By Dr Arun Mitra The advertisement from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams: Tirupati medical department published on September 9,.2021 seeking specialist doctors belonging to Hindu Religion only is a matter of serious concern. This has belittled the medical profession which professes its commitment to render service to the mankind irrespective of...
By Sushil Kutty Time was when ‘Time’ magazine used to be ubiquitous in the streets and newsstands of India’s major metros. Those of us of a certain vintage will remember. Then, with the advent of the online, ‘Time’ disappeared. Today, all we have is ‘Time 100’ – the annual...
By Anjan Roy The union finance minister has announced setting up a new financial entity which would take over the non-performing assets of banks. This idea had been in the air for a long time now and implemented now hopefully to hasten resolution of the bulging portfolio of NPAs...
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad has been demanding reforms within the party and reiterating their calls for change. However, the G-23 leaders’ hope that the former Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha would get the Rajya Sabha berth from Tamil Nadu, has been dashed....
By Prakash Karat PRIME Minister Narendra Modi has once again used his favourite analogy of “double engine growth” delivering “double profit” in Uttar Pradesh. Speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of the Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh, the underlying theme of the speech also made it...
By Krishna Jha Monetisation, a recent step by the government, aims at the dilution of public sector units. Each of the units is on sale. In last seven decades, these industrial units were founded to develop the country’s infrastructure, to cater to the basic needs to evolve economy. With...
By K S Chalam Tamilnadu government has passed an Act delinking the state from NEET ushering a successive litigations on two important issues in contemporary India. One, this brings to public domain the Emergency era Constitutional amendment removing education from the state list. Two, the present BJP government’s overreach...
By Sushil Kutty Top Congress leader and Wayanad Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi insists that the “fake Hindus” of the RSS and BJP are “doing dalali” for the Hindutva. This was in Delhi on September 15. A day before that, the Gandhi scion spoke of how the Modi Government...
By Gyan Pathak July’s controversy over Pegasus spyware, that affected thousands of people in 45 countries including India, has now attracted even UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Michelle Bachelet’s call for a moratorium on sale and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems until adequate safeguards are put...
K Raveendran All eyes are on the possible outcome of a crucial meeting of a ministerial panel of the GST council meeting on Friday, which is scheduled to consider bringing petroleum products under the GST regime. If there is agreement to do so, it would be great relief for...
By Sushil Kutty The most populous state of Uttar Pradesh is in election mode with the correct people making the correct noises at the correct time. For beginners, Congress leader Salman Khurshid has named Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the vanguard for the Congress, and Samajwadi Party top-man Akhilesh Yadav...
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Mrs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra AICC general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh during recent three day visit to Lucknow not only boosted morale of party leaders and workers but also gave mantra of strong organisation to win forthcoming state assembly polls. During her stay in...
BY Dr. Gyan Pathak Vagaries of climate change have tremendously increased the clean energy needs for India that needs a paradigm shift in its overall energy policy. It will ultimately change almost all aspects of human development. To make the transition smooth, India will have to devise better plan...
By Sankar Ray Arbeiderpartiet (Ap), Norway’s Labour Party, partnering with Senterpartiet (Sp), ,Centre Party.and Sosialistisk Venstreparti (SV),Socialist Left is set to form the next national government in this Scandinavian country Erna Solberg,Prime Minister of Norway, heading the Høyre (H),Conservatives, has conceded defeat in the general election Her party suffered...
By Harihar Swarup Mullah Hassan Akhund is the Prime Minister of war-ravaged Afghanistan. He is the chief of the Taliban’s powerful decision-making body ‘Rehbari Shura’. He has served as foreign minister under Taliban’s old regime, and is said to be close to Taliban’s spiritual leader Akhundzada. Known to be...
By Kalyani Shankar Who does not want a birthday bash, particularly politicians? It has been in vogue for many years, particularly among the famous and populist leaders. There are dedicated birthday functions for Nehru (November 14), Mahatma Gandhi (October 2), Indira Gandhi (November 19), Ambedkar (April 24), and so...
By D. Raja The Communist movement in India is almost a century old now and remains an important actor in the Indian political scene. From fighting the British imperialists to the inequalities of the Indian society, the Communist Left is one force which was at the forefront of these...
By Sushil Kutty Is it time to hold Yogi Adityanath’s feet to the fire? This man often forgets he’s “respectable” Chief Minister. Besides, how many more months does Yogi Adityanath have as Chief Minister of UP? Max 6 months; perhaps seven or eight months. There are folks who say...