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Silicon Valley giant Google’s quarterly data release on the state of mobility across the world comes in as a handy tool to evaluate emerging trends in our transitory preferences. The data, which is anonymised and provides a wide range of statistics on an array of parameters, can prove to be of potent value while analysing […]

Coal production has for long been seen as a profitable venture. The competitive mining sector mostly dominated by state-owned entities have been on a diversifying prowl as prospects of further expansion seem limited. With the government having a strong intent to include renewable energy as a major fuel source for India’s dynamic economy, these coal […]

Hanuma Vihari’s knock at the SCG may not reflect volumes on the scorecard, but his innings could be as special as it gets. What resilience and fortitude! To expect a man, who has had a relatively poor series and was on the verge of getting dropped, to save the match from the jaws of a […]

New Delhi’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak, in the early months of the pandemic metamorphosing into a public health threat, was that of a strong lockdown. Blanket bans on most sectors, including travel- critical to India’s lifeline, were thrust upon the general public without adequate time to prepare or relocate. Several initial theoretical models predicted […]

The Indian Premier League is certainly an event of global grandeur in the cricketing world. After a delayed start due to logistical challenges within a COVID-ridden India, the BCCI had to shift the cash-rich tournament to the Arab Emirates for safe and smooth conduct of play. After fifty-plus season matches so far, we have finally […]

The recent media frenzy over the safety trial of an experimental coronavirus vaccine conducted by the University of Oxford was at best, premature. In India, misinformation has now become the accepted norm for the national media. It came as no surprise, therefore, that certain segments of the electronic and print media latched onto the news […]

“A dissent in a court of last resort is an appeal to the brooding spirit of law, to the intelligence of a future day when a later decision may possibly correct the error into which the dissenting justice believes the court to have been betrayed.” – Charles Evan Hughes The great American Judge, Charles Evan […]

‘Son, I think you have made a mistake. You have written IPS five times,’ said Mr Lal to me, looking at me with concern. ‘No, sir, it’s not a mistake,’ I said. ‘It is deliberate. Sir, give me IPS or nothing.’ An extract. As an avid reader who primarily loves to dwell on non-fiction, Rakesh […]

Jyotiraditya’s loss was something that the Congress should have prognosticated long ago. His father, Madhavrao Scindia, was equally brilliant as him, and highly respected during his stint with the ministerial role. When a national party clings onto archaic leaders from the bygone era, instead of pumping in fresh blood throughout the veins of its organisation, […]

India is a land of wonders, or so have we been taught in our early years. How wondrously it might manifest itself, is being revealed now. Over the years, the political establishment has demolished regard for conventions and excavated loopholes in laws to bypass obligations. The Budget 2019 brought in radical changes to the competitive […]