Kolkata: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata on Saturday for his four-day diplomatic tour to India, with the city marking the opening leg of a visit that carries considerable political and historical resonance. His arrival in the eastern metropolis ended a 14-year hiatus since an American secretary of state last visited the…
Washington: US President Donald Trump is “seriously considering” launching fresh strikes against Iran if last-minute negotiations do not result in a peace deal, US media outlet Axios reported on Friday. It said that Trump met with a senior national security team in the morning to discuss the war on Iran even as Pakistan Army Chief…
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad maintained their now familiar hell-for-leather template, but even a thumping 55-run victory couldn’t prevent Royal Challengers Bengaluru from topping the points table at the end of their IPL league stage engagement here on Friday. Abhishek Sharma’s bat-swing, Ishan Kishan’s daredevilry and Heinrich Klaasen’s brute muscularity took SRH to a meaty total of…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said there is a tremendous potential for cooperation between India and Cyprus in new sectors such as semiconductors, space and Artificial Intelligence. Welcoming Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and his delegation to India, Murmu said that technology and innovation have emerged as some of the most forward-looking areas of…
Dr Sandhya Rani There was a time when political criticism in India revolved around ideology, governance, economics, national security, or public welfare. Today, however, some of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s critics appear deeply traumatised not by policy, but by his sunglasses, shoes, kurtas, wristwatches, and even the teleprompter placed before him during speeches. Apparently, in…
M Jaishree Every few months, social media erupts with alarming claims that the Indian Rupee has “collapsed” because the exchange rate against the US Dollar has weakened. Charts are circulated. Emotional comparisons are made. “The rupee has fallen from ₹45 to ₹85 per dollar,” they say, implying that Indians have somehow become half as rich….
Words matter. More so when they come from the highest constitutional offices in the country. A politician may survive on rhetoric. A television anchor may thrive on provocation. But the judiciary, particularly the office of the Chief Justice of India, is expected to embody restraint, balance, and constitutional sobriety. That is why the reported “cockroach”…
Indian politics has entered a new phase. We have had lotus politics, hand politics, broom politics, cycle politics, lantern politics and enough defections to start a furniture showroom. Now comes the newest entrant – the CJP. Not one, but two. First came the US-based Abhijeet Dipke’s Cockroach Janta Party – a movement that appears to…
A new voice of democratic dissent in the digital age In Indian democracy, the methods of expressing dissent have evolved over time. During the freedom movement, satyagraha and sit-ins were the primary means of political resistance, while at other times, literature, theatre, and journalism served to question power. As we enter the third decade of…
Lakshman Rao The sage Kakshivantha, born of the lineage of Uśij, raises his solemn invocation to the Vishvedevas in the dignified cadence of Trishtubh metre, as preserved within the sacred corpus of the Rigveda. Addressing the Ritvijas, the officiating priests, he exhorts them to perform the sacrificial rites with precision and reverence, offering oblations to…
