Cyber security conundrum
By D.C. Pathak Sometimes the roots of a problem are obscured by discussions on the ‘enormity’ of its possible repercussions — some of this is happening in the way experts were making their expansive analysis…
Opinion
Fault lines widening amongst Indian Muslim religious leaders
By Asad Mirza New Delhi, May 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Recent outreach activities by Muslim leaders across India relays very disturbing and hopeless signs, instead of formulating a strategy to unify the Indian Muslims, these leaders are…
Markets to rally in the short term
By Arun Kejriwal Markets were under severe pressure and lost sharply during the last week. They lost on all the five days of the week gone by. At the end of it all, BSESENSEX was…
Lanka Impact: India must prepare for growing Chinese presence, refugee influx
By Kavya Dubey As Ranil Wickremesinghe ascends as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the sixth time, how he takes control of the crisis riling the island country is critical both for India and for…
Hybrid work environment is a welcome evolution of management
By D.C. Pathak Work from home, a practice businesses were compelled to adopt due to Covid, was initially seen as a ‘disruptive’ outcome of the pandemic lockdown for both the corporate body as well as…
Rahul Bhat’s killing shows all’s not well with Centre’s J&K policy
By Deepika Bhan The killing of Rahul Bhat has exposed chinks in the Modi government’s Kashmir policies and raises questions about its claim that normality has been restored in the valley. There is nothing normal…
Political philosophy of Imran Khan
By Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza In this article, I am going to make an attempt to look into Imran Khan’s mindset and try to explain the deep rooted political psychology of his so-called anti-colonial rhetoric….
Of smokes and mirror: Pakistan’s flawed Afghan ambitions
By Chayanika Saxena The fall of Afghanistan to a puritanical group, the Afghan Taliban, has brought with it a host of challenges not only for the war-ravaged country itself but for the larger geopolitical dynamics…
Kerala bypoll: Star campaigner Vijayan’s return likely to be delayed
Kochi, May 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) CPI-M’s star campaigner for the May 31 Thrikkakara Assembly bypoll, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, currently undergoing treatment in a US hospital, might miss the first election convention of the party on…
Why Belgium’s elections will be a test for European values
By Ranjan Mukherjee The upcoming elections in Belgium have given rise to a political party of Muslims who have acquired citizenship over the years and have grown in numbers fast enough to be able to…
No OPEC Or A New OPEC?
By Asad Mirza After working on devising methods to counter moves by OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), the largest consortium of oil producing nations across the globe, over the last two decades considered…
Markets likely to recover some lost ground
By Arun Kejriwal It was a topsy-turvy week and the good part was that it was for just four days. Markets were super volatile and lost on two of the four trading days with the…
India’s thrust at the global stage
By D.C. Pathak A nation’s strategic approach is by definition meant to take care of the security and economic interests of the country and it is truly remarkable that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy on…
Multi-sectoral development program changing the destiny of Muslims in 90 districts
By Dr. Shujaat Ali Quadri Conditions are changing in 90 districts of India because of the developmental plans in the minority-majority districts. These 90 districts were classified as MCD in 2008. It is a regional…
An intermeeting RBI/MPC surprise: Hits, misses and takeaways
By Suyash Choudhary New Delhi, May 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a surprising turn of events, RBI / MPC made an intermeeting decision to hike repo rate by 40 bps and CRR by 50 bps. Though since…
France rejects far-right
By Asad Mirza French President Emmanuel Macron clinched another five-year term in the Elysee Palace, becoming the third politician to achieve this feat. His victory also bought sighs of relief, from Brussels to Washington. Macron…
Market waiting for global cues to decide trend
By Arun Kejriwal The week that ended on April 29 was full of both sided sharp moves. The week began with an expected fall, rose the next day, fell the next day and kept on…
Pit Stop in D.C.
By Yashwant Raj Washington, May 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Afghanistan’s former President Ashraf Ghani fled the country last August as the Taliban continued their swift sweep of the country and were poised to attack Kabul. He allowed…
Growing importance of intelligence
By D.C. Pathak End of the Cold War marked the beginning of an era of covert offensives, externally instigated insurgencies and proxy wars. Interestingly, even a military intrusion like the one ordered by President Putin…
Allahabad HC judge recuses himself from Ashish Mishra case
Lucknow, April 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Allahabad High Court judge has withdrawn himself from hearing the bail plea of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case….