Opinion - Page 864

Differences of opinion between the Centre and the states are quite common in a federal structure. This is more so if different political parties rule...

Winter mornings in Delhi are hardly the best time of the day. Every night, a large number of trucks pass through the city, spewing dirty diesel into...

The world has given its assent to the Paris Agreement on climate change. Countries used words such as “strong”, “durable”, “dynamic” to describe the...

People in mountains are one of the biggest victims of climate change. As negotiations at COP21 are heading towards a conclusion, there is clear...

It’s that time of the year again. Will they or won’t they? In either case, the US Federal Reserve and Janet Yellen are all set to destabilise the...

The railways’ eviction and demolition drive in Delhi’s Shakur Basti, along with the death of a six-month-old infant, has triggered a political...

Any intelligence that David Coleman Headley might supply India will necessarily be dated. Therefore, it is hard to make sense of a Mumbai special...

The year 2015 has been witness to the worst global weather phenomena in decades, putting at least 20 million people at risk. Predicting the cost of...

Trust is the key. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems to have finally recognised that India can be fully trusted with technology transfer and...

Everybody is breathing dust in the national capital. We are all in dire straits and our collective lungs are aching for oxygen. The situation is...

The astonishing success of the far-right National Front in France is part of a global trend against establishments. Neither the far-Left nor the...

As we approach the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial on December 15-18 in Nairobi, India is leading a group of developing countries insisting...