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(L-2R) Chief of Indian Army staff General Manoj Pande, Chief of Air staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar pose for pictures during a press conference in New Delhi on June 14, 2022, to announce the new Agnipath scheme under which soldiers across the three military services will be recruited and will be called Agniveers. (Photo: AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt's surprise moves: The lack of...

Agnipath announcement has all the elements of a surprise move without any serious thinking and planning behind it

21 Jun 2022 10:30 PM IST

A file photo of Indian army soldiers patrollingl near the Line of Control (LOC), in Akhnoor, about 65kms from Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Agnipath: Bringing the gig' economy to India's...

The Union government is experimenting with applying these start-up human resources management principles to the...

20 Jun 2022 11:35 PM IST

Youngsters stage a protest against the newly announced Agnipath scheme, at Jalandhar-Delhi national highway, in Jalandhar, on Saturday. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Anger on streets over Agnipath reflects how New India...

There are no jobs in New India and the anger over the changes in the Army recruitment system is emblematic of a much...

20 Jun 2022 11:29 PM IST

Indian army soldiers are seen near the site of a gunbattle between suspected militants and government security forces at Moachwah in Chadoora area of Budgam district on the outskirts of Srinagar on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Agnipath to transform our military, so give it a...

Transformation always means wholescale uprooting of the old and planting of the new. Agnipath is a subset of the...

19 Jun 2022 11:20 PM IST

Britains Home Secretary Priti Patel. (Photo:AP file)

Kishwar Desai | Big hats are all the rage after Jubilee; Charles in...

Home secretary Priti Patel has shocked everyone by executing a bold scheme to transport all illegal immigrants to Rwanda

19 Jun 2022 11:13 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Aah... the folly of youth 'twas to other' the old!

It's not about how old you are. Maybe it's about how old you make yourself out to be

19 Jun 2022 12:18 AM IST

The louder pre-alarm alarm for the news media in India and elsewhere is that not only has trust been declining, interest in news appears to have fallen across the world: a huge plunge from 63 per cent last year to 52 per cent this year. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Why people are avoiding news; and what must be done to fix things

Only 42 per cent of respondents said they trust news

19 Jun 2022 12:09 AM IST

The new generation nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni P being successfully tested by the DRDO from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha, on Dec. 18, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | The deterrence dynamic in India-China-Pak triad

No First Use benchmark was considered unique to Chinese strategic thinking

18 Jun 2022 11:40 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Trouble mounts for BoJo all over UK: Will Rwanda come...

Today the British government claims that Rwanda is the safest, most progressive, internationally engaged country in...

17 Jun 2022 11:02 PM IST

FILE- Authorities demolish the residence of activist Javed Ahmad they say has been constructed illegally in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | A breakdown of governance? We need healing,...

A bulldozer is not an accessory of good governance. And stone pelting is not the way to progress

17 Jun 2022 9:24 PM IST

Security personnel keep vigil during a two-hour relaxation in the curfew imposed by administration in wake of possible communal flare-up over controversial remarks by two now-suspended BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad, at Bhaderwah in Doda district, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | The Prophet stir: If communalism hurtles at velocity,...

Has the RSS & BJP plugged their ears so firmly that Atal Behari Vajpayee's whisper doesn't reach them:

17 Jun 2022 1:39 AM IST

Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans. It belongs to the family of smallpox viruses. (Photo: AP file photo)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Can monkeypox' disease develop into a pandemic?

In the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, it will not be surprising if one or more cases are reported from India as well

17 Jun 2022 1:21 AM IST