By Anasudhin Azeez The ruling Conservatives, opposition Labour and Liberal Democrats have unveiled their manifestos for the 2017 general elections. Whoever comes to power on June 8 will follow the manifesto commitments and they are…
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, May 20 (IANS) Has the horrific Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, considered the world’s worst industrial disaster that claimed nearly 4,000 lives and left hundreds of thousands with various stages of…
By Amulya Ganguli Considering that the score line in the last round of assembly elections before Narendra Modi’s third anniversary of the assumption of power was 3-2 in the Congress’s favour, one can only say…
By Ashok Easwaran As the US constitution was being drafted in utmost secrecy in 1787, an anxious citizen asked Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers, “Well, doctor, what have we got — a republic…
By Rajat Arora If you thought hypertension is a condition that affects only the adults and the elderly, you are otallyt mistaken. Paediatric hypertension is well on the rise. Primary hypertension is predominantly associated with…
By Amit Kapoor The Indian IT industry is at the crossroads. It first suffered the long-expected shock of the Trump administration’s policy shift against the H1B work visa programme. The US President’s executive order makes…
By Vipul Vivek As the impact of the worst northeast monsoon in 140 years unfolds across Tamil Nadu, farmers sowed a third less land than they did in 2015-16, water levels in six major reservoirs…
By M. Rajaque Rahman With the Supreme Court refusing to fast-track it and pushing for out-of-court negotiations, it is evident no legal verdict can resolve the vexed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. Way back in 1993,…
By Charu Bahri Mt Abu/Abu Road: One look at Puni Garasia, 14, was all it took Ashok Dave, a doctor operating a charitable mobile clinic service for 56 dusty, desolate hamlets in Sirohi, southwest Rajasthan,…
By Anasudhin Azeez The United Kingdom is just four weeks away from electing a new parliament. Both the ruling Conservatives and the Opposition Labour are giving finishing touches to their manifestos. But the electorate is…
By Saeed Naqvi Like Henry Kissinger, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman belongs to a growing tribe of strategists who insist that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been overshadowed, indeed overwhelmed, by a much bigger,…
By Amulya Ganguli There is little doubt that notwithstanding any achievement of Narendra Modi in the economic field or in partially curbing the saffron hotheads, Kashmir will be the scene of his biggest failure unless…
By Amit Kapoor India’s NPA problem has a flip side to it: the issue of rising corporate debts. The IMF, in its latest Global Financial Stability Report, warned that rising corporate debts were a risk…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, May 6 (IANS) Blood is certainly thicker than everything else. But now, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks to expand its footprint in Uttar Pradesh, especially in places where it…
By Saeed Naqvi Accustomed either to isolation or global dominance, the United States has in recent years been playing a third role. Ever since its power diminished following the 2008 meltdown, it finds itself running…
By Rajendra Shende On June 15, 1947, the New York Herald Tribune ran a headline that said “Joliot-Curie Rips America for an Atomic Energy Report”. Jean Fr?d?ric Joliot-Curie was a French physicist, a professor, a…
By Amulya Ganguli As in 2004, Sonia Gandhi is again trying to stitch together an alliance against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The objective is to field an opposition candidate for the presidential poll where…
By Frank F. Islam In 2010, during his first visit to India, President Barack Obama proclaimed: “I believe that India and America are indispensable partners in meeting the challenges of their times.” I agree wholeheartedly…
By Amit Kapoor Taxing agricultural income has always been a politically sensitive topic. This was evident last week after NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy spoke in favour of this above a certain threshold. Immediate clarifications…
Kathmandu, May 1 (IANS) In line with the promise to help Nepal conduct its civic polls, India on Monday handed over several vehicles to the Election Commission (EC) of the Himalayan republic. India’s Ambassador to…