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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    NITI Aayog building in the National Capital has been sealed for 48 hours, after a director level officer tested positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt can't leave it to pvt sector to spend...

    The private sector in India is not too keen to get into infrastructure projects

    1 Sept 2021 1:50 AM IST

    The consistent stand of India, whether it was that of the BJP-led NDA or the Congress-led UPA, was that there are no good Taliban or bad Taliban , and that the Taliban as Islamic terrorists were all bad. Representational Image. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India's real problem on Taliban is its Pak...

    India's first real brush with the Taliban came during the December 1999 Indian Airlines IC-814 hijacking

    24 Aug 2021 4:19 AM IST

    Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman would perhaps explain that the Modi government did not move the amendment to the retrospective tax amendment as it wanted it to be proved how wrong the Mukherjee move was in terms of legality. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Retro tax scrapping will not lead to spurt...

    Everyone felt that it was curtains at last for what is considered Pranab Mukherjee's policy folly as finance minister in...

    10 Aug 2021 2:18 AM IST

    Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | BJP's K'taka mess lingers: BSY won't go...

    Karnataka strongman and BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa stepped down on Monday evening as the state's chief minister after...

    28 July 2021 12:33 AM IST

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had earlier sent a formal invitation to Sidhu to attend the inaugural ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor in Pakistan. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Sidhu is Cong wild card for Punjab's 2022...

    Apparently, neither Mr Gandhi nor the Congress high command really liked the idea of a state leader who was on his own

    22 July 2021 12:10 AM IST

    Newly appointed Uttarakhand Legislative party leader Pushkar Singh Dhami with party leaders, in Dehradun. Central observer D Purandeswari, Tirath Singh Rawat are also seen. (PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | U'khand trouble spells end of Modi's free...

    The Assembly elections in April-May have shown that there are limits to the Prime Minister's charisma

    5 July 2021 7:09 AM IST

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    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | In Covid crisis, SC forces Centre to share...

    PM Modi and his government has claimed credit for its decision on procuring vaccines directly and then allocating them...

    30 Jun 2021 12:20 AM IST

    Its a clear warning for former spies and spooks, and others who know a little too much about the secrets of the State, that they will lose their pension and other benefits if they were to spill the beans. (Twitter)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The business of gagging retired spooks...

    Citizens of a democratic state have a right to know whether the money they pay in taxes is used for diabolical acts like...

    5 Jun 2021 1:01 AM IST

    A medic administers a COVID-19 vaccine at Tej Bahadur Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | As pandemic rises, it's crucial to get...

    For long we have believed numbers are sure indicators, that they don't deceive

    25 May 2021 9:33 PM IST

    What attracted attention, obviously, was his taking note of the upheaval caused by Mr Modis arrival in Delhi as Prime Minister, dealt with much panache in the first two chapters of the book under the attention-grabbing headings of Bombard The Headquarters and Modis Metaphors . DC ImageBooks
    Book Review | A clinical view of the exit of Delhi durbar, not an...

    Sanjay Baru's book analyses the changing complexion of India's diverse influence groups

    9 May 2021 9:53 AM IST

    In its May 5 verdict, the Supreme Court had spelled out various reasons for disallowing reservations for the Marathas. (DC file photo)Opinion
    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The case against quotas isn't about...

    The reservations issue poses a special dilemma for Shiv Sena and BJP, as both subscribe to conservative ideologies of...

    7 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

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    Verdicts in TN, Kerala, Assam show political diversity rules

    The masterminds behind the one nation, one party slogan should know they cannot hope to win across the entire country

    3 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

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