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Narendra Modi, The Superhuman Who Only Works And Rarely Sleeps
By Sushil Kutty We’ve heard of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 56” chest, and we’ve heard of how Modi can stand on one leg and give Baba Ramdev a run for his Yoga. Modi’s superhuman exploits would fill a tome the size of a NYT bestseller, and if people never...
Medical Ethics Must Be Updated On The Basis Of Scientific Evidence
By Dr Arun Mitra The Under Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) in its video conference meeting held on 17th February 2022 has decided to replace the Hippocratic Oath taken by the doctors to affirm their commitment to medical ethics while treating the patients....
Saudi Women No Longer Required To Cover Head To Toe
By James M Dorsey Three scantily dressed samba dancers wearing traditional feather headdresses laid bare the limits of social liberalisation in Saud Arabia when they earlier this year danced on the streets of Jizan, a historically conservative city on the border with Yemen. Invited to participate in the Jizan...
Tenuous Legality Of Extraneous, Irrelevant Bail Conditions
By Paras Ahuja The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 broadly classifies offences into two types: ‘bailable’ and ‘non-bailable’, under Section 2(a) read with Schedule 1. It is pertinent to note that while the grant of bail is a matter of right in case of bailable offences, as provided under...
Disconnect Between Potential And Performance In Indian Agriculture Is Stark
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav These days Kashmiri farmers are battling a new type of terrorists who destroy their apple and almond trees in the orchards. These terrorists are porcupines, a variety of rodents with long and prolific thorny shoots. Porcupine invasions in Shopian, Pulwama, and Budgam districts have destroyed...
Assembly Poll Results: Rise Of The Post-Ideology Politician
By Harihar Swarup This year’s assembly elections have signalled two significant political undercurrents. The first has been the ugly display of post-ideology politics marked by endless cross-party defections. What has happened during the election season has been an extension of the massive exodus of fortune seekers whose only concern...
View From Dhaka: Is South Asia Defying Western Bloc On Ukraine?
By Ashis Biswas It is their shared colonial past that brings together the three major South Asian countries — India, Pakistan and Bangladesh — into adopting a neutral, hands-off approach on the current war raging in Ukraine. Ignoring bitter local disputes and a notoriously conflicted relationship affecting all three...
South India Needs A Nehru-Gandhi At The Helm Of Congress
By Sushil Kutty The Congress without the Gandhi family would not net a single MP seat in Kerala. A few MLA seats, perhaps, but not one of the 20 Lok Sabha seats. That is for sure. The Congress party’s Malayali vote-bank does not recognize Ghulam Nabi Azad or Kapil...
Ukraine Aftermath To Hit Vulnerable Populations Around The World
By K Raveendran The massive humanitarian crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is engaging the attention of all concerned. The pain and suffering caused by the war to innocent people, manifesting in some three million seeking refuge in Ukraine’s European neighbour states provide unbearable visuals. But away from...
Russia-Ukraine War: India In Danger Of Being On The Wrong Side
By Amulya Ganguli It is easy to understand the mindset of Narendra Modi’s acolytes. Their devotion is clearly propelled by his strongman image. What is less easy to comprehend is the admiration of the right-wing in India for Russian President Vladimir Putin. That this adoration for machismo is a...
