By Ben Chacko The war in Ukraine is both escalating and stagnating at the same time. This is the moment to push for it to end. The escalation comes with Russia’s renunciation of the agreement allowing the export of grain from Ukrainian ports, a decision accompanied by...
By K Raveendran It would be an ideal situation if political parties are brought under the purview of the rights to information (RTI) Act as it would introduce complete transparency in the functioning of the parties. But unfortunately, many ideal situations are never practical and as such remain...
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi deriding and insulting the united opposition front, INDIA, and drawing parallels with the likes of the erstwhile British East India Company, the outlawed outfit Indian Mujahideen and the Popular Front of India — has certainly not come as a shock. Expecting...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak There is no end in sight to the woes of the MSMEs in India, that suddenly started worsening with the sudden announcement of demonetization on November 8, 2016 by PM Narendra Modi, further exacerbated by introduction of GST next year from July 1,...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for a prestigious battle in the by-election to be held in Puthuppally Assembly constituency in Kottayam district of Kerala. The by-election has been necessitated by the death of incumbent MLA and former chief minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy. Though almost...
By Tirthankar Mitra An offer from United Arab Emirates to invest in Pakistan is a feasible route to pull it out of its entrenched economic crisis. The offer comes in the wake of a spurt in the volume of capital flow from Emirates and Saudi Arabia into India....
By Sushil Kutty These are testing times for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The I.N.D.I.A of the combined Opposition is testing all Indians. How many of us know our Constitution – is it ‘Bharat that is India’ or ‘India that is Bharat’? Bet...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav For nearly a month now, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, just replaced , , has remained out of the public eye for a month The absence of Minister Qin has caused some rescheduling in diplomatic engagements. . Though former foreign minister Wang Yi n...
By Harihar Swarup Preeti Aghalayam, 49 just became first woman to head any IIT. She, is excited, about reaching out to the world, at the first overseas campus, in Zanzibar. We need women in STEM, we need diversity in research, we need young people to feel they...
By Nitya Chakraborty Nearly a week has passed since the holding of the Bengaluru conclave of the opposition parties which gave birth to the new front INDIA consisting of 26 anti-BJP parties. In the following days since July 18, the focus of both media and the BJP...