By Sushil Kutty Remember K Chandrasekhar Rao, the man who till a year ago straddled Telangana politics like a Goliath but is now a 70-year-old fearful of his legacy going to the dogs? People to whom KCR gave Telangana ditched him. KCR’s daughter is behind bars. KCR’s son is...
By Tirthankar Mitra The term “Didi” aka elder sister has spread far beyond borders of West Bengal ever since Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee who is referred to as such gained political prominence over the years. None else in the TMC was addressed “Didi” but as the poll bugles...
By Harihar Swarup It is true the popularity of Arvind Kejriwal has been growing rapidly. It has touched a new high after AAP’s unexpected victory in Punjab. In Delhi AAP-Congress combo is expected to romp home comfortably in coming elections. BJP is obviously worried at his rising clout. Besides...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav On March 27, at least five Chinese nationals along with their local driver were killed in when a suicide bomber collided his explosives-laden vehicle into their convoy. The attack unfolded on the primary highway connecting Pakistan to China. This tragic incident is not an isolated...
By Satyaki Chakraborty The political situation in the Latin American nation Peru has become surcharged as a large number of Parliament members have moved the Parliament to remove the unelected President from her present position due to the investigations presently on into her alleged corrupt practices. Pressure on unelected...
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury A large number of big pharma companies have been using Ukrainians soil for running research labs while they have used Ukrainians as guinea pigs in developing medicines, that could potentially cause various types of cancer which was used on patients in the psychiatric ward...
By Nick Turse Dressed in green military fatigues and a blue garrison cap, Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, a spokesperson for Niger’s ruling junta, took to local television last month to criticize the United States and sever the long-standing military partnership between the two countries. “The government of Niger, taking...
NEW DELHI: India and the five-nation Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU) that comprises Russia will start formal negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) soon. According to sources, officials from the two sides held a meeting late last month for detailed discussions where lead negotiators from both sides also participated....
NEW DELHI: The World Bank on Tuesday upgraded its FY25 economic growth forecast for the Indian economy by 20 basis points to 6.6 per cent, primarily because of “upward revisions to investment growth”. In its latest bi-annual South Asia Development Update, the multilateral lender pegged India’s FY24 growth rate...
NEW DELHI: India’s manufacturing sector ended 2023-24 on a “stellar” note, with the headline Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) soaring to a 16-year high of 59.1 in March, up from 56.9 in February, according to a survey released by HSBC on Tuesday. A PMI above 50 represents expansion in the...