Possible “human error” may have caused one of India’s most dread- ful train accidents in which at least 288 passengers died and 950 were injured. How- ever, investigators are not ruling out the possibility of deliberate human interven- tion too, causing the acci- dent. The accident resulted from a...
The Indian government and its various arms continue to hire Chinese security cam- era suppliers to install their equipment in strategic loca- tions around the country. The Ministry of Aviation is- sued a tender to a Haryana- based company in March 2023 for the delivery of 42 different items to be uti- lised at Goa International Airport, Dabolim. This in- cluded, among other things, outdoor, indoor ptz (pan, tilt, and zoom) camera, VM (Virtual machines) server licence, VM camera licence server, outdoor fixed box cameras, video analytic software, outdoor, indoor camera, work station viewing licence and VMS and analytic...
American multinational technology company Apple is increasingly moving to- wards using India-based factories for its products. In the recently released sup- pliers’ list, 14 such facilities that provide material for,...
Former Congress president and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the United States has got embroiled in controversies within the first few days of his interaction with the Indian...
Two members of Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Con- gress who formed a team of outlaws like Butch Cas- sidy and Sundance Kid are under arrest for a string of financial scandals. Their arrests and subsequent confessions have turned into a facepalm moment for the state government.
The teacher selection scam is...
Haryana is the site of some of the most consequential battles in the long history of India, including that fought at Kurukshetra. The war fought on its plains between the Kauravas and the Pandavas more than three millennia ago is narrated in the Mahabharata, which though among the greatest...
The Narendra Modi government has proved that nothing is impossible if the intention is pure and determination is firm, with committed and continuous development through innovation even in the midst of a dreaded pandemic like the corona and amid a global economic recession. How...
On 28 May, the ninth anniversary of Narendra Modi’s regime Delhi is slated to begin on an auspicious note—the Sangol (sceptre) with which Jawaharlal Nehru had accepted power on the...
Historical atrocities coupled with the passage of time allow moral inequities to creep into the fabric of society where they become irrevocably embedded; so much so that these perverted norms...
Among contemporary politicians, few have the longevity in office that Narendra Modi does. Before nine years as Prime Minister, he served 13 years as Chief Minister of Gujarat. Few have his unique capacity to fight short term political battles—as...
During the period when the UPA was in office, there was a horrendous attack in 2012 on a young woman in a bus in the National Capital Region. As a consequence of the laws in force, one of the perpetrators, who had used a metal rod to commit unspeakable...
Rahul’s comment on Muslims and on Muslim League leave yet another trail of controversy abroad.
Controversy continues to dog Rahul Gandhi during his sojourns abroad. His remarks on India inthe UK in February led to BJP stalling Parliament as the MPs felt that India had...
The protest by several leading wrestlers, some of whom have won medals for the country, demanding action against the Wrestling Federation chief and BJP Member of Parlia- ment, Brij Bhushan...
The inauguration of the nation’s new Par- liament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a moment of pride; a historic event that sheds India’s past colonial legacy. Unfortunately, the...
While the Rohingya crisis of 2017, particularly the massive exodus of minority Muslims from the Rakhine state in Myanmar to neighbouring countries, has increasingly created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and has dominated international politics, surprisingly, it has made India...
Today India is among the top three countries in the world in terms of PhDs and in terms of a start-up ecosystem.
As the world digested the news that India is now the most populous...
For strategists who favour Zero Sum outcomes, there is a chain of logic in the way in which President Bill Clinton behaved towards the newly born Russian Federation. This was in effect to continue the policy pursued during the...
