Most of the wars are fought over territorial disputes between two neighbouring countries, and a few were fought in the past because of the hegemonic attitude of either an individual (WWII) or countries (Cold War era) with the intention to dominate the world. The Iran-Israel war belongs to neither of them, nor is a war…
Los Angeles (LA) is burning today, not by the Californian wildfires but by the fire ignited by protesters in the streets by torching vehicles, attacking police, putting road blockades, and hoisting flags of different countries and burning the American flag. The fire erupted because of the high-handedness of Marines and National Guards deployed by President…
The inevitable has happened. An inconvenient friendship between the most powerful man in the world, Donald Trump, and the richest man, Elon Musk, lasted for seven months and turned them into bitter foes in a short period. That the relationship lasted this long, in itself, is surprising. They both seem to have believed that they…
It took just 72 hours to bring Pakistan to its knees begging for a ceasefire in Operation Sindoor that was launched by India in the early hours on 7 May 2025. Kudos to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving such an apt name to the operation to avenge the inhuman and heinous act of the…
The response of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to teach Pakistan a lesson is a deviation from his direct-action approach of “Gar mein gus ke mare gein”. This time he has changed his strategy that combines the virtues of both Chanakya and Sun Tzu. The former was a scholar, philosopher, and a royal advisor to Chandragupta…
Vox populi, vox Dei, meaning the voice of the people is the voice of God, is a Latin phrase that tells us that the real power lies with the people in a constitutional democracy where the rule of law prevails. Today, we are witnessing a tug-of-war between the three pillars of democracy – the legislature,…
Dr. R K Chadha The splash down of the Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Florida today, 19 March 2025 at 3.27 am IST brought back Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore to Earth after 286 days along with other NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9. Watching the Dragon module with parachutes in place before it splashed on the…
The Maha Kumbh 2025 will be remembered primarily for its unprecedented gathering that is likely to cross 60 crore mark by the end of the mela on 26 February 2025. A venomous campaign to denigrate the event pursued throughout by the opposition leaders of Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) to Lalu’s Rashtriya Janata…
The year 2025 started with a release of the government’s first advance estimates of a slowdown in the country’s GDP growth to 6.4% in the FY24 against a projected 7% +. Despite the best efforts of the government to grow at 8-10%, we are stuck at 7% average annual growth for the last three decades…
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) puts the first brick of the superstructure of India’s home in space when it succeeded in coupling two Indian satellites in space, today, under its SpaDeX space program. This success will give a big boost to speed up the race to establish Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) in a decade. Space…
