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By Mriganka M Bhowmick In the backdrop of heinous terrorist attack killing 41 CRPF Jawans in Pulwama, the focus of entire nation has come back to Kashmir. The anger of India has propelled a war like sentiment against Pakistan. Multiple reactive measures by India have been taken out like...
By Nantoo Banerjee Who is the owner of Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) — ONGC Limited or the government? Public sector oil refiner and distributor Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd continues not to recognise ONGC, its majority owner, as its present promoter company, despite Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s assertion that it belongs...
By Lamiat Sabin Progressive parties and movements across Europe should unite after Brexit to stamp out tax dodging and fight to end austerity, Jeremy Corbyn said on Friday in Madrid. The Labour leader told the Party of European Socialists meeting that together they could also slow down climate change...
By K Raveendran Millions of Ayyappa devotees across the world are waiting with bated breath for the Supreme Court to resume consideration of the 65-odd review petitions on the vexed issue of women’s entry to Sabarimala. The week’s time allowed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi heading the reconstituted 5-member bench...
By Dr Arun Mitra The report published in the Drug Today Medical Times on 19thFebruary 2019 by Shri B S Rawat that 244 malnutrition deaths occurred in Delhi hospitals in 4 years is highly alarming. This report is based on the information received on an RTI information provided by...
By Harihar Swarup A typical election scenario unfolds as the Congress and the BJP, the two main contestants in the coming Lok Sabha elections, have firmed up alliances with regional parties. Never before regional parties were so important as in the coming general elections. The most important alliance is...
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Beginning on February 7, Haitians have been in the streets protesting against corruption, high prices, shortages, inflation, and power outages. Demonstrators are demanding that President Jovenel Moïse, in power since January 2017, resign. Moïse blames the disturbances on “armed groups and drug traffickers” and...
By Nishant Sirohi HUMAN Rights Watch (HRW) in its 104-page report unveiled the horrors of cow vigilantism in India. The report reflected the impact of the so-called cow protection through vigilantism, on the society, rural economy and on the forthcoming national elections. In the quest for short term electoral...
By B.Sivaraman If there is a single demand that commonly figured in the recent protests of the Central and State government employees, public sector workers in defence production, telecom, railways and banks as well by some workers in the private sector, it is the scrapping of the New Pension...
By Anirudh Deshpande In the light of colonialist historiography on Indian history, especially the medieval period (700 – 1800 CE), Indians became accustomed to view their medieval past in communal colors increasingly from the second half of the 19th Century. This colonialist view of Indian history found its way...