Twenty-two years to the day of Parliament attack, frenetic Lok Sabha visuals showed visitors jumping from the gallery and throwing smoke canisters. Security apparatus has a lot to answer for. The objects entering the House is alarming, no matter if it was just smoke. They could have been something deadly.
Israel-Palestine solution lies in mutual human compassion. India’s approach cuts through noise
Biden has warned Israel against indiscriminately bombing Gaza and nudged Netanyahu to drop his one-state dream. The Israel-Palestine solution lies in realpolitik and mutual human compassion that begins where terror and war end. India’s support for ceasefire and the two-state solution is an equipoised approach that cuts through the noise.
Congress must listen to Raghuram Rajan’s warning—Old Pension Scheme will bankrupt govts
If nobody else, Congress should at least listen to Raghuram Rajan’s warning that Old Pension Scheme will bankrupt governments. Among bad ideas, OPS is close to the worst. Not only does it serve a small, elite votebank of government servants, but it also places immense fiscal pressures on future generations.