Monthly Archives: December, 2020

Opinions

From drawing partition lines between Maa Durga and Shri Ram to Bengalis, Amartya Sen’s xenophobia get a pass because he is not a fan...

Abhishek Banerjee - 30 December, 2020

Folks like Amartya Sen are obsessed with things like who is the ‘heir’ to what, which implies a fascination with royalty

News Reports

A year on, ‘Chakka jam’ returns to Delhi: ‘Farmer leader’ Rakesh Tikait now instigates more roadblocks while opposing farm laws

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2020

Rakesh Tikait, the alleged farmer leader, on Wednesday urged the opposition parties to join the protests and also called the blocking of roads.

News Reports

Old addresses and switched off phones: How UK returnees are increasing risks of the new COVID strain

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2020

Health departments across states are worried as many UK returnees are untraceable due to old, or wrong contact details.

News Reports

Mutated coronavirus: India extends the temporary suspension of flights to and from the United Kingdom

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2020

India had temporarily suspended the flights to and from UK till December 31 after a more-infectious mutated coronavirus strain was detected in the United Kingdom

Opinions

From the year without summer to Communism and diseases: With the disasters we have endured over centuries, was 2020 really that bad?

Sanghamitra - 30 December, 2020

For civilisations that have seen the plagues, earthquakes, colonisation and the atrocities of communist rules, the COVID outbreak is a minor ordeal that will soon be overcome.

News Reports

India-Pakistan conflict: The history of Line of Control and Pakistan’s continuous ceasefire violations

Aditi - 30 December, 2020

Despite several agreements and resolutions Pakistan has continued its Guerrilla war in Jammu and Kashmir and its relentless ceasefire violations.

Politics

Spooked by Uttar Pradesh film city? Maha govt to organise ‘Bollywood tours’ to boost tourism

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2020

Maharashtra government, in a bid to boost tourism in the state, will now be organising bollywood tours amongst others.

News Reports

Pakistan: Former Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif arrested in corruption case, Nawaz Sharif calls it Imran Khan’s ‘desperation’

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2020

Pakistan's former foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif arrested by NAB over assets beyond means of income.

Media

NDTV’s Sreenivasan Jain gets reality checked by ex-P&G India chief Gurcharan Das over reforms and Punjab farmers’ vandalism

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2020

As Punjab farmers go vandalising and destroying Reliance Jio towers to protest against the new farm laws, NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain got schooled by Gurcharan Das, former CEO of Procter & Gamble, India.

News Reports