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Election manifestos should be legally binding. Parties come up with their election manifestos before elections. It helps parties approach voters and apprise them...

Apropos of ‘Lankan crisis’, China helped Sri Lanka, but with its vested interest driven by opportunism and dominance over the area. It is always China’s endeavour to exploit a needy country. On the contrary, India has always come to Sri Lanka’s rescue whenever it was in need

Vaccine purchasesApropos ‘Why not buy 100% vaccines if you’re getting hefty discount, Supreme Court asks Centre’ (June 3), the apex court is right in questioning the Centre on leaving the States to fe

Letters to the editor dated May 25, 2021 | Updated on Unfair, unwarranted At a time when India has lost 1,100 doctors fighting a battle against Covid-19, without adequate personal protective equipment, should a yoga guru deride allopathy and its practitioners as useless and prescriptions of death? Even though the country has a qualified medical doctor heading the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, it has served as little deterrence for Baba Ramdev to make such accusations. The Indian Medica...

Letters to the editor dated April 13, 2021 | Updated on The lockdown quandary With reference to the article ‘Resolving the lockdown dilemma’ (April 13), during the US polls last year, Covid cases were peaking and casualties mounting yet Donald Trump, during his huge election rallies, neither wore a mask nor did he advocate others to wear one. Now leaders in our country have continued to parrot Covid protocols and yet have no compunctions in calling for mammoth rallies even as the nation tou...

Letters to the editor dated April 7, 2021 | Updated on Covid’s second wave With reference to news report ‘Next 4 weeks critical to battle 2nd Covid wave: NITI Aayog’s Paul’ (April 7), it is really an alarming situation where the Covid pandemic is once again reappearing in the country with greater intensity and mutants. Social distancing and other safety norms are not being enforced properly, which is a cause of major worry for the country. All the financial efforts put up by both the Ce...

Threat to democracyThis refers to ‘Democracy means scrutiny and debate’ (February 9). Most governments tend to usurp non-existent powers under the pretext of national security being paramount over eve

718 Currently, some private transporters have started covering their carriers of sand and construction material with polymer, it is high time for the Indian Railways too to equip cargo trains with pollution control measures. Open wagons laden with coal are unsafe for air quality as wind velocity during motion is almost certain to pop up the fine particles of coal dust in air. The railway should take care of it. Rakesh Sudan, Kurukshetra Residents must follow Covid SOPs in P’kula Residents of ...