During the famines and plague under the British, an equaliser bacteria spelled the end of the empire. A virus is now dismantling national obedience to Modi.
At a time when the rest of the country is struggling on the Covid vaccination front, over 97% defence personnel have received the first dose and nearly 76% have got both the shots.
Dr R.S. Sharma, also the CEO of National Health Authority, said that preparations had been made to handle the increased traffic and refuted reports of worsening CoWin glitches.
The concerns raised are over restrictions in the export of raw materials required for making Covid vaccines, not just with the US bilaterally but also under the Quad framework.
Supreme Court also indicates it may withdraw some of the Covid-related issues being taken up by different high courts across the country and instead take them up itself.
The campaign could include videos, sound bites from celebrities and influencers, encouraging vaccination and urging people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour.
Since the pandemic began, Delhi has recorded 15,161 deaths as of 20 April, shows data from municipal corporations. However, govt has pegged this figure at 12,638 — a difference of 2,523 fatalities.
Coldplay is an exception. Our taste in western music is orthodox, throwback, out-of-date. When Nirvana, Blur were big, we were still playing Pink Floyd, Queens.
Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
Modiji is a genius and has IQ higher than Einstein. Only he can get all the brilliant ideas and consequently only he should take all the important decisions, like if planes should fly in cloud cover, or if authorities in neighboring states should allow oxygen tankers to deliver oxygen to other states. We don’t need anyone else actually to run the govt including all the bureaucrats, and even most of the ministers. He should be considered for all these prizes like Nobel prize, Pulitzer, Grammy, etc.
In absence of basic honesty and self discipline, process driven working gets exposed to massive manipulation for facilitating corrupt practices.
If Modi is not doing things for his vested interest, then the idea behind the centralized functioning can only be out out his own experience of years of governance.
One feels sad to say this, but the 9 pm TV debate is now the perfect metaphor for India’s governance and public affairs. Adversarial, polemical, fact lite, more concerned with putting the other side down than seeking beneficial outcomes. Given the disposition of power, the Opposition is largely irrelevant, except in some states. So the buck stops entirely with the government of the day. 2. The US HoR has passed a Resolution to grant statehood to Washington DC. The arguments against doing so are as diaphanous and self serving as those that deny Delhi full statehood, which it richly deserves. Before Nawab Jung started troubling the democratically elected CM, hobbling him at each step, most people outside Delhi would have found it difficult to name the LG. 3. After the honourable apex court clarified the spheres of LG and CM, there really was no need to bring in this anti democratic law, which diminishes the democratic rights of its citizens. 4. Now to the pandemic and Medical Oxygen. There is more than enough work to keep both gentlemen up at night. Delhi is India’s face to the world, much more than Bombay is. The mess we have made of the pandemic is causing immense human distress to all Indians. It is also showing India in a poor light globally. A No fly zone. Delhi is actually above the pay grade of both the LG and the CM.
One day spent on the campaign trail, one summit with a foreign head of government, alternately on Indian or foreign soil, may not seem like a lot. But it adds up to a humongous commitment of incredibly precious time over a five year term. Each premier has his own style. Vajpayeeji spent as much time on his files in a month as his successor did each day. Both are well regarded by historians. 2. Each ministry has one or two, the more important ones have three or four, Secretaries. In their home cadres they would be good enough to be Chief Secretary. The process of empanelment is rigorous. If there is a serious talent crunch at the ministerial level, they can run the show, within the priorities of the government. Intuition suggests they can do little on their own initiative. Which is why one is so disdainful about recent lateral entry moves. If battle hardened, life long mandarins, mainly from the IAS, can do so little, a JS, in for three to five years, would not be permitted to draw the drapes in the conference hall. 3. Governance is at an ebb. Short of actual all out war – although the casualties now are higher – the pandemic is the most serious test any government has faced after the trauma of Partition and its aftermath. How well it has been handled is for each citizen to judge. This is part of a continuing recent pattern. The results are broadly uniform across all domains. Difficult to applaud a government merely for building toilets and opening bank accounts. A gentler, lower profile style of communication would add to gravitas and majesty.
Modiji is a genius and has IQ higher than Einstein. Only he can get all the brilliant ideas and consequently only he should take all the important decisions, like if planes should fly in cloud cover, or if authorities in neighboring states should allow oxygen tankers to deliver oxygen to other states. We don’t need anyone else actually to run the govt including all the bureaucrats, and even most of the ministers. He should be considered for all these prizes like Nobel prize, Pulitzer, Grammy, etc.
In absence of basic honesty and self discipline, process driven working gets exposed to massive manipulation for facilitating corrupt practices.
If Modi is not doing things for his vested interest, then the idea behind the centralized functioning can only be out out his own experience of years of governance.
One feels sad to say this, but the 9 pm TV debate is now the perfect metaphor for India’s governance and public affairs. Adversarial, polemical, fact lite, more concerned with putting the other side down than seeking beneficial outcomes. Given the disposition of power, the Opposition is largely irrelevant, except in some states. So the buck stops entirely with the government of the day. 2. The US HoR has passed a Resolution to grant statehood to Washington DC. The arguments against doing so are as diaphanous and self serving as those that deny Delhi full statehood, which it richly deserves. Before Nawab Jung started troubling the democratically elected CM, hobbling him at each step, most people outside Delhi would have found it difficult to name the LG. 3. After the honourable apex court clarified the spheres of LG and CM, there really was no need to bring in this anti democratic law, which diminishes the democratic rights of its citizens. 4. Now to the pandemic and Medical Oxygen. There is more than enough work to keep both gentlemen up at night. Delhi is India’s face to the world, much more than Bombay is. The mess we have made of the pandemic is causing immense human distress to all Indians. It is also showing India in a poor light globally. A No fly zone. Delhi is actually above the pay grade of both the LG and the CM.
One day spent on the campaign trail, one summit with a foreign head of government, alternately on Indian or foreign soil, may not seem like a lot. But it adds up to a humongous commitment of incredibly precious time over a five year term. Each premier has his own style. Vajpayeeji spent as much time on his files in a month as his successor did each day. Both are well regarded by historians. 2. Each ministry has one or two, the more important ones have three or four, Secretaries. In their home cadres they would be good enough to be Chief Secretary. The process of empanelment is rigorous. If there is a serious talent crunch at the ministerial level, they can run the show, within the priorities of the government. Intuition suggests they can do little on their own initiative. Which is why one is so disdainful about recent lateral entry moves. If battle hardened, life long mandarins, mainly from the IAS, can do so little, a JS, in for three to five years, would not be permitted to draw the drapes in the conference hall. 3. Governance is at an ebb. Short of actual all out war – although the casualties now are higher – the pandemic is the most serious test any government has faced after the trauma of Partition and its aftermath. How well it has been handled is for each citizen to judge. This is part of a continuing recent pattern. The results are broadly uniform across all domains. Difficult to applaud a government merely for building toilets and opening bank accounts. A gentler, lower profile style of communication would add to gravitas and majesty.