If the Jews were tortured or driven out by Hitler during the World War and the Allies had to rehabilitate them somewhere after the war, they could have found a place in Germany itself. Why carve out a land for the Jews in Palestine? Here lies the root cause of the constant Israel-Palestine conflict ...
It is surprising that after a recent successful G20 meeting in New Delhi under India’s Presidentship and attended by the US President and the UK Prime Minister among others, India would get embroiled in an unseemly battle with an apparently ‘friendly’ country like Canada. Following an unprovok...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi missed being physically present with the scientists of ISRO when India’s Chandrayaan 3 ‘soft landed’ on the moon, because he was then attending the BRICS conference in Johannesburg. He however made a virtual presence with a flag in hand to congratulate the ISRO sci...
On the west it is Kashmir, and now in the east it is Manipur. These are glaring examples of centre’s mishandling of the states over an extended period of time and there seems to be no clue towards a resolution of the troubles. Already, IMF has predicted a fall in India’s GDP growth in the coming...
The joint statement issued from the White House, which spans across oceans and reaches the realm of the stars, has come as a global surprise. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exceptional performance at the joint session of the US Congress, along with the transformation of the relationship from an op...
The criticism over the discontinuance of two thousand rupee note is understandable. The first question among the critics is why introduce it at all at a time when 500 and 1000 rupee notes were withdrawn on the pretext of ‘hoarding’. The 2000 rupee note had greater hoarding possibilities – and ...
If the 20th century was dominated by the west, global observers say the 21st century will be ruled by the east – more specifically, by China & India. World Bank has already predicted that by 2024, China will surpass the US in GDP growth. And India will be close third.The US is visibly concerne...
If it is a matter of concern for the world when according to the World Bank’s prediction for 2024, China tops the growth chart leaving behind the US. It is also a matter of pride that India, according to the same prediction, gets a third position just after the US. Undaunted by the pandemic, India...
That Artificial Intelligence (AI) was coming, it is common knowledge. If we are afraid, we should have been prepared for it.We are now in the era of Communication 3.0, where AI takes over from the Communication 2.0 era of the internet, which in its turn, had replaced the traditional media of print a...
Even though there is now a new threat of a Covid attack, the free food programme - Pradhan MantriGarib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) primarily introduced during the pandemic - will be discontinuedfrom December 31. At one stroke, the centre will now save rupees 1.8 lakh crores. As compensation,the subs...