By Harihar Swarup “I am driven into that space between Britain and India because I exist in that space” says journalist turned—historian, Anita Anand, 50 She was born to first generation Punjabi immigrants to the UK. Her late father, Dr Chantenya Anand, a general practitioner, raised her with a...
By James M Dorsey Gulf autocrats are trying to squash calls for reform of Islamic law with three Bahraini men on trial. Redha Rajab, his son Mohamed Rajab, and researcher Jalal al-Qassab are members of the Al-Tajdeed Society, which encourages discussion and questioning of Islamic law. They’re accused of...
By Kalyani Shankar The just released Assembly poll results in three northeastern states – Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura are seen as semi-finals before next year’s parliamentary elections when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a third consecutive term at the Centre. There are 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the...
By Anjan Roy In a significant move, at the on-going China’s National People’s Congress, which is a gathering of legislators, the top leaders of the Communist Party of China have set a pared down growth target for China at only 5% for the current year. NPC is meeting in...
By Arun Srivastava Giving benefit of doubt to the BJP leaders for their act of conspiring the worst nature of dirty strategy against the Tamil Nadu and Bihar governments, alleging that workers from other States are being attacked in Tamil Nadu will be more than committing hara-kiri. While the...
By Sushil Kutty Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar’s optimism knows no bounds, It was his optimism which made him break from the Congress and form the Nationalist Congress Party. Then, to cut a long story short, it was his optimism which made the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the...
By Dr Gyan Pathak Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming economies and promising new opportunities for productivity, growth, and resilience. Countries across the world are also responding with national AI strategies to capitalize on these transformations. However, no country today has sufficient data on, or a targeted plan for, national...
By Ria Chakrabarty On February 21, Seattle made history. After hearing hours of testimony for and against a bill by councilmember Kshama Sawant, the Seattle City Council voted 6–1 to pass her bill and formally ban caste discrimination in the city. This was the first time an American city...
By Nantoo Banerjee The 12-point Chinese proposal to end the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war fails to address a vital issue that led to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Subtle diplomatic nuances make the proposal look rather weak. It does not even name the belligerent nations. The proposal is...
By Ashis Biswas For some time now, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Bengal has been accused by other opposition parties of effectively helping the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) through its decisions, while attacking it verbally. Last week, two seemingly contradictory steps taken by the TMC supremo Mamata...