OPINION
The partisan Turk who is UN President
On a visit to Pakistan, he endorsed the contentious Pakistani view on Kashmir, urging it to raise the Kashmir issue 'more strongly' at UN platforms. He also linked the Kashmir and Palestine issues. He had nothing to say about Pakistan's illegal occupation of a part of Jammu and Kashmir, its attempts at incorporating Gilgit Baltistan as a Pakistani province, and the plight of Turkish origin Muslims in China.
Why is Congress high command silent on rising signs of discord in Rajasthan?
Six-time MLA Hemaram Choudhary resigned from the Congress government on May 22 and he seems reluctant to withdraw his resignation. Another MLA, Ved Prakash Solanki, has threatened to resign. Both are aligned to former state Congress chief and ex deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot's group.
G-7 Summit 2021: Reality and expectations
There is a lot of optimism ahead of the gathering in Cornwall. US and UK government sources have briefed that the G7 will demonstrate that "the West ain't over just yet". The optics are bound to be promising. For the US it'll give a chance to prove that 'America is back', while for the UK it'll help to give a boost to its ‘Global Britain' strategy.
Palestine, the old conflict in a new context
The conflict between Hamas and Israel is fundamentally about the claim on the Al Aqsa mosque, the third most important religious site for Muslims after Mecca and Medina, and the Temple Mount, the holiest place in Judaism -- both located in the same premises.
Has Taj Mahal become safe from environmental pollution?
Visitors who see the Taj Mahal for the first time never forget to ask the guides: "Is it turning yellow?" The explanation given by the guides is that it is the natural ageing process and has nothing to do with industrial pollution, as all polluting industries in the Agra region have been shut down by the Supreme Court.
On Kashmir, UNGA President might have got it all wrong
Pakistan, and not Kashmir, is the stumbling block to peace in South Asia unless it withdraws its military and all aliens from the occupied territories of Pakistan occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), a demand that was made in the UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 47 passed on April 21, 1948.
Maintaining positivity in Covid times
Even in this difficult situation it is possible to open up many routes of positive thinking. First of all, the 'fear of the unknown' that is taking a heavy toll of self-confidence among the people can be mitigated by grasping the essence of what is 'known' about the risk from this virus.
Seven years of 'statesmanship'
Unlike Congress and other past rulers, these seven years didn't see even an iota of corruption, coal blocks were auctioned in the most transparent manner, spies within the system were weeded out, defence forces were strengthened by making all the necessitated purchases like Apache helicopters and Rafale jets besides building tanks and missiles indigenously.
Social media row: Indians can't be treated as guinea pigs anymore
Amid an absence of a dedicate law on misinformation -- as other nations move on to penalise social media firms (Russia has just fined Twitter about $259,000 for its failure to remove banned content) -- India currently has an insufficient IT regime to regulate social networks, which have grown so big that taming them need more than just firing notices every now and then.
With China on the backfoot in the perception war, India needs to step up its game in Africa
Analysts say that India has, in recent years shown inconsistent signs of re-engaging with Africa--a resource rich continent, which, on account of its mineral wealth is bound to play a key role to power the electric car revolution and the Industry 4.0. economy.
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