Astro Zindagi
By Neeraj Dhankher Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for July 4-10 Aries This week, you might try something novel that will help you stand out from…
Opinion
Politics by proxy is disturbing internal peace
By DC Pathak The diminished opposition in the second term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in office has stepped up its propaganda offensive against the regime and in concert with certain civil society fora in…
‘Instrument of Last Resort’ marches on ‘Agnipath’: How can it lead to better operational effectiveness?
By Major General S.B. Asthana Strategic Scenario India faces an unique strategic scenario in which it has unsettled borders with two nuclear neighbours, both of which are illegally occupying some of its territory, as well…
New Global Development Partnerships
By Asad Mirza Within a week two strong messages have emanated from the two sparring world powers, aimed at controlling the world or realigning the current global order. US President Joe Biden on June 26…
Markets to remain choppy in expiry week with range bound movement
By Arun Kejriwal The week gone by behaved on expected lines and saw a decent recovery in the markets. It initially began just as a pullback but gathered steam as the week moved on and…
Shinde’s rebellion a wake-up call to all dynasts
By Deepika Bhan The happenings in Maharashtra have thrown up several questions. Is it really a rebellion against a dynasty or a political tussle to get power? Eknath Shinde has made it a fight for…
Business Intelligence is crucial for corporate success in Covid times
By D.C. Pathak In the age of knowledge ushered in by the IT revolution, success in business is mandated on the corporate entity being well-informed about the environ around and committed to knowledge-based decision making…
Calcutta HC turns down GNLF’s plea for postponing GTA polls
Kolkata, June 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Friday, turned down Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF)’s plea for postponing the elections for the new board of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA)….
‘Market must count all costs in Russian oil flow upheaval’
By Paul Hickin The West’s boycott of Russian barrels will be the oil market’s ultimate test. While it has an impressive record of adapting to unthinkable shifts in trade patterns, from self-imposed embargoes on US…
Russia-China ties under stress?
By Asad Mirza Recent events in Ukraine and Taiwan are once again testing the Russia-China ties, as neither has commented upon or shown support to each others actions in different theatres of action. Two time-tested…
Markets to recover some lost ground
By Arun Kejriwal It was a bad week at the markets and they fell quite sharply. Indian benchmark indices fell on all the five trading sessions and hit new 52-week lows in the process. These…
As Agnipath fire singes India, some questions for our politicians
By Deepika Bhan Agnipath — whenever one comes across this word, one is reminded of the 1990 Amitabh Bachchan film, ‘Agneepath’, which was also the title of a famous motivational poem by his father, Harivansh…
The world must acknowledge equality of all religions
By D.C. Pathak India, the world’s largest democracy, continues to be run on a Constitution that has secularism built into its framework by way of ‘one man one vote’, equal opportunity provided by the Centre…
US police solve year-old killing of Indian-origin businessman while another shot dead
New York, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian-origin businessman has been shot dead inside a store in the US this week while police have solved the year-old case of the killing of another in the crime…
The Crypto Saga Unfolds
By Satish Reddy PART 1 There is no dearth of issues in the financial world with sharply dividing opinions. Please welcome the new entrant, Cryptocurrencies, rapidly emerging as the most prominent bell weather of the…
It’s important to set a precedent in acting against religious offenders
By Kavya Dubey As Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal were made to relinquish their BJP posts due to their comments that amount to offending socio-religious sentiments, and the salvo of diplomatic reprimands that followed, we…
Rate hikes and downward pressure to weigh on markets
By Arun Kejriwal Markets were under pressure on expected lines and lost on four of the five trading sessions. Thursday was the sole exception for the week when markets recovered ground quite sharply driven and…
We should endeavour to reach our own Enlightenment
By D.C. Pathak Gautam Buddha achieved Enlightenment and left behind precious teachings for his followers pertaining to various stages of awakening of the mind on the primordial questions of uniqueness of human existence and the…
‘Expecting The Unexpected’
By Navneet Munot Over the years, financial markets have grown used to expecting the unexpected. Almost any passage of time in the history of financial markets is replete with events which have taken market participants…
Time to forego religious hatred
By Asad Mirza For the past fortnight the largest minority in the country has been put at unease due to a controversy that is not political but religious in nature. The incident is related to…