Millenials love discussing Mercury retrograde on Instagram, but scoff at jyotish predictions
If you’re a millennial and everything is going wrong at work, in love, and in life — it’s probably just Mercury retrograde, which began in June and ends mid-July.
Wearing masks during Covid not just matter of life or death, but your political leanings
In Donald Trump’s America, wearing masks have become the symbol of a raging debate between Liberals and Conservatives about public safety vs individual freedom.
TikTok made rural India into DIY Eklavyas
Chinese apps like TikTok adored every rejected ‘unequal’ Indian. The mainstream elite and privileged people can cry anti-national all they want.
Tired of virtual intimacy, young people are now turning to ‘date drives’
Without restaurants and bars to go to, young people seeking intimacy have turned to their cars — the latest 'it' place to meet a potential love interest.
Modi skips Eid in the line-up of Indian festivals. Act of omission or commission?
In his address to the nation Tuesday, PM Modi mentioned up to twelve upcoming festivals till the end of the year, but failed to mention Eid which is next month.
Google agrees remembering passwords is a pain. But its solution may not fix the problem
It takes many grandmothers and pets to come up with new passwords, but Google still wants users to stop reusing passwords.
Indians are bored in lockdown. CJI Bobde’s Harley Davidson buzz proves that
CJI SA Bobde’s photo with a limited edition Harley Davidson went viral, but it took days for people to care about the custodial killing of Jairaj and Bennix.
Stop cheering police brutality. Citizens like Jayaraj and Bennix pay the price
Most Indians’ concept of justice involves violence. The common desire for the police to teach criminals a lesson feeds into acts of brutality seen in Tamil Nadu.
India doesn’t have a Russia problem. New Delhi must stop trying to fix it
India should stop letting it's decades old USSR ties interfere in policies of the present.
With Trump’s new H-1B rules and Covid crisis, Indians need a new ‘American dream’
Many Americans feel US President Donald Trump’s new visa laws will ‘Make America Great Again’. Indians must now forge new paths in their home country.
Millenials love discussing Mercury retrograde on Instagram, but scoff at jyotish predictions
If you’re a millennial and everything is going wrong at work, in love, and in life — it’s probably just Mercury retrograde, which began in June and ends mid-July.
India should spend more to revive demand, not worry about deficit: Economy expert Martin Wolf
Speaking at ThePrint's OffTheCuff, Chief Economics Commentator at The Financial Times Martin Wolf said India can afford to increase its debt-to-GDP ratio to 90%, but should avoid borrowing in foreign currency.
Defence
LAC row began April, 5,000 Chinese troops sent to Pangong in May, claims state broadcaster
Published by CGTN, the report is first Chinese acknowledgment about the number of troops mobilised in the Pangong Lake area amid tensions with India.
It’s time for China, Pakistan, even India to rethink the fantasy Modi called expansionism
India, China and Pakistan all want territory from another. But it’s a pursuit doomed to fail as they can’t get it without annihilating the other.