The India-NZ pitch controversy is spin conjured up with fantasies and falsehoods. People are looking for conspiracy where there’s none. The only way to describe a pitch which sees 724 runs in 99 overs is “belter”. India’s performance may appear like sorcery but this playing XI needs no black magic.
Biden-Xi meet is a good thing. Superpowers talked even during the Cold War
Joe Biden-Xi Jinping meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific summit is no cause for anxiety. It’s a good thing that the two big powers aren’t at odds with each other and are talking. Superpower contestations have and will always be there. Even during the Cold War, there was engagement.
NMC’s plan for medical colleges punishes performing states. Backlash was only natural
Strong protests by southern states have forced National Medical Commission to defer the plan of linking approval of new medical colleges and increasing the number of MBBS seats to a state’s population. It punishes performing states and is another way of introducing the Centre’s delimitation exercise. Backlash was only natural.