Astro Zindagi: Weekly Horoscope
New Delhi, July 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for July 22-28. Aries At the start of the week, you will be inclined to assert…
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Markets at uncomfortable levels – Book profits
New Delhi, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was an action-packed week, with markets volatile but range-bound for the first four days. On Friday, it appeared that markets had taken steroids and gained sharply, making new highs…
Astro Zindagi: Weekly Horoscope
New Delhi, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Here is a guide for the week ahead. This is your forecast for July 15-21. Aries This week makes you more introspective and brings out the darker side of life…
The Third Eye: Is Israel succeeding in Gaza?
New Delhi: In these nine months of its air and ground operations in Gaza in response to the terror attack of Hamas on October 7 last year, Israel has forcibly displaced 80 per cent of…
IANS Analysis: China under Xi Jinping — worse than ever?
New Delhi, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Xi Jinping assumed the presidency of China in March 2013, succeeding Hu Jintao as the primary leader of both the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the People’s Republic of…
Maharaj: Junaid Khan’s promising debut; Jaideep Ahlawat yet again steals the show
New Delhi: Netflix’s latest offering, “Maharaj”, steps away from Hindi cinema’s typical larger-than-life debut of a “nepo kid” and opts for a more strategic introduction of Junaid Khan, son of Aamir Khan. Based on the…
Curbing population growth: Challenges and expectations from Modi govt
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has made a provision in this year’s interim budget to constitute a High Power Committee to comprehensively consider the challenges arising from rapidly increasing population and demographic changes. Probably…
Macron set to reprise Jacques Chirac as France gears up for another cohabitation
New Delhi, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A French President, seeking a parliament more aligned with his ideology and programme of action, took the gamble by dissolving it prematurely for fresh elections – and ended up with…
Macron’s second ‘grenade’: Will Centrists-Left election ‘arrangement’ stave off far-right?
New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The French are voting on Sunday in the second round of the crucial parliamentary elections, with President Emmanuel Macron’s centrists in a tacit alliance of convenience with the second-placed hard-left…
FairPoint: LoP is not about reel-making
New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) When Rahul Gandhi debuted as the Leader of Opposition (LoP), everyone presumed that the seriousness of the post would be understood and followed accordingly. But, his performance in the first…
Momentum with bulls, but bears are on the prowl
New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Markets continued their upward trajectory and added to their gains. At one point in time, BSE SENSEX had crossed 80,000 and registered gains of 10,000 points since the low made…
The Third Eye: The new norms of war and peace
New Delhi: World War II with its crippling global devastation produced a lasting period of Cold War that was rooted in a sharp ideological division of the world in the competing philosophies of International Communism…
Astro Zindagi: Weekly Horoscope
New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for July 8-14. Aries This week, you will desire to be financially protected and have a…
‘Vote for.. or to vote at all’: Iran Presidential run-off presents stark choices beyond reformist vs hardliner (Lead)
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) He may have finished last in Iran’s Presidential race but cleric Mostafa Pourmohammadi made waves as the deemed conservative candidate not only displayed a rather progressive view but identified the…
‘To vote for.. or vote at all’: Stark choice for Iranians in Presidential race run-off
New Delhi, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) He may have finished last in Iran’s Presidential race but cleric Mostafa Pourmohammadi’s subsequent message to voters encapsulated the underlying issue the regime is grappling with – and not very…
Will Sunak’s Conservatives buck UK poll predictions or Starmer’s Labour reprise 1997 landslide?
New Delhi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Will UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak succeed in retaining power in an election under his leadership, or will his Labour opponent, Sir Keir Starmer, pull off a landslide, reminiscent of…
IANS Analysis: Understanding the Balochistan conundrum, a tale of brutal repression by Pakistan
New Delhi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Balochistan, a region of significant geopolitical importance, has been entangled in a complex and long conflict. Under the stringent control of a military regime led by Pakistan and its intelligence…
IANS Analysis: Chinese aggression with Philippines – a revisit to China’s old tactics
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chinese coast guards engaged in a confrontation with Filipino sailors in waters controlled by the Philippines while these boats were transporting daily supplies to the Philippine military. According to visuals…
Iran’s Presidential polls’ run-off – what it reveals about the mood of establishment and people
New Delhi, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Snap polls to elect the new Iranian President saw a new low in turnout and went into a runoff, as widely predicted. However, the position of the two candidates for…
FairPoint: If politics was like cricket
New Delhi, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) If politics was like cricket, then at the end of the match, the competing teams, no matter who won or lost, would shake hands, smile and move on. When India…