo at Pangong Tso has been changed, says Colonel Dinny (retd.)

The PLA has never taken such a blatant step at Pangong Tso, he says.

Face of the 'mahagatbandhan' will be decided by consensus by allies: Congress in-charge for Bihar

Onus is on all like-minded parties to be united, keeping aside egos, says Congress’ in-charge for Bihar Shaktisinh Gohil

Nothing will go out of ISRO; we will enable private players: K. Sivan

Routine aspects of satellite and launch vehicles will be given out to IN-SPACe, says ISRO Director K. Sivan

For minor tactical gains on the ground, China has strategically lost India, says former Indian Ambassador to China

Beijing’s has tried to unilaterally define LAC by taking control of territory, says Gautam Bambawale

Coronavirus | ‘RT-PCR will remain the gold standard for all viral infections'

A negative test on an antigen based assay is not reliable. Even if there is infection, there is a 50% chance that the antigen test will be negative, says Dr. P. Srinivasan, technical director at Neuberg Diagnostics.

Migrant labourers are the most disenfranchised invisible citizens: political scientist Ashwani Kumar

It is shocking that those who build fantasy cities not only can’t own a home of their own but also can’t vote in elections, says political scientist Ashwani Kumar

Commonwealth collaboration has never been more important, says Secretary-General Patricia Scotland

“What we are facing right now is the monsoon in Asia. We’re also looking forward, if you can put it that way, to a really bad hurricane season across the Caribbean.”

India should talk directly to Taliban, says U.S. Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad

The territory of Afghanistan must not be used against the United States, our allies and in fact the world

Saudi Arabia's investments in India on track despite economic downturn, says Ambassador Saud bin Mohammed Al Sati

We will continue to invest in India as our strategic partnership continues to deepen in all sectors, said the Kingdom’s Ambassador Saud bin Mohammed Al Sati

We want to make it easier to buy things from within WhatsApp: Facebook India MD on deal with Jio

‘With Jio, idea is to help shoppers find merchants, reduce friction in discovery’

By any calculus, India qualifies for UNSC permanent seat: Syed Akbaruddin

‘It’s a country of a billion-plus, it’s a country which is a democracy, perhaps the only example in history of a billion-plus people working together in a democratic framework’

Coronavirus | Yogi Adityanath government misleading people on COVID-19 numbers, says U.P. Congress chief

It has not set any parameter or made facilities for screening. Nor has it arranged for random testing, says Ajay Kumar Lallu

‘Centre is behaving like a big brother by centralising authority’, says Sitaram Yechury

CPI(M) general secretary says the Union government is neither giving the States resources nor allowing them to assess whether to continue the lockdown or not

Interview | ‘Pockets with lower contact intensity can have relatively lower lockdown’

A lockdown policy that considers infection data and without considering the extent of economic interactions can lead to contradictory outcomes, says IIM-C’s Prof. Vipul Mathur

Coronavirus | If WHO has limitations, these have been imposed on it by nations, says Shashi Tharoor

The principal fault is with Beijing and not WHO, which is still a body dependent on member states, says the former U.N. Under Secretary-General.

Coronavirus | Social distancing has to be 100% during lockdown, says West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

Mr. Dhankar objects to the ‘Bengal model of lockdown with a humane face’.

COVID-19 | We are witnessing a new kind of federalism, says Trinamool MP Derek O’ Brien

Trinamool Congress leader says Chief Ministers of States are setting the agenda in dealing with the pandemic.

Coronavirus | Wuhan initially downplayed crisis, says China expert Dali Yang

The University of Chicago professor, a leading expert on China’s political system, explains how an epidemic slipped through the many layers of China’s system.

Coronavirus | Densely-packed areas in cities are vulnerable, says biocomplexity expert Madhav Marathe

“You can control COVID-19 via social distancing. You have to decide how effective that mechanism should be. We try and buy time until we have antivirals or a vaccine.”

Coronavirus | ‘Trace, test, treat’ mantra helped us control the virus, says South Korean Ambassador to India Shin Bong-Kil

Extensive testing was crucial in preventing spread of COVID-19 without drastic lockdowns, says Ambassador Shin.

It is still possible for India, Pakistan to resolve issues: Ranil Wickremesinghe

Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says others can insist that they do so at least to get the SAARC summits moving

The further you are from power, the more you see: Gary Younge

The award-winning British journalist and author talks of politics, journalism and the politics of journalism

Bharat Gupt: ‘Language is only an attribute, not one’s sole identity’

Author, academician Bharat Gupt discusses how his love for culture and traditions was shaped in his childhood

President Bolsonaro, PM Modi share views on the idea of a nation: Brazil Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo

There is a convergence of worldviews that you should build a nation true to its values and traditions, proud of itself, says Brazil’s Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo

Amit Shah, not Modi, running the show, says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel

Home Minister has damaged PM’s global image he had built after five years of hard work, says Mr. Baghel as he talks to The Hindu about his government’s decision to challenge the NIA Act, the CAA and the NRC.

If India has to grow faster, States have to grow faster: Bibek Debroy

Half the States are growing at less than 6%, says the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the PM

Delhi rally is start of a movement against BJP, says party general secretary K.C. Venugopal

In its first national-level mobilisation against the ruling BJP government, the Congress party is set to take out a rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Saturday. K.C. Venugopal, party general secretary speaks to The Hindu.

Structural policies needed for 7-plus % growth, says Rathin Roy

The slowdown is an outcome of supply-side constraints, says the economist

Government should reverse cuts on corporate taxes: Abhijit Banerjee

Money saved could be used to expand PM KISAN scheme to include non-farmers, says the 2019 Economics Nobel winner.

Modi, Shah may want elections instead of this hotchpotch govt, says JD (S) supremo Deve Gowda

Janata Dal (Secular) national president says BJP leadership at the centre and in Karnataka are not together

Championship is not won by an individual, says former India coach Anil Kumble

You need senior pros to help you get out of tough situations: Kings XI head coach

China is the most significant geopolitical threat: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Member says U.S. has been urging allies and friends not to allow Chinese surveillance.

India, China relations are of global significance: Chinese envoy Sun Weidong

Over the past year, the two sides have actively implemented the important consensus between the two leaders, upgraded and improved the quality of China-India relations, says Ambassador Sun.

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