AYUSH ministry has done well to stop Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved from claiming its new product can cure Covid-19. Coronavirus pandemic is a serious crisis and can’t be treated like another business opportunity. Patanjali being able to launch a ‘medicine’ just like that exposes how poorly the sector is regulated.
India must keep pressure to ensure LAC disengagement takes place as agreed, not blindly trust China
The India-China agreement to step back from their dangerous conflict in Ladakh has come in good time. But New Delhi should not take it easy and blindly trust Beijing’s word. It should keep the pressure to ensure the gradual disengagement takes place as agreed, without any more transgressions or bloodshed.