EAM S. Jaishankar is also set to interact with a number of leaders from West Asia in Mauritian capital of Port Louis on the margins of the Indian Ocean Conference on Friday.
Newly appointed Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Kahlilur Rahman, is expected to land in India in April. This will be first high-level outreach since PM Tarique Rahman took office.
'If any cloud kitchen or dark store is found to be flouting health norms, strict actions will be taken. Our department will seal them,' Food Safety Commissioner Jitendra Jain told ThePrint.
Amid the war in West Asia, retired diplomat says that traditional pillars of stability in Asia have been replaced by India, Japan, and Australia, among other middle-power countries
At the inaugural Manmohan Singh Memorial Lecture, former German chancellor slams major powers’ retreat from the UN, while lauding Singh for reforming India.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
1. It’s not a PM’s job to address civic issues of a city – but yes if Modi wants to solve Delhi’s problems he has to rescind elections in Delhi and make Delhi a de facto Central ruled city as it was pre 1990 – this will ensure no populism is rewarded.
2. Any elected party will lose elections – probably lose their deposits, if they try to fix Delh’s air quality because that will require curbing private vehicles and making fuel prices prohibitively high. Blaming other reasons such as firecrackers, stubble burning, etc. are mere lip service and shifting of blame game.
Therefore, as long as Delhi remains an electoral urban agglomeration it’ll continue to reel under hazardous air.
1. It’s not a PM’s job to address civic issues of a city – but yes if Modi wants to solve Delhi’s problems he has to rescind elections in Delhi and make Delhi a de facto Central ruled city as it was pre 1990 – this will ensure no populism is rewarded.
2. Any elected party will lose elections – probably lose their deposits, if they try to fix Delh’s air quality because that will require curbing private vehicles and making fuel prices prohibitively high. Blaming other reasons such as firecrackers, stubble burning, etc. are mere lip service and shifting of blame game.
Therefore, as long as Delhi remains an electoral urban agglomeration it’ll continue to reel under hazardous air.
In spite of the state, not because of it. The nub of the issue.