Rajeev Sharma

Unlockdown 1.0 must bring about many adjustments and the Central and state governments will be faced with new challenges in maximising opportunities for livelihood while minimising the loss of lives.

The biggest concern for the Centre on whether the lockdown should be extended is the lives versus livelihood debate.

It must go to India's credit that despite his previous track record, Trump didn't embarrass the hosts.

Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party can now aspire to spread wings in other states as well.

While AAP is widely perceived as a clear favourite in the upcoming elections, its main worry is that it finished last in the triangular race in the 2019 LS polls.

As the Rajya Sabha gears up to discuss the CAB, the polarising nature of the Bill cannot be overlooked.

The unprecedented, unthinkable Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress political alliance in Maharashtra is thanks to one man.

The Union minister is not the first BJP leader to come out in support of killings in the name of cow slaughter.

The two former BJP presidents have no love lost for Modi.

The BJP government will get a big shot in the arm if Mallya were to be extradited to India just before next general elections.

The real reason why Modi met Xi Jinping in Wuhan is now out.

The Delhi chief minister seems to have emerged as the latest rallying point for the Opposition parties ahead of 2019 general elections.

Despite the revocation of his passport, the PNB fraud accused travelled three countries on four different dates between March 15 and 31.

Nothing untoward even happened.

The Congress may do whatever fire-fighting it wishes to, but the fact is that it's a clear case of closing stable door after the horse has bolted.

Though the loss cannot be taken as a true indicator of the national political pulse, the BJP and its allies would be ignoring the signs at their own peril.

HD Kumaraswamy’s oath taking ceremony has indubitably been a dress rehearsal for 2019 elections.

The government's refusal to provide any relief to the common man has invited sharp attack from the Opposition as well as the common man.

The implications of the BJP's embarrassing defeat in Karnataka will be enormous in national politics.

Sometimes you sacrifice your today for a better tomorrow.

The apex court has said that government formation in the state would be subject to the final outcome of the case before it.

The Congress has thrown a surprise by indicating that it is ready to sacrifice Siddaramaiah to keep Deve Gowda on its side.

The three-time prime minister is being hounded from all sides in his country.

If it's a hung Assembly, as predicted by all, the Janata Dal-Secular would become the kingmaker.

Should New Delhi waver or dither, Tehran would hand over the strategic Chabahar Port to China and Pakistan.

The quiet and gradual phasing out of the high-value notes makes one wonder why Modi government couldn't do the same with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

It's a carefully timed political gimmick by the BJP aimed at Karnataka polls.

This may be good economics but not ideal governance and definitely not good politics, especially when Karnataka Assembly polls are round the corner.

Some states apparently have less currency, and others more.

The episode demonstrates that private banks are no holy cows.