By Arun Srivastava The snake has finally come out of the burrow. But its fang utterly lacks the punch and prowess to decapacitate the prey. No doubt, it has succeeded in inflicting some bruises on the body of the victim, but one thing is certain that its venom is...
By Girish Linganna Hezbollah, The Lebanese Movement, has issued a warning, expressing full readiness to engage in combat against Israel. This follows days of exchange of fire between their fighters and Israeli soldiers along the border. Both sides have been involved in shelling and trading rocket fire across their...
By Satyaki Chakraborty Daniel Noboa, heir to the largest business family of Ecuador won the Presidential election in the South American country Ecuador on Sunday by defeating the leftist lawyer Luisa Gonzalez after a bitter campaign marked by assassination of a candidate, shootings and jail killings. Noboa has little...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A long-standing dream of Kerala has become a resounding reality with the arrival of the first large ship at Vizhinjam International Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram. The project marks a milestone in the State’s infrastructural development – a big morale booster for the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic...
By Tirthankar Mitra We are passing through a time where connection often happens through digital screens. In this backdrop, rejuvenating an almost forgotten connection between India and Sri Lanka by the resumption of a passenger ferry services will bolster bilateral ties, boost tourism and increase people to people relations....
By John Wojcik Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged continued U.S. support to Israel Thursday even as its military devastated the Gaza Strip with air strikes and prepared for a possible ground invasion. As Palestinian civilians in Gaza search desperately for a piece of bread to feed their hungry...
By Nantoo Banerjee It may be a bit early to predict economic consequences of the ongoing Hamas-Israel armed conflict on the world economy, but India is bound to be impacted if the war continues for long and oil prices keep soaring through the coming winter months. The war is...
By Nilanjan Banik The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it Disease X. It does not exist now, but it is a concept floated by WHO to gauge the readiness of any country to fight a pandemic in the future. The model underscores the importance of vigilance, research, and preparedness...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Under India’s presidency, The Group of Twenty (G20) unanimously adopted a regulatory roadmap for cryptocurrencies at a meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, on October 13. The intergovernmental forum, comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union, and the African Union, accepted the proposals made in the joint...
By Tirthankar Mitra Come late September and October, kash flowers are in bloom in parts of Maidan in Kolkata together with a few more spots in the city yet to be invaded by concrete jungle heralding the arrival of the biggest festival of West Bengal – Durga Puja. Yet...
By Subrata Majumder West Bengal, once the epicentre for industry, has been fading in the industrial map of the country. At the time of Independence, it accounted for 30 percent of country’s industrial output. Now, it is 3 percent, according to official sources. Political belligerence, where political ideologies and...
By Dr Arun Mitra Violent attack by the Hamas on Israel which killed hundreds of civilians took the whole world by shock. No one can support the barbarian act of killing innocent children, women and men. They have violated all laws of warfare by killing people attending Super Nova...
By K R Sudhaman After successful swachhata campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi government during the last 2-3 years to clean up government ministries and buildings by getting rid of musty files and condemned scrap furniture, Coal ministry has shown the way to convert this waste into wealth. “Kabad...
By Harihar Swarup On August 7, 1990, Prime Minister V P Singh, driven by his own set of political difficulties, announced in Parliament that the Mandal Commission’s recommendations for reservation of Other Backward Classes would be implemented. It was a turning point for Indian Political system, marking the advent...
By K Raveendran The Israel-Palestine conflict has sent ripples through the shipping and maritime industry, leading international companies to issue cautionary advisories and adapt their operations in the region. In view of the missile attacks and the incursion of opposing militias, the security of transporting goods through the port...
By Sushil Kutty Mallikarjun Kharge assumed the office of Congress President on October 26, 2022. He beat Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor in an election that was fixed to elect him. At the time Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was still on his Bharat Jodo Yatra and the entire...
By Arun Srivastava With Israel declaring war on the Gaza Strip after an unexpected attack by the terrorist Palestinian group Hamas on October 7, the global fraternity is straining to decode the real nature and reasons for the armed engagement. Apparently, there is no tangible reason for Hamas to...
By Anjan Roy Ukraine war and more immediately the Hamas-Israeli conflict had driven many things from out of the public view. One of these is the Nobel Prize in Economics in this year to a not widely known academic. Claudia Goldin is only the third woman to get a...