Opinion

High-speed railways construction costs nearly three times more than a conventional rail line.

Vaccination schedules are always informed by scientific evidence. However, operational reasons are also factored in while deciding the immunisation timetable.

Russia is caught between the rock and the hard place. President Putin would have to summon all his guile and authority to extricate the nation out of this tight spot.

The stance of the US is clear—it is going for the jugular and attempting to force reforms in China through economic isolation.

It is this kind of support that neighbours expect from India, given their own inherent inadequacies in terms of ‘size’ in every respect.

The information and knowledge about a new disease could change very rapidly. As new data comes up, old guidelines maybe invalid or need to be modified.

Continuous monitoring of viral genome variations is useful in tracing the path of the spread of COVID-19. Such information can be useful in containment measures and strategies.

Compared to the corresponding period last year, there appears to be little agitation in the political and popular discourse over the constitutional changes brought in by the Government of India on 5 August 2019.

A serious impediment is poor jail conditions in India. Fugitives have also resisted India's extradition attempts by claiming they wouldn’t get fair trial.

While you can get fruit or chocolate tarts in most patisseries and cake shops, a good savoury pie is hard to find.

Adults in the family have a greater responsibility of protecting the children from COVID-19 as they (adults) may be the carrier of infection for the kids.

This is perhaps the most instructive lesson that the minister can learn from the “godman”— how to be a “good man” publicly.

The farsightedness of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha ensured there was no dearth of oxygen in Jammu and Kashmir.

Mamata Banerjee’s critics called Suvendu Adhikari the real Nandigram agitation hero. But then what happened in the overall poll results?

The BJP will now be compelled into a closer coordination with the mother-ship and its cadres, who have suffered through the pandemic as much as anyone.

RSS is quite active in Kerala, even then, the BJP has not been able to transform the Hindutva consciousnesses into electoral success.