Market volatility to continue with some initial surge in markets
By Arun Kejriwal The week began with a bang with new closing highs recorded on both the BSESENSEX and NIFTY on the very first trading day of the week. Alas! The good news ended there…
Commentary
China’s aggressive expansionism is no balm for Century of Humiliation
BY N.C. BIPINDRA The fourth-largest empire in the world at its time, the Qing dynasty lasted for almost three centuries commencing 1634. It was not only the largest but also the last dynasty in Imperial…
What is modern about ancient Chanakya
BY D.C. PATHAK Something great happening in the past has its use mainly if it can be applied in the present for the betterment of the future. Kautilya’s Arthashashtra, the most famous of the works…
Senate hearings do not explain causes of American shame
BY SAEED NAQVI The US top brass was on one of its frequent visits to the confessional, the Senate Armed Services Committee, revealing just enough to reassure the American people that they have an open…
Chinese chequers in the Middle East – First stop Oman
By Sumit Kumar Singh The Chinese pursuit of its rightful place on the global stage and emergence from a century of humiliation at foreign hands has an intricate design. Sun Tzu’s golden nuggets of winning…
This World Elderly day, give a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine jab to elderly population
By Praveen Aggrwal & Dr Manorama Bakshi World over October 1 is celebrated as World Elderly Day. The main purpose of celebrating these days is to make people aware of the socio, economic, health and…
AUKUS, Quad, China in Sri Lanka, and India’s security concerns
By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera Alliance gives new meaning to political boundaries on physical maps empowering coalitions with political preferences to work together. President Biden does “not seek a new Cold War”, clearly expressing at the UNGA…
What does Taliban’s triumph mean for political Islam?
By Talmiz Ahmad New Delhi, Sep 29: Over several months before the Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021, their spokespersons asserted that they were now a “new” Taliban–a Taliban who would be moderate…
Communist China’s debt trap: An empire of lies and deceit
By N. C. BIPINDRA China’s latest investment of an estimated US$1.4 billion in Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port City project is the largest single foreign investment in the island nation’s history. Dubbed as a public-private partnership…
Pakistan’s anti-US tirade scales new heights
New Delhi, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is difficult to discern whether Pakistan is angry more with its biggest aid-giver America or arch rival India. It is also confusing while trying to comprehend its sense of…
AUKUS vs. Quad: A reality check
By Asad Mirza The past week saw the US’s hard push to contain China in its own backyard, by the formation of a new defence agreement known as AUKUS, with no precedent in diplomatic world,…
With expiry week ahead, trade cautiously
By Arun Kejriwal In the week gone by, markets were volatile and had huge intraday movement as well. They did close at new lifetime highs on intraday and closing basis. However, there were plenty of…
Crime against women in matrilineal Meghalaya: Who’ll bell the cat?
BY NIRENDRA DEV Like Economics, Sociology too cannot be a durable truth. It requires constant attention, closer scrutiny and revision. Such a notion or rather the conviction is reflected in the case of crimes against…
The Hocus Pocus about Quad and AUKUS
BY SAEED NAQVI Robert Blackwill, US ambassador at the time of anti-terror fireworks over Afghanistan, had established a tradition of seating guests at lunch around a circular table, where he grandly held forth, initiating a…
Israel-Turkey ties exhibition of President Erdogan’s hypocrisy
Dr Shujaat Ali Quadri Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogans hypocrisy in proclaiming himself as the “defender” of the Palestinian cause, while maintaining military, diplomatic and economic alliance with Israel, is legendary. He does it unabashedly….
China’s continuous attacks on Tibetan ethnicity
By Tenzin Choezom The conflict between China and Tibet is still an ongoing issue that hasnt been able to come to a fair and justified conclusion. The illegal occupation of Tibet by China has led…
Strategy of the greats – Moving towards IR 5.0
By Pradip Baijal The world is changing at a frightening speed. It did not change for 18 centuries after 1 AD, with India and China owning half the world’s GDP almost throughout this period, till…
What Modi wants from Biden, in Year Zero of post-Covid era
By Robinder Sachdev This is the second piece of a two-column combo-pack, over 48 hours, before the Biden-Modi summit in Washington DC, in the morning of September 24. Never before in human civilisation (yes, never…
On eve of Biden-Modi summit; a primer on what Biden needs, wants, and will ask from India
By Robinder Sachdev When US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sit down for their first-ever personal meeting, and bilateral, at the White House on Friday, the meeting will be historic in…
Congress’ revival journey: It’s all about making the right beginning
BY NIRENDRA DEV Do not be surprised if another veteran Congressman, Lal Thanhawla from Mizoram , also steps aside like Capt Amarinder Singh in Punjab. The Congress high command is already making moves to replace…