From India's fight against COVID-19 to China face-off, Kovind spoke on several issues during the televised address.
Furthering Indo-US cooperation on terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama on Tuesday agreed to make "joint and concerted efforts" to dismantle safe havens for terror and criminal networks like Lashkar-e-Tayib, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Dawood-company, Al Qaeda and the Haqqani network.
It would be foolish for Pakistan to assume that India would not act no matter what the provocation is, just because it is militarily more powerful than Myanmar and is armed with nuclear weapons, says Anand Kumar.
Rahul attacked Modi and BJP, alleging that 'politics of divide and polarisation is radicalising people in India'.
All international passengers will henceforth be screened at airports, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said at a press conference. Earlier, travellers from only 12 countries were screened at airports for the disease that has claimed over 3,000 lives and infected more than 90,000 worldwide.
Famous and long believed to be trusted Indian brands have wilted against foreign brands, says Mohan Guruswamy.
'Everyone wants that doctors should fight from the frontlines of the pandemic, but there's no reaction from the government when they fall ill or even die because of it.'
One solution to India's challenges of education, employment, employability lies in state governments adopting apprenticeships on a large scale.
Fresh guidelines were issued by the government on Wednesday for enforcing the second phase of the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union home ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period.
The IAF can fire Brahmos missiles from several hundred kilometres away. The BrahMos flies supersonic, at speeds up to Mach 2.5, giving the enemy little time to react
In the world's biggest-ever financial services takeover, the United Kingdom's third largest bank Barclays will buy out Dutch rival ABN Amro Holding for $91 billion (Euro 67 billion), creating the world's fifth largest bank.
India cannot afford to be complacent about a possible Pakistan resort to military options across the LoC, warns Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
General Naravane's UAE and Saudi Arabia visits communicate India's long awaited arrival in the domain of integrated foreign policy where the diplomatic and the military domains both complement each other much more substantially, observes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
The government of India holds 24.5 per cent stake in GSTN while states together hold another 24.5 per cent
It has been the preferred visa for Indian IT companies and has helped them keep costs down and gain a margin advantage over multinational players by sending engineers to the US.
A better system of operating central and state PSEs, and indeed all commercial activities of the government, would require eliminating the current system that oversees them.
The unfortunate thing is that the film will leave a poor impression of the IAF's and indeed of the armed forces's ability to handle sensitive social matters within their professional space, observes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
He said RSS men were planted in each ministry.
Rohingyas settled in Jammu tells how they are facing a battle for survival
During his college days, Hardeep Puri was a student leader who was active in the JP movement.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar discusses five issues pivotal for the success of Digital India
A bandh called by the YSR Congress, Telugu Desam Party and other anti-Telangana political parties is being observed in Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday to protest against the passage of the AP Reorganisation Bill-2013 in the Lok Sabha.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Inviting private sector in Indian Railways is a good idea.
The foundations of the army's own peculiar secularism are potentially being destabilised
Ambassador T P Sreenivasan bids adieu to an unusual human being who passed away into ages on Saturday.
In the Anti Money Laundering (AML) Basel Index 2013 India has been ranked 93rd and 70th in 2012 and 2013 respectively out of 140 countries.
It was never the quality of the CV that defined an incumbent's performance or legacy.
An alumnus of St Stephen's College, Delhi, his professional career began in the early 1990s. He completed a Master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University during 1996-98. And an MBA from Northeastern University, Boston.
'I think investors see a lot of positives happening in India now.'
'Rafale is much more advanced and lethal than the current fighter aircraft available with China. The timing of the arrival of the jets is perfect'
While using the family to save tax is legal and smart, ensure you use the ones where clubbing income laws isn't a concern, advises Bindisha Sarang.
India and the US inked a tax information sharing agreement under FATCA which will enable automatic exchange of financial information.
India has no compelling reason to grant his request for asylum but was unduly inhibited in raising its voice against the United States' extensive and vulgar intrusion into the privacy of its institutions and citizens, says Shyam Saran
FATCA is aimed to strengthen business ties.
Providing military assistance in the hope that it will change Pakistan's worldview is wrong, says erstwhile ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani
Case study suggests strategy to offer 'maximum bang for the minimum buck'.
India, being the world's largest democracy, is likely to play an important role in such a summit. Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump in the bitterly-fought presidential election that attracted a record number of Americans to cast their votes.
