The political churning has begun ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, which are less than a year away. Although Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United president Nitish Kumar has taken the initiative to cobble up the Opposition unity and managed to ensure 16 out of 17 parties attended the first meeting he convened in Patna…
The 20-year-old World no.1 Carlos Alcaraz’s hard-fought win against the 23-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic on Sunday has stalled the latter’s effort to equal the record of Roger Federer, of winning the Wimbledon title for the eighth time. Alcaraz, up against the man who has been synonymous with the tournament for over five years…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up his two-day visit to France during which India has not only bought 26 fifth generation Rafale marine fighter jets as well as three Scorpene submarines, but to further strengthening its strategic partnership for advancing peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region. This was evident from the joint statement…
As never before the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists appear to be more than confident of a successful launch of the Chandrayaan-3, a mission to study the moon’s surface. The confidence is borne out of the lessons learnt from the failure of Chandrayaan-2, which crash landed due to a software glitch in 2019. Yet,…
India still may have a reasonable number of poor, yet one can categorically say that it is no longer a “poor country”. True, India’s population has quadrupled in the 75 years since Independence, but its progress on poverty reduction has been steady, particularly in the last 30 years or so. And, the great news finally…
The Opposition meeting convened on June 23 at Patna by the Janata Dal (United) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was attended by as many as 15 of the 16 parties to which the invites were sent. That meeting more or less proved a ‘flop show’ as it could not take up the agenda…
Amidst large scale violence that claimed more than 45 lives in the West Bengal panchayat polls, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) won 14767 gram panchayat seats, as against the 3344 seats of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Out of a total of 341 panchayat samitis, the TMC is leading in 28 while results of the other…
As usual, a section of the media appears bent upon undermining the recent Indo-US trade agreement, over the development of the semiconductor industry in the country. India and US have inked an MoU in this regard among other major agreements. As a result, the US-based Micron Technology has agreed to establish a Semiconductor Unit worth Rs 22,500 crore near Ahmedabad and has signed…
The spate of Khalistani attacks overseas comes in the wake of the arrest of Khalistan supporter Amritpal Singh. The posters inciting violence outside the Indian consulates in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, are creating a new headache for the Indian government. One of the factors that can be attributed to the Khalistanis’ reason behind…
With the general elections less than a year away, the political churning has begun in both the Telugu states. Shrewd Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, whose return to power looks a certainty, seems worried over the Central agencies, may be once again landing on his doorstep with the pending case of alleged money…
