By Tirthankar Mitra Pakistan seems to be teetering on the edge of an abyss of crisis with none its political parties offering a policy prescription of course correction. Uncertainties abound even as industrial sector contraction is likely to rise, former prime minister Imran Khan despite being bogged down in...
By Girish Linganna The intensifying rivalry between the United States and China in the realm of space has become a significant challenge as the world enters a new era where space is seen as an essential battleground. Global leaders are increasingly concerned about China’s rapid advancements in space capabilities,...
By Lt Gen. Bhopinder Singh Former President K.R. Narayanan made power good by remaining true to the Constitution, and above everything, to constitutional morality. Even the longest-written Constitution in the world, i.e., Bharatiya Samvidhan (Indian Constitution) relies on the ‘executive’ to interpret actions as underpinned by the morality whose...
By Roger McKenzie Mexico’s most populous state turned its back on decades of single-party rule, deciding to move forward with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s ruling Morena party over the long-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Results from electoral authorities on Sunday night indicated a victory for Delfina Gomez in...
By Nantoo Banerjee The cat is out of the bag. India is not the only country using imported Russian oil to export processed petro-products. West Asian oil giants, led by Saudi Arabia, are buying millions of barrels of Russian diesel oil, which is banned in Europe, to sell the...
By Sushil Kutty Sulking is common to non-BJP Chief Ministers. And opposition unity suffers. Right now the tribe of non-BJP Chief Ministers sees opportunity in Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s problems. The Modi government’s ordinance upturning the Supreme Court’s verdict that gave Delhi’s AAP government control over “services” is...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only few years ago, the Union Minister of Railways had claimed in the Parliament of India that they made railway journey safe, though the trains were running late in the country. The claim had come in reply to a question as to why trains were...
By Arun Srivastava For nine long years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been dictating political actions in India, but the expected opposition meet will not only redefine the nature of the political discourse of the country, but would set a completely new political narrative, engineering a different political activism...
By S. Sethuraman The worst rail disaster in a century, so far claiming 275 lives, in triangular derailments in Orissa, is so perplexing even for a technology-minded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, that the cause gets shifted from signal system failures to ultimately sabotage CBI would probe. A shocked and...
By K R Sudhaman There is jubilation in Indian government as uptick in last quarter lifted India’s GDP growth in fiscal 2023 to 7.2 per cent belying expectations of less than 7 per cent growth this year. After slowing GDP growth of 4.5 per cent in third quarter, there...