China refuses to admit that the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic escaped from its labs. However, scientists believe that the virus was man-made and possibly leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan. Surprisingly, the World Health Organisation is giving China benefit of doubt by stating that the evidence was not extensive … Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term has been both momentous and tumultuous. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term has been both momentous and tumultuous. The spectacular defanging of Article 370 of the Constitution was followed by stiff resistance to the Citizenship Amendment Act and horrendous riots in Delhi, political opposition … Read More
Those living along the banks of the Ganga, especially pilgrims who visit Prayag or Varanasi for a holy dip during amavasya, purnima and other auspicious occasions, have long been accustomed to the sight of an occasional corpse floating down the river. As these incidents were few in number, they were … Read More
A stark lesson from the resurgent COVID-19 virus is that India cannot continue to treat its rural areas with the benign neglect of the past seven decades; the need for an equal health infrastructure from village to district, town, city, to metropolis is imperative. The pandemic has swept aside the … Read More
The sudden visit of Kuwait’s Foreign Minister to India was motivated by a keen desire to overcome the awkwardness caused by anti-Citizenship Amendment Act activism by Indian diaspora, and their lobbying with members of the Government of Kuwait. * Kuwait’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State of Cabinet … Read More
Sasikala’s stunning about-turn, renouncing politics even before making an official debut after her release from prison on January 27, 2021, is eerily reminiscent of film star Rajinikanth’s abjuring the political realm before entering it. Both events occurred a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Chennai. The high profile … Read More
Meena Harris indulged in reckless grandstanding, racing to support a farmers’ protest that had turned violent on Republic Day and caused injuries to nearly 300 policemen. Meena Harris, American lawyer, entrepreneur, author, and famous in India for being the niece of US Vice President Kamala Harris, whose mother was of … Read More
As international celebrities raced to support the farmers’ protest that was on the back foot after the violence that led to 300 policemen being injured on Republic Day, it may be pertinent to ask if there is more to the issue than meets the eye. Ilhan Omar, U.S. Representative for … Read More
मार्च 2021 से एएसआई विश्व वंदनीय रामसेतु का वैज्ञानिक अध्ययन करने जा रहा है। यह जांच रामायण काल का निर्धारण करने के साथ ही इस पर प्रकाश डालेगी कि यह प्रभु राम के निर्देश पर बनने वाला वही पुल है जिससे वानर सेना ने सागर पार कर रावण की लंका … Read More
When the Frontier Corps picked up Balochistan Students Organisation-Azad (BSO-A) chairman Zahid Baloch in broad daylight, in the presence of three female colleagues and other local persons on March 18, 2014, Karima Baloch stepped in as acting chairman to fill the vacuum. She pioneered women’s political activism in the troubled … Read More
