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By Sushil Kutty Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower Christopher Wylie, who carries a ‘lie’ in his surname for effect, says he’s been getting lots of requests from Indian journalists about Indian political parties’ links with the tainted company. Stating that SCL/CA had several projects in India and offices strewn across...
By Arun Srivastava BJP president Amit Shah’s loyalty to his boss Narendra Modi is so passionate that for promoting his political interest he is not only determined to go against the ideological and political ethos of the Sangh and the BJP but he can resolutely contrive to obliterate...
BY L S Herdenia BHOPAL: As the dates for the 2018 Vidhan Sabha elections are coming closer, BJP led Madhya Pradesh Government is promising heaven to the deprived sections of the society. Unorganised labourer is one such section. Chief Minister Shiv Raj Singh Chouhan has announced an...
By Raju Kumar Temple of Goddess Wagheshwari Devi is situated in Dhamangaon village, which is about 20 kms from Burhanpur near the Maharashtra border. Traditionally, people have deep faith in this temple, so during Navrati festival, people from various adjacent villages come to this place for worshiping the...
By Aditya Aamir Whoever said Mamata Banerjee is a one-god person can eat their words with bhaat and fish curry. The ‘appeasement-Chief Minister’ of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress boss is no less a Ram-bhakt than a Babul Supriyo or a Dilip Ghosh. And in the true spirit...
By G. Srinivasan The Chennai-based Geographical Indications (GI) Registry’s order in mid-March to exclude Madhya Pradesh from the area officially declared for cultivation of the aromatic and widely consumed basmati rice, both by the domestic users as also the overseas aficionados, has predictably raised a lot of questions...
By Subrata Majumder Amidst the revision of Chinese Constitution, which will permit Xi Jinping to be the perpetual head of Communist Party after the expiry of his second term, Trump’s escalation of tariff on steel and aluminum imports and asserting further tariff rampage on Chinese exports worth of...
By Sushil Kutty If you notice the cows have all been put to pasture, sort of. No more cow vigilante justice and beef in fridge. Instead, there is data leak and the cool stuff that can be done with smartphones: move data of the cattle-class into the folders...
By K R Sudhaman As global solar power generation touched 100 GW, of which nearly half is in China and an additional 20 GW in India, very soon a new application – solar powered electric vehicles will become a reality providing clean and green transportation particularly in...
By Amulya Ganguli The Karnataka government’s decision to grant minority status to the Lingayat community is clearly intended to boost its prospects in the forthcoming Assembly elections. However, the assertion that the Lingayats constitute a religious community separate from the Hindus is yet another instance of how religion...
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: After the success in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha by-elections, the SP-BSP alliance seems to be all set to become a game changer in 2019 polls. Much significance is being attached to the announcement made by BSP national president Mayawati after the Rajya...
By Amritananda Chakravorty In a shocking judgment, the Supreme Court, in a two judge bench of Justice Adarsh Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit, has completely overtuned the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (‘POA’), by diluting its provisions. Dealing with a case...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government has again proved its inability to ensure smooth and mature handling of a peaceful protest. At the receiving end of the wrath of the Chief Minister and the CPI(M) were ‘Vayalkkilikal’, a collective of residents...
By Gyan Pathak No one seems to have a clue to the psyche of Indian voters, which has seen perceptible changes in the last four decades. The period of this transition has put political parties and their leaders on tenterhooks. Socio-political trends in the country are too diverse...
By Nantoo Banerjee There is nothing to be surprised if India has attracted a tiny Rs.1.17 crore ($180,000) as foreign direct investment (FDI) in defence production under the “Make in India” framework in the last four years. The reason is simple. India is the world’s largest arms importer....
The Financial Express While the Aadhaar Act already deals with information leaks, a tough privacy law will make the information a lot more secure. (Cambridge Analytica) While law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has warned Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg that he will not hesitate to summon him to India in...
By John Wojcik In what is widely viewed as the most dangerous and consequential move of his presidency thus far, Donald Trump ousted H.R. McMaster as National Security Advisor on March 22 and replaced him with the ultra war hawk, John Bolton. Dropping his campaign promise to...
By Arun Srivastava It may sound ludicrous that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is working on the modalities to stage a comeback to the Mahagathbandhan. In view of the acute hostility between JD(U) and RJD and the mudslinging between the leaders of the two parties, this appears to...