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‘HUMAN ERROR’ MAY HAVE CAUSED COROMANDEL TO ENTER WRONG TRACK

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...

CHINESE FIRMS CONTINUE TO INSTALL CCTVS AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IN INDIA

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...

APPLE EXPANDS BASEIN INDIA, REDUCES DEPENDENCE ON CHINA

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,...

Anti-India elements have a field day with Rahul Gandhi

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...

Meet Bengal’s Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid

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...

9 Years of Transformation: A Supplement

The Fourth Battle of Panipat beckons Prime Minister Modi

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...

Nine years of committed development, innovation

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...

Modi’s Kartavya Path eclipses Lutyens’ Delhi

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...

2019: The year that India regained its morality

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...

Accomplishing the ‘impossible’, the Modi way

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...

Modi government’s foreign policy has been transformative

As a result of the Narendra Modi government’s transformative foreign policy India today is no longer a supplicant in...

Prospects for agriculture bright with higher govt spending, farm exports

Indian agriculture may have been weathering a series of storms over the past one year, including a heatwave in...

NEP-2020 is just what India’s education system needs

In the third decade of the 21st century, humanity faces unprecedented pace of change in practically every sector of...

UNDER MODI GOVT, India beats the world in medical infrastructure

With the term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi entering its 9th year, the effect of his government’s healthcare policies...

India’s FDI rush: Past tense, present perfect

India’s much envied tag of a “hot destination” in the context of its appeal as a country to do...

9 Years of the Modi Economy: Stellar on most counts

MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE India’s economy (as measured by real GDP) has been the fastest-growing among the world’s 20 largest economies for...

A silent revolution in the water sector

As we mark the ninth anniversary of the Narendra Modi government, one of the biggest achievements which has not...

Indigenisation of Indian defence industry is the way to thrive

  istory bears testimony to the fact that all nations with strong military industrial set up had developed a strong...

Opinion

Implementation, not harsher laws, essential for success

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 berates Modi; US lawmakers extend PM rare honour in Washington

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...

Wrestling for elusive justice

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...

New Parliament: A moment of pride and reckoning

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...

Rohingya situation shows strategic shift in India’s foreign policy

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...

Human-AI collaboration could be transformative

But watchdogs and guardrails needed. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a mighty technological force, transforming various aspects of our...

Biden, Modi must ‘insure’ strong health diplomacy

Can India look into the US government’s healthcare insurance as a case study to take its Ayushman Bharat to...

India enters a unique phase in its history

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...

Make India the world’s factory

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...

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Beauty treatments from other parts of our globe

Unusual beauty treatments have been carried out since ancient times. Clearly, there seems to be an innate desire in...

An excursion in ink: Unveiling Delhi’s timeless triangle

DK & Aga Khan Trust for Culture launch the definitive guide to Humayun’s Tomb, Sunder Nursery and Nizamuddin. Delhi is...

Cultural exchanges with India important: Swiss Ambassador

Swiss ambassador Ralf Heckner speaks to The Sunday Guardian on the nature of the cultural ties between India and...

Sanatan Dharma is universal in its philosophy

Sanatan Dharma was unique in that it respected the individual over groups. There is nothing about Creation which is static....

Documents expose lapses by Sameer Wankhede in Aryan Khan...

Explosive details emerge of a sordid saga of how officials in influential positions did their best to misuse their...