Tag: Saturday Interview
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Saturday Interview | ‘Lockdown will increase suffering’
Dr Talwar spoke at length about the Covid surge in Punjab, one of the worst coronavirus affected states in the country, and steps being taken to curb its deadly spread.
April 24, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Galwan destroyed India-China trust’
He learnt Chinese at Beijing Language & Culture University.
April 17, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Covid exposed India’s inequality’
Since 1990, he has been a full-time MKSS activist and a member of the organisation’s decision-making collective.
April 10, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Param Bir should’ve sacked Waze’
Kakkar had taken over as Delhi Police Commissioner in April 1997 when the morale of the force was very low in the wake of the then Connaught Place shootout in which an innocent businessman was killed by a Delhi Police Crime Branch team.
April 3, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Corruption the issue in Kerala’
He got elected for the first time to the Lok Sabha from Katihar (Bihar) in 1980.
March 27, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Our priority is to defeat BJP’
The CPM has been in power in the state and Yechury has his task cut out to oversee his party’s bid to retain the mandate there.
March 20, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Young voters are disenchanted’
Ghosh explains to Soumyadip Mulllickwhy he feels present-day politics is letting down youth who are constantly trying to bring the “people’s government” narrative on the right track.
March 13, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘States must battle drugs jointly’
A member of the Institute of Narcotic Studies and Analysis (INSA), Delhi, Sharma, 55, has been voluntarily working on alternative development models in HP to get people away from cultivation of cannabis and opium.
March 6, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Oil taxes easiest for revenue’
Oil sector is the highest and easiest way to generate revenue for the Centre as well as state governments.
February 20, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Both TMC & BJP are evil forces’
A Congress stalwart from West Bengal, Chowdhury, 65, has vast experience as a parliamentarian and is known as a political firebrand.
February 13, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Social awareness must in leprosy fight’
Sasakawa is known for bringing an entrepreneurial spirit to his work with entities from the political, governmental, academic, and private sectors in addressing issues in such diverse areas like health, education, food security, and maritime safety.
February 6, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Fiscal deficit should not bother us’
The Managing Director of the Transport Corporation of India (TCI), Agarwal has possibly the distinction of being the first head of a logistics company and one of the youngest industry captains to be appointed as the president of a leading chamber of commerce in India.
January 30, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Vaccines are global public good’
After joining the Health, Population and Nutrition Department of the World Bank in 1987, she embarked on her stint with the WHO.
January 9, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Standing atop Everest is magical’
He climbed Mount Everest for the first time in 1998, and went on to do it again in 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018.
January 2, 2021 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Love jihad’s just propaganda’
A distinguished parliamentarian, Tyagi is a former member of the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha.
December 12, 2020 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Police must serve deprived’
His last two significant assignments were in Goa and Arunachal Pradesh as Director-General.
December 5, 2020 -
Saturday Interview | ‘Gandhis are Congress unifiers’
He was considered to be a loyalist of former Union minister Anand Sharma, but was backed for the coveted post by state party heavyweight and ex-CM Virbhadra Singh, Sharma's bête noire.
November 21, 2020