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By Aditya Aamir Can we say hurtling technology killed the 60 in Amritsar? And we’re not talking of bullet trains. The two trains that mowed people to death would have been least bothered if there were no folks to kill on the tracks. Regardless, it would have hurtled...
By Nantoo Banerjee Prime Minister Narendra Modi is right in saying that the International Solar Alliance (ISA) could replace Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as the key energy supplier in the future. However, alongside a rapid use of solar power, the world also needs to fast...
By Arun Srivastava Abandoning the Obama-era rule of granting work permits to H-4 visa holders, mostly Indians, who are spouses of professionals holding H-1B visas, is the first major move to make India bend to the wishes of President Trump. Soft measures against India were on the card...
In today’s fast-paced world, scientists discover new technologies all the time. Thanks to exciting advancements in technology over the past few decades, people no longer need to go to a brick-and-mortar casino to place their bets. The development of the World Wide Web in the mid-1990s made it possible...
By Aditya Aamir Subterfuge, masking gender in police uniform, and threats to close the Sabarimala shrine have made null the Supreme Court verdict allowing women of all ages into it. Women rights activists have been compelled to take on the outwardly cover of the male gender! The...
By Sushil Kutty With Sabarimala and Amritsar, MJ Akbar’s shame seems to have gone under the radar. As we walk through another weekend – time forfeited, they come and go so swift and quick, it’s a wonder they last – the dumped Minister of State for External Affairs...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Sangh parivar’s sinister agenda to whip up communal passions on the Sabarimala issue and extract political mileage thereof has been exposed. Also laid bare is the double game the parivar has been playing right from the beginning. As a parivar detractor...
By K Raveendran The Modi government is playing a dangerous double game using a flawed Supreme Court judgment lifting the ban on the entry of women of reproductive age into the Sabarimala hill shrine by insisting that the Kerala government ensure enforcement of the order despite widespread opposition...
By K R Sudhaman India, which imports 80 per cent of its oil in requirement, has at last woken up to the reality and embarked upon a plan to attract investment of up to $1 trillion in the oil sector to bring about much needed energy security....
By Barun Das Gupta The final results of the two-phase third general elections in Bhutan, published on Friday, must have come as a rude shock to the South Bloc. The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay suffered a humiliating defeat in the first...