Left, Right & Centre

Shobana Kamineni of Apollo group discusses what lies ahead for the process of inoculating millions in India once the COVID-19 vaccine is cleared for release, which is now looking to be just a matter of time.

In the last few days, there has been a lot of progress as far as Covid vaccine candidates are concerned. There are now a clutch of vaccine candidates which are expected to be available soon. The question is: are they safe? We speak to WHO's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan on the safety of Covid vaccines.

A case filed against a Muslim man from Uttar Pradesh by the parents of his wife, who converted to Islam last year to marry him, has been cancelled by the Allahabad High Court. In a detailed 14-page judgment on November 11, a two-judge bench of the court said that Interference in a personal relationship would constitute a serious encroachment into the right to freedom of choice of the two individuals - a verdict that is significant in the middle of a fiery debate over so-called "love jihad". Meanwhile, The UP government has been first off the block to pass an ordinance against 'unlawful conversion'. On Left, Right & Centre, we ask: are laws against inter-faith marriage a threat to life and liberty?

If a proposal by the Reserve Bank of India goes through, corporate entities in India may be allowed to own banks. Is this a good idea? Ratings agencies and some of India's foremost economists and former RBI. governors have said that this is a disastrous idea that throws caution to the wind. Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram says the government is pandering to the ambitions of business houses. There are others, however, who say bank promoters will be ring-fenced and that these additional banking services are crucial given the under-penetration of financial services in India - that this move will create a supply-side push. On Left, Right & Centre, we ask: should the RBI allow corporate houses to own banks?

Satellite imagery accessed by NDTV shows the construction of what appears to be military-grade, hardened ammunition bunkers, just 2.5 kilometres from Sinche-La pass on the eastern periphery of the contested Doklam plateau.

SpiceJet chairman Ajay Singh and Spice Health CEO, Avani Singh, spoke exclusively to NDTV's Vishnu Som on launching the most affordable and fastest RT-PCR testing facility in India.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Sunday signed a controversial ordinance to amend the Police Act. The opposition expressed concern, saying the police are being given undue power and this could potentially curtail the freedom of the press. The police have said they will set up standard operating procedures in consultation with legal experts.

The AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has announced that its alliance with the BJP will continue for the assembly election due next year. Does this put an end to speculation that the AIADMK might part ways with the BJP following their dismal performance in the state during the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

The government claims to have spent lakhs of crores on multiple stimulus injections into the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit the economy hard. An NDTV deep dive, however, finds that government spending has dropped, not gone up.

Here's a face-off between BJP's West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh and West Bengal's Minister of State for Women and Child Development Shashi Panja on the BJP leader's comments for anyone targeting him or the party. A defiant Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday doubled down on his open threat of an eye-for-an-eye, saying anyone targeting him or his party's workers will be met with violence even from central forces sent for next year's assembly elections. "They will target my car, they will break arms and legs of my workers, they will lynch them - should we serve them tea? We haven't any papers to say we will stand and get thrashed," Mr Ghosh told NDTV in an interview.