India does not have the luxury of distance from the ticking bomb in its neighborhood The suicide bombing at Kabul airport which claimed close to 100 lives has shattered any residual optimism the world had […]
US, other nations must ensure safety of their citizens The death of at least 110 people, including 13 US troops, in Thursday’s bombings near Kabul’s international airport has tragically laid bare the messy evacuation that […]
India is now the 3rd largest by volume and 10th largest by value in case of production of drugs and Pharmaceuticals. Presently India is contributing 8 percent global production. India recorded its turnover of $40 […]
After recently reading the news item onhow the government of Afghanistan collapsed to Taliban onslaught with complete melt down of its defense forces, we are all in state of disbelief. Then followed the news of […]
With Indo-U.S. trade deal off, it is time India reorients its global economic engagement India’s largest trading partner, and one with whom it has a significant trade surplus, the U.S., is no longer interested in […]
We wait for a whole year to say excitedly “Happy Independence Day! Here we are, into the 75th year of Independence on August 15 and celebrate the day as another happy birthday of the free […]
Those resisting vaccination mostly conform to a specific social, cultural, and political profile President Joe Biden and the director of the CDC warned this week that the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. was becoming a […]
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar breaks ranks to demand probe With the Supreme Court set to hear the pleas seeking a court-monitored probe into the Pegasus snooping row on Thursday, a new dimension has been added […]
Govt ought to leash agencies, reassure journalist fraternity Every action has a message, particularly when the actor is the Government of India. About 100 sleuths from the Income Tax Department swooped on the offices of […]
Yediyurappa makes way for new leader The replacement of BS Yediyurappa as the chief minister of Karnataka could well set the template for the BJP to tackle dissidence in the party. The demand for generational […]
Digital age calls for privacy, safety The expose of the use of the Pegasus spyware, manufactured by an Israeli firm — which the company claims is sold only to ‘vetted’ governments to check terrorism and […]
India must not play down the COVID-19 tragedy, as that would hurt public confidence A touchy topic for the Centre and States has been the counting of the dead from COVID-19. In 2020, as the […]
Creating awareness is the best bet to achieve goal The assurance by the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh led by Yogi Adityanath that population control measures will not be aimed at any class or section […]
Supreme Court’s remarks on sedition cases bode well for its inevitable invalidation It is gratifying to note that the Supreme Court, while indicating its intention to reconsider the sedition provision in the Indian Penal Code, […]
Denial of bail to under-trials must come up for national debate Stanislaus Lourduswamy or Father Stan Swamy, a Jesuit priest, was born in Tiruchirappalli, worked in Ranchi for the rights of forest dwellers and died […]
The passing of Dilip Kumar, the king of melancholia on the silver screen, signals the final break from the early days of Hindi film ‘talkies’, when actors were beginning to shed the exaggerated theatricality of […]
The dangers and after-effects of climate change are manifesting themselves with increasing frequency, more intensity and longer duration all over the world. As per a US study, the number of heat waves striking America in […]
246 years since 1776. I celebrate the journey of the greatest nation on the Earth. Proud of the vision and the farsightedness of the founding fathers who created institutions which have given strength to each […]
Blocking of Iran-linked websites does little for efforts to revive n-deal and reverse sanctions The U.S.’s decision to block dozens of Iran-linked websites at a time when both countries are trying to revive the nuclear […]
HC bail orders are an indictment of attempt to portray Delhi protests as terrorist acts Caught between a statutory bar on grant of regular bail and a judicial embargo on any close examination of available […]
World shouldn’t let China’s wild theories pose a hindrance Covid-19 has claimed over 37 lakh lives worldwide in the past year and a half, leaving global economy in a shambles, yet the origin of the […]
With elections in sight, ambitions begin to soar With just nine months to go before the term of the Punjab legislature ends, the conflict in the ruling Congress tells a story about ambition and hunger […]
British-era clause can’t be used to fix activists, journalists After over seven decades of Independence, India is struggling to get rid of the sedition law – widely misused against activists and journalists. In view of […]
Election Day is Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Polls are open from 6am to 9pm. Early Voting Period is June 12, 2021 – June 20, 2021. New York City Primary Election is just two weeks away. […]
– Govt. must hear out the social media industry, and shed its arbitrary rule-making It does seem that most if not all global social media giants will miss complying with the new IT rules of […]
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