By Sushil Kutty To be intuitive is not a criteria to understand what’s troubling the Bharatiya Janata Party as it gets set for the next set of assembly elections including in Madhya Pradesh, where the party has released its second list of 39 candidates. There’s a message in the...
By Manish Rai The recent bold attacks by the Pakistani Taliban, also known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, wreaking havoc paints an alarming picture of rising instability across Pakistan. Especially the TTP’s recent incursion into Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bordering Afghanistan is very concerning. Because it may...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The euphoria generated by the spectacular victory the Congress scored in the Puthuppally assembly constituency by-election has all but evaporated. Factionalism, which has been the bane of the party in Kerala has resurfaced with redoubled vigour to the chagrin of the party’s rank and file...
By Tirthankar Mitra If a week is a long time in politics, six decades and few years more can be stated to be too long a timespan for an inarguably thespian to be bestowed with a lifetime achievement award. But epitome of grace that Waheeda Rehman is, she will...
By Girish Linganna The conspicuous lack of fanfare in the run-up to this significant tenth anniversary could suggest that the government acknowledges that extravagant public relations efforts are no longer, effective in concealing the alarming decline of the manufacturing sector. As Make in India, the flagship program of the...
By Satyaki Chakraborty The international labour movement witnessed a unique spectacle on September 26 when on the 12th day of the strike by the United Auto Workers (UAW), the United States of America president Joe Biden visited the picketing workers in Michigan for extending support. This never happened in...
By Harihar Swarup He is called the ‘Moon man of India’. Mylswamy Annadurai played a pivotal role in developing the spacecraft for Chandrayaan-1, India’s first lunar mission. A Padma Shri awardee, he was the programme director of not just of Chandrayaan-1, but also Chandrayaan-2 and the Mars Orbiter Mission....
By Arun Srivastava Not the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, instead the RSS chief Mogan Bhagwat would leadplay the key role from behind to lead the saffron brigade to the 2024 Lok Sabha electoral battle. This is a major departure from the old practice when RSS led by his predecessors...
By Sushil Kutty The alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is over, “khaalaas” as it is said in the Gulf countries — in UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia… After weeks and months of being taken down by the state unit...
By Dr Arun Mitra The declaration on health at the G20 summit has highlighted several objectives. These include Food security; Pandemic preparedness; equitable access to vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and other medical countermeasures. Concern was shown for growing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Mental health problems and the impact of climate change...