Seven years of ‘statesmanship’
By Raman Suri India, like the rest of the world, is facing a pandemic, which till today has affected 168,599,045 people and resulted in 3,507,477 deaths worldwide. Amid this crisis, the world has also started…
Opinion
Jahnavi Dhanrajgir: A big project can get an actor noticed but growing takes time
Mumbai, May 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Jahnavi Dhanrajgir, who is part of the web series “Broken But Beautiful 3”, says bagging a big project can give you the big break but growth in the industry takes…
Self seekers’ pretensions for peace in Afghanistan
By Samuel Baid The Taliban’s strategy is not to allow peace in Afghanistan unless it is allowed unchallenged power to rule the country in the name of Islam. That reminds one of the strategies of…
India can play pivotal role in Afghanistan’s stability after US withdrawal
As the United States prepares to pull out the entirety of its remaining 2,500 troops from Afghanistan (Liptak, 2021) – a move fast being followed by NATO allies in the war-tattered nation (North Atlantic Treaty…
Maritime militia give China the edge in South China Sea
By Prof. Carl Schuster According to reports, China recently warned the United States that it will face defeat if the two superpowers go to war. This warning is a testimony to what China thinks about…
Country’s medical system needs a revamp
By Asad Mirza During the continuing Covid pandemic, one fraternity, which has been eulogised for its dedication and services in India, is the medical fraternity. Till date as per the Indian Medical association (IMA), 1017…
Can Boris Johnson be both Indophile and Sinophile?
By Gray Sergeant UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has previously described himself as a “son-in-law of India”, owing to his former wife’s Indian mother. According to reports, he is a self-proclaimed Indophile. While in office,…
Volatile expiry and choppy markets ahead
By Arun Kejriwal Markets had a decent week last time around, but Fridays movement opens up many more possibilities going forward. BSESENSEX gained 1,808.25 points or 3.71 per cent to close at 50,540.80 points while…
The great Indian Crypto circus
By Srinath Sridharan Amongst all its Indian stakeholders, there are strong undercurrents, deafening official-silence and unofficial-posturing, all around. Over the past few months, the government has had its varying views & intent about crypto. The…
Maritime partnerships are key to promoting national interest
BY BINAY KUMAR SINGH During the Raisina Dialogue, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, in articulating his description of the ‘India Way’, said that India is now “more of a decider or a shaper rather than…
It’s time BJP rethinks Andhra strategy
BY NARENDRA PUPPALA Much on the lines of the Dubbaka assembly bypoll in neighbouring Telangana, where the BJP scored an upset victory and went on to rattle the ruling TRS party in the Hyderabad civic…
People should not let the country down
BY D.C. PATHAK The deadly second wave of Covid-19 has provoked an intense public debate and anger on the reasons why it was allowed to hit us at all and the points raised have varied…
In defense of Israel
By Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza Israel has “deep pockets” and “they control media”, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said during an interview on CNN. He vomited out these vile accusations while comfortably forgetting the…
Responsibility in honoring the Gaza ceasefire
By Jonathan Zadka As the hostilities from Gaza have halted, we enter a very delicate and sensitive period in hope that the terrorist organisations in the coastal enclave will indeed honour the ceasefire, and stop…
How is Israel-Hamas ceasefire different this time?
By Major General S.B. Asthana The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after 11 days of deadly hostilities is a welcome step for the innocent people suffering casualties in the crossfire, provided all sides observe this…
208 dead in Israeli-Palestinian hostilities: UN
United Nations, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 208 people have been killed and some 1,500 others injured in a week of the ongoing airstrikes and rocket shellings between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the…
Lancet editorial on India’s fight against Covid biased and misguided
By Pankaj Chaturvedi I read the editorial in The Lancet titled ‘Indias Covid-19 emergency published on May 8, 2021. Let me quote from the article, “India will see a staggering 1 million deaths from COVID-19…
Palestinian Issue: Is A Solution Possible?
By Asad Mirza During the last week hundreds of Palestinian protesters have been wounded in clashes with Israeli police and more than 197 are dead in Gaza and 10 in Israel, 42 were killed in…
Markets to continue to remain Indecisive with downward bias
By Arun Kejriwal Trading for the four-day week began on a strong note, but markets went into a correction mode for the next two days and Friday saw a flat market. BSESENSEX ended the week…
A new bipolarity is in the offing
BY D.C. PATHAK The Cold War that ended three decades ago, inevitably left behind a legacy, existing even today, of a divide between the US-led West and the residual of the world of Communism inherited…