OPINION
No punishment for 26/11 terrorists
At a special meeting of UNSC on Counter-Terrorism held in Mumbai last month, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar blasted the members for failing to act against key 26/11 plotters due to political considerations. This was a clear hint at China's defence of Pakistani terrorists who are mainly against India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PoJK/GB needs your attention sir
Imagine there is no running water for months and you and your women and children have to fetch water from the polluted river day in and day out. Imagine you are not being paid your salary and the local shop keeper refuses to give you food essentials on credit unless you clear the existing debt. Imagine you have been given the sack without prior notice and the school your children go to refuses to let them sit in the class room due to ono-payment of tuition fees.
Who cares for heritage? Neither state government, nor locals
Rather many feel that due to the heritage monuments, Agra's industrial development has suffered a blow, resulting in high unemployment rate and impoverishment. As a fallout of the PIL by eco lawyer M.C. Mehta, industries in the Taj Trapezium Zone, spread over 10,400 sq kms, were forced to down shutters or switch over to natural gas.
Trump's bid for presidency in 2024 'dicey' even if some Republicans support
Trump had been advised first by his closest allies and friends not to announce his bid for presidency in 2024 before the midterm polls on November 08 and wiser counsel prevailed. But his humiliating defeat in the senate and house where his candidates flopped and his promised red wave failed to materialize, has robbed him of centre stage and he wants back.
India Food Inflation - Moderation in Sight?
Several government measures taken include higher fertiliser subsidy, cut of import duties on edible oils, ban on wheat and broken rice exports, export duty on non-basmati rice and compensation to farmers for crop damage from recent rains (announced by some states).
Will Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra pass peacefully through Rajasthan?
This Yatra has passed peaceful through states like Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra, among others, which are ruled by non-Congress governments. However, in Congress-ruled Rajasthan, the situation remains worrisome as the party's office-bearers in Hadauti region have demanded the high command to settle the leadership issue before the Bharat Jodo Yatra enters the desert state in the first week of December.
American democracy at peril?
Usually in a democratic system, every ruling party suffers from the incumbency factor in mid-term elections it faces. However, in President Joe Biden's case, the election results suggested that added to the incumbency, voters also punished him for the steepest inflation in 40 years.
Nehru-Bhabha's 'scientific fusion' triggered India's 'nuclear fission'
In this endeavour, Nehru found a doyen, Mumbai's legendary scientist, Dr Homi Bhabha, who, after a trip to Europe, wrote to the Prime Minister in April 1948 on the need for taking the first baby steps towards a peaceable nuclear programme for self-reliance and progress, in the form of the �Atomic Energy Commission' (AEC). Both Nehru and Bhabha were intellectual giants, with a scientific temperament, who understood and held each other in high esteem, guided or advised each other, at times admitted or ignored slights, and worked towards the common goals for India's future.
The man who saw tomorrow: Nehru's steadfast opposition to Princely India
Jawaharlal Nehru in Delhi on June 23, 1946, speaking to members of the press after being forced to come back by the Indian National Congress when he was interned at the Uri Dak Bungalow for two days by Maharaja Hari Singh's forces as he tried to enter Kashmir. When the decoloniser Lord Mountbatten arrived in India in March 22, 1947, to replace Viceroy Lord Wavell, the short order was to execute the transfer of power from the British Crown to India.
Serfs no more: How Nehru united people to rise against princely tyranny
Nehru personally stormed the bastions of the princely states to send a message that he opposed the enslavement of people when another part of the same country in contiguous areas was rebelling against the British in search of freedom from the chains of servility. He was constantly rattling their cage with fiery speeches, personal interventions and policy adjustments.
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