By Girish Linganna China and Russia’s aggressive actions against the West have caused problems, like conflicts over spy balloons, and have also led to NATO becoming stronger. One important result of this has been the West’s effort to develop a closer relationship with India. In June, India’s...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Several irregularities have been found in the pattern of the General Election 2019 results that suggest either the election results underwent electoral manipulation or precise control of the ruling establishment under PM Narendra Modi. The irregularities have been found in a research paper recently...
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court last week came down heavily on the Modi government for taking ‘extreme stands’ against non-BJP rules states while doing nothing in the case of constitutional violations by its own governments in the other states. But as one would have expected, the stricture...
By Sushil Kutty The Supreme Court is smart. On August 1, after nearly three months of Manipur burning, after killings running rampant, after untold atrocities committed on Manipuri women, the top court took the Manipur Police to task and called out the Centre and the state government for...
By Arun Srivastava Liberating the country from the clutches of the rightist forces — the RSS and the BJP — using the electoral contest is undoubtedly the primary task of the opposition front, INDIA; but it is not enough. Rightwing fanatics have turned a huge populace of...
By Tirthankar Mitra A provision for a caretaker government during elections in Pakistan was nowhere in the scheme of things when it’s Constitution was framed. It was General Ziaul Huq led martial law government which ushered in this system in 1985 through Revival of Constitutional Order into the...
By Harihar Swarup Otto Von Bismarck had to trigger three wars to forge peace across Germany. A Prussian master of strategy, Bismarck manoeuvred Denmark, Austria and France into fighting a loose alliance of 39 quarelling German states. In the end, he got what he wanted: three war victories...
By Manish Rai ISIS caliphate once had a population of 10 million people within its borders. It stretched across two countries Iraq and Syria and included major towns and cities, oil fields, factories and dams and was roughly the size of Britain. While tactically and strategically, ISIS...
By Girish Lingana India has just achieved a successful test of its RudraM-II anti-radiation missiles. These missiles can be fired from both the Sukhoi Su-30MKI and Mirage-2000 fighter jets, enabling India to target and disable enemy radars and communication systems effectively. Dr SV Kamat, head of the Defence...
By Nathan Akehurst Europe is burning. Hitting almost 110°F, Rome has broken its heat record, set only last year, and some Italian hospitals have reported inpatient numbers reaching COVID-era levels. Special flights headed to Corfu and Rhodes to evacuate tourists from fires rolling across the Greek islands, while...