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    Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (DC File)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Opp. divide to make it easy for govt in...

    Budget Session of Parliament begins on Monday, January 31, and the first phase will last till February 11

    31 Jan 2022 1:38 AM IST

    (Clockwise from L) Founder and Executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab and WEF president Borge Brende listen Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking remotely during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda virtual sessions at the WEFs headquarters in Cologny near Geneva on January 17, 2022. (AFP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why it’s tough to invest in India: Fix...

    The challenge on the economic front now seems to be to place India as a strategic part of the global supply chain, a...

    21 Jan 2022 1:57 AM IST

    Union finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | FM bats on a sticky wicket as Covid...

    The major flaw of this government, and it is not that of the finance minister alone, is the refusal to accept that these...

    11 Jan 2022 2:32 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP).Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | A bumpy ride for govt, but Modi 2.0...

    The government is not too worried that nearly five lakh people have died in India due to Covid-19 in the 2020 and 2021...

    3 Jan 2022 1:28 AM IST

    Prime Minister Modi, with his love for technology, is enthused to bring everything into digital order, and all that he wants is to keep a close eye on every citizen. (Representational Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Aadhaar’s use and misuse: Govt spreads...

    The Modi government is misusing this gap in the definition of Aadhaar to extend the power of the State to identify and...

    22 Dec 2021 11:56 PM IST

    It looks like that the Yogi Adityanath government in Lucknow and the Narendra Modi government in New Delhi were waiting for election time to usher in the goodies, as it were. (AFP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Modi-Yogi shock & awe campaign work...

    The spate of inaugurations do not really speak of achievements, but it is a way of hiding the absence of achievements

    20 Dec 2021 9:30 AM IST

    Cover image of Modis India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy by Christophe Jaffrelot.Lifestyle
    Book review | The true colour of Modi’s majoritarianism

    Modi’s pro-poor, anti-establishmentarian populism did not really translate into pro-poor policies or help the poor to...

    19 Dec 2021 1:52 AM IST

    Defense personnel carry a flag-draped casket of Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed forces Bipin Rawat at Palam airport in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (AP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Rawat death a blow: Stick to unified...

    India is moving towards a unified command of all the three wings of the defence services for the first time

    10 Dec 2021 2:27 AM IST

    The farmers are hard-nosed realists and they are not sentimental romantic fools like their urban supporters and urban opponents. Representational Image. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Farmers can't be fooled: Govt looks...

    The farmers who are now demanding a law which assures MSP are not taking advantage of Mr Modi's goodwill gesture

    25 Nov 2021 2:30 AM IST

    Kangana Ranaut (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Loony left and loony right are good for a...

    Between the loony left and the loony right, the loony right is more dangerous because they readily indulge in violence...

    20 Nov 2021 7:18 AM IST

    Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a meeting during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow. (AP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Ambiguities remain amid India's pledges...

    PM's quantitative commitments at Glasgow earlier this month require a closer look than usual

    7 Nov 2021 11:55 PM IST

    Though 50 countries have promised net zero emissions by 2050, the experts feel that the roadmap is vague. Representational Image. (AFP)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India set to score brownie points at...

    In Paris, there was a commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2030

    29 Oct 2021 3:04 AM IST

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