The latest manufactured outrage over the Central government’s decision to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on new smartphones exposes the Opposition’s chronic habit of attacking first and understanding later. Congress, predictably leading the chorus, has rushed to label the app “intrusive” and “dictatorial,” as if the government were trying to plant surveillance tools inside every…
New Delhi: A C-17 transport aircraft of the IAF on Tuesday airlifted a para field hospital unit from Agra to Colombo, while the Indian Army deployed an integrated task force — a self-contained composite HADR contingent — under Operation Sagar Bandhu to provide critical relief, restore essential services and support families in cyclone-hit Sri Lanka….
New Delhi: Indian superstar Virat Kohli on Tuesday confirmed his availability to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy beginning on December 24, DDCA president Rohan Jaitley told PTI. Kohli, now a one-format player, is currently busy with the ODI series against South Africa. Kohli is returning to the Hazare Trophy for the first time since…
Moscow: The Russian cabinet has cleared the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen bilateral cooperation with India in civil nuclear energy during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the country on December 4-5. Russia’s Rosatom nuclear corporation, which is building several reactors at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, has been…
New Delhi: India and Russia are set to ink a number of agreements to enhance cooperation in an array of areas, including trade and healthcare, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two-day visit to New Delhi this week, Indian officials said on Tuesday. Both sides are also expected to seal a pact on mobility that will…
India’s judiciary has often been described as the last refuge of the common citizen. And yet, over the past decade, that refuge has repeatedly been weakened—not by government interference, as the Opposition theatrically alleges, but by internal decay: VIP culture in court corridors, celebrity lawyering masquerading as constitutional morality, midnight theatrics, forum shopping, frivolous PILs…
Some stray dogs are fortunate enough to be rescued by VVIPs and have a free tour of India’s most guarded place and the seat of power, like the Indian Parliament. Kudos to Madam Renuka Choudhary, a Congress Rajya Sabha MP in rescuing a stray dog in the streets of Delhi and giving it an intended…
Analysis of the long-term protection of national interests and digital sovereignty In the digital age, the global balance of power has shifted decisively from oil to data, from geopolitics to technopolitics, and from traditional trade to digital trade. At this juncture, India faces two parallel pressures and opportunities—on the one hand, the need to establish…
Emotions knocking at the digital door, stories of broken relationships, and a poignant portrait of the changing social psyche. Every morning and evening, some anonymous souls descend upon the virtual courtyard of Messenger, as if the doors of my mind are always open, waiting for them. Their messages flow so constantly, so uninterrupted, that it…
There he stands in the House, striking a pose that suggests he has just wandered in from a protein shake commercial. The white polo shirt is stretched to its limits, bravely clinging on as if participating in its own trust vote. Gone is the trademark khadi kurta – the last surviving reminder of an era…
