More girls have cleared Class 12 exams in science stream compared to arts for the first time in a decade. This shatters age-old stereotypes. Schools must now build on this. Next challenge for young women science graduates is to break the glass ceiling and make a mark in STEM careers.
Deep irony in Asim Munir recommending Nobel Peace for Trump. Is flattery all it takes?
There’s an unmissable irony in a ‘Field Marshal’ recommending Nobel Peace Prize for Trump. If some trifling flattery is what it takes to secure an invite from White House, luncheons will come dime a dozen. It won’t be long before Asim Munir realises that Trump’s diplomacy is a revolving door.
Canada junks Trudeau’s hypocrisy on Sikh radicals. India was right all along
By naming Sikh separatist activities as “primary politically violent extremism,” Canada under Mark Carney has junked Trudeau’s hypocrisy. For years, Trudeau shielded extremists in the name of multicultural mosaic, ignoring security threats. This shift is an admission of what Ottawa lacked the spine to say. India was right all along.
Karnataka’s 10-hour workday proposal is a modest reform. So-called unions are reflexive obstructionists
After Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka has proposed extending working hours from nine to ten by amending a law enacted in the 1960s. Most Indians already work longer in vastly changed conditions. That even this modest reform draws protests from so-called unions only proves that they are reflexive obstructionists, frozen in time.