Capt. Amarinder Singh’s announcement at ThePrint Off The Cuff about launching his party is sure to trigger a political churn in Punjab. His conditional offer to ally with BJP is an incentive for Modi government to resolve stalemate over farm laws. It must also act on his inputs about Pakistan-instigated security threat.
Fabindia or Zomato, Twitter can’t set agenda for companies in India
The hullaballoo over Fabindia’s advertisement and Zomato agent’s Hindi language comment shows trivialisation of public debate. We cannot allow Twitter to set the agenda. Companies are free to use the tagline they choose, without the fear of narrow-minded pushback. The Zomato founder is right in saying India needs to chill.
India, Israel, UAE and US are here to balance the rise of China. It brings new opportunities
Call it what you want but the coming together of India, Israel, UAE and US is the birth of another pressure group to balance the rise of China. For India, it’s also a new zone of unhyphenated opportunities. It should remain interested, committed unlike its early hesitations about the Quad.
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