The alliance of about 150 alleged civil society movements and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), spearheaded by the jailed and bailed anti-Narmada activist Medha Patkar and another convict and social activist Teesta Setalwad to extend their support to the newly-formed India National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) bloc of 26 Opposition parties to take on Narendra Modi-led National…
Yet another explosion in an illegal cracker manufacturing unit within three months gives abundant room for suspicion over the slipping law and order situation in the state of West Bengal. At least eight persons were killed when an explosion occurred on Sunday morning at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in the Mochpol area under Duttapukur…
Twenty-five-year-old Neeraj Chopra yet again made India proud on Sunday with his historic feat. He thus became the first Indian athlete to win the World Athletics Champions gold medal during the men’s javelin throw final event in Budapest. Chopra’s second attempt in the final saw him launch the javelin to a distance of 88.17 meters, which remained…
As anticipated Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew down directly to Bengaluru from Greece, where he had gone on a day-long bilateral visit after the BRICS meeting at Johannesburg to meet scientists at the Central command centre of the Indian Space Research Centre (ISRO) and congratulate them for the Chandrayaan 3’s successful landing on the Moon’s…
Thursday might not have favoured India’s 18-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in the FIDE World Cup at Baku, Azerbaijan’s primate city. World No.1 Magnus Carlsen defeated him 2.5-1.5 in the tiebreaker to lift the chess title with a prize money of $1,10,000. He might have lost to Carlsen, yet he is the third Indian to accomplish such…
The perfect soft touch down of the Chandrayan 3 mission on the moon’s surface on 23 August 2023 at the scheduled time of 6:04 pm demonstrates India’s prowess in space research and technology that matured over the last 61 years since the inception of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in 1962. The Indian National Committee…
The crucial moments are approaching and tension, if not excitement, not only among the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists as well as other major space players like the US, China, Russia, Japan, Canada and Israel but also every Indian. The countdown for the Chandrayaan-3 has begun when the Lander got separated from Rover on…
A sudden spurt in rape cases across the country has once again brought the issue to the debating table in the public domain over failing laws as well as the slow judicial process to ensure justice for the victims. The last political storm that rocked the nation was when a Delhi girl, Nirbhaya, was gang…
Sharad Pawar, the Maratha-strong man who is a ‘master strategist’ in cobbling up alliances among political parties, appears losing his credibility in politics, thick and fast. He might have succeeded in forging a grand tie-up between his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Congress and the hard-core Hindutva proponent, the Shiv Sena, by forming the Maha…
The Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the uploading of data collected in the recently-concluded Bihar caste-based survey by the Nitish Kumar government is welcome. Those who are opposing it argue that it violates the fundamental right to privacy, by compelling people to reveal their caste, which indeed sounds stupid and also ridiculous. The reason is…
