By Asad Mirza In Persian there is an old proverb: “Amad’an, nashist’am, ghuft’am, barkhas’tam'”, meaning “they came, they sat, they talked and then dispersed”. It actually means to say that nothing substantial was achieved by…
By Arun Kejriwal Markets continued their volatile ways in the five-day week gone by. They lost on the first two days, gained on the next two and lost again on the final day. At the…
By DC Pathak In a democratic dispensation a citizen lives in three dimensions – personal, socio-cultural and political. Religion, mode of worship, food, health and family care – all fall in the personal domain and…
Mumbai, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) She made her mark in Bollywood as well as in the web space with films like ‘Margarita with a Straw’, ‘Fan’, ‘Jolly LLB 2′,’Article 15’ and ‘Axone’. Actress Sayani Gupta says…
By Pavan Kaushik It was April 2021 when I was also found to be infected with Covid, after a first dose of vaccine. My oxygen levels were fluctuating and fever was now coming down. It…
By N.C. Bipindra Of late, China has raised security concerns in the Indian Ocean region with strategic military sales like submarines to Bangladesh and Pakistan. China contends to be a key defence exporter to many…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, April 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Peace has been like an illusion for Nagaland. After decades of violence and subsequent years of negotiations, reportedly a breakthrough was achieved when all stakeholders held parleys…
By Asad Mirza The regional economic and political developments may have a near-immediate effect on the Indian economy, apart from the internal pressures. The recent regional economic and political crises in south Asia, most of…
By Deepika Bhan Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Jammu and Kashmir on April 24, the first after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, a contrasting picture has emerged in the union…
By Arun Kejriwal It was a tough week for the markets and contrary to expectations, they lost ground last week. It was a short trading session of a mere three days and markets lost on…
By Neeraj Dhankher Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for April 18-24 Aries Partnerships in business will be fruitful, and any business travels will provide positive outcomes….
By D.C. Pathak The April 7 ruling of the Supreme Court of Pakistan delegitimising the Deputy Speaker’s action of annulling the No Confidence Motion tabled in the National Assembly by the combined opposition and the…
By Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza Imran Khan was finally booted out of power on the early morning hours of April 10. This is the first time in the political history of Pakistan that a sitting…
Los Angeles, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the largest comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers, the agency has said. The estimated diameter of the largest icy comet nucleus is approximately 80…
By Asad Mirza It seems as if the Russia-Ukraine war has rendered the seminal work by Samuel Huntington “The Clash of Civilizations”, as completely wrong. As the narrative painted by him 30 years earlier, and…
Mumbai, April 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress and model Himanshi Khurana went on to become a household name after her stint in season 13 of the show ‘Bigg Boss’. The actress is a fitness enthusiast herself who…
By Deepika Bhan A video that went viral from the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar after the Friday prayers may be a manifestation of the bitter truth that all is not hunky-dory in Kashmir. Terrorists…
By Arun Kekriwal Markets opened with a bang on unexpected news of the HDFC Bank and HDFC Limited merger announcement on Monday morning. Thereafter markets corrected themselves and gained again only on Friday. At the…
By D.C. Pathak Crime including a stray incident of violence in public may have a personal motivation but there was nothing personal about an episode of mass violence — it was always instigated by politics,…
By Neeraj Dhankher Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for April 11-17 Aries You may have to put forth more effort this week to complete your tasks….