Rejoicing Maths Day
By Abhishek Tandon As it’s rightly said – mathematics is what you make of it. Perhaps, mathematics is more of Arts than Science and the art lies in how skillfully an educator can teach the…
Opinion
People’s movements symbolise people’s power
By Asad Mirza Arab Spring and Shaheen Bagh sit-out emerge as two examples of popular and strong people movements in the recent history. The past week marked the tenth and first anniversary of two different…
Festivities to continue but tighten your belt
By Arun Kejriwal New Delhi, Dec 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The week saw the benchmark indices continue its upward march and markets register new lifetime highs. SESENSEX gained 861.68 points or 1.87 per cent to close at…
Outcome of 1st Test will go in favour of team that catches well
By Yajurvindra Singh The much-awaited day-night Test match between India and Australia is finally underway in Adelaide. The match being played with a pink ball will require both teams to play patiently and carefully. India,…
Revival of agitational politics
By D.C. Pathak The stir led by the agriculturists of Punjab against the recently enacted triple laws that were intended to reform the rural economy and enhance the income of farmers, predictably turned early into…
Changing dynamics of the Palestine-Arab relationship
By Asad Mirza Many Arab countries, and Saudi Arab in particular are having a rethink on their relationship with the Palestinians. Many recent developments in the Arab world and the change of guard in the…
Bulls versus Bears: Who will win?
By Arun Kejriwal Markets had another good performance last week and gained ground. BSESENSEX gained 1,019.46 points or 2.26 per cent to close at 46,099.01 points. NIFTY gained 255.30 points or 1.93 per cent to…
Voting begins for Goa zilla panchayat polls
Panaji, Dec 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Voting for the zilla panchayat (ZP) polls in Goa, which has 203 candidates in the fray contesting from 48 constituencies, began on Saturday morning. The polling process began at 8 am…
India needs more than laws to stamp out farm fires
By Poornima Advani The Indian capital, Delhi’s air pollution, has turned from low to severe over the course of the Diwali weekend due to burning of crop stubbles in nearby states and people bursting crackers…
Liquidity infusion to continue to drive markets
By Arun Kejriwal December began on a promising note with the BSESENSEX gaining 500 points on the very first day of trading. After remaining flattish for the next two days, the week ended with yet…
Liberal cleric sounds like a contradiction but not Kalbe Sadiq
BY SAEED NAQVI Mir Taqi Mir describes his ‘perfect’ man in a rubayee: “Miliye us shaqs se ke jo aadam hovey Naz apne kamal par use kum hovey Boley to usey sunne ko aaye khilqat…
India’s ODI win just the catalyst for Test series
By Yajurvindra Singh The initial two disastrous losses that India faced in the One-day Internationals against Australia had all their followers in a state of disbelief. The daggers were drawn to attack India’s front-line bowlers…
China- Pak: Why they are allies and not in an alliance
By Ranjit Singh China-Pakistan relations have been described by many political leaders of both countries with platitudes like ‘all weather’, ‘iron brother’ or ‘higher than the mountain and sweeter than honey’ at various stages of…
Sena leader compares ‘Azaan’ with ‘Maha-Aarti’, sparks row
Mumbai, Nov 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra’s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party were on Monday again in a confrontation – this time over ‘Azaan’ and ‘Maha-Aarti’. Shiv Sena’s South Mumbai Vibhag President Pandurang…
Post-pandemic economic growth dominates G20 Summit
By Asad Mirza The virtual G20 Summit in Riyadh, which was organised under the direct supervision of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS), was indeed able to showcase the leadership capability of the…
Benchmark indices to consolidate while broad markets to rally
By Arun Kejriwal Markets behaved on expected lines and made new highs on the benchmark indices. BSESENSEX gained 267.47 points or 0.61 per cent to close at 44,149.72 points while NIFTY gained 109.90 points or…
Kashmir polls: BJP’s national agenda vs. Gupkar Alliance’s reclaim cry
BY DEEPIKA BHAN The maiden District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir, being held in eight phases, are no doubt historic but they are also of existential consequence for the entire political spectrum in…
The new team in Washington surveys West Asia Trump leaves behind
BY SAEED NAQVI For the new team being announced by the Biden administration any innovation can only follow repair work of the considerable wreckage that is being left behind by the outgoing team. At this…
‘This isn’t a movement by farmers’
By Kailash Vijayvargiya New Delhi, Nov 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the name of opposing the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm…
MLA Lalan Paswan lodges FIR with vigilance dept against Lalu Prasad
Patna, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Pirpaiti in Bhagalpur district Lalan Paswan lodged an FIR with the vigilance department in Patna on Thursday afternoon in connection with tape-gate. Paswan claims that Rashtriya…