New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump repeated the claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan last year, which he said could have turned nuclear, through tariffs. “I settled eight wars. Of the eight wars, at least six were settled because of tariffs. In other words, I said, ‘if you don’t settle this…
The Supreme Court of India has once again put the spotlight on the principle of reservation — not by striking it down or expanding it, but by asking a fundamental question: should the benefits of caste-based reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) continue to flow unabated through generations of the same families,…
Every time a supercar meets a divider, a footpath or a pedestrian in India, a familiar miracle occurs. The steering wheel, moments ago gripped by a young man with inherited wealth, is suddenly discovered to have been operated by someone else. Usually a driver. A report in The Times of India on a Lamborghini crash…
Dhaka: More than half the polling centres have been identified as “risk-prone” for the general elections in Bangladesh, as officials said 90 per cent of them will be under CCTV surveillance, with many policemen deployed in the capital, Dhaka, wearing body cameras. Officials said the Election Commission’s security system is based on risk assessment. “Security…
Colombo: Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan on Tuesday said they will approach their high-profile clash against India with a positive and attacking mindset. Pakistan called off its boycott of the match against India late on Monday night. The two teams will meet in a marquee contest here on February 15. “We’ll go in with the same…
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Tuesday thanked India for providing support for the upcoming elections in Nepal. Nepal is set to hold the House of Representatives elections on March 5, the first since last year’s deadly Gen-Z protests that toppled the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government. During a meeting with Indian Ambassador…
New Delhi: Opposition parties on Tuesday put in motion the process to oust Om Birla as Lok Sabha speaker, alleging that he had acted in a “blatantly partisan” manner in the House and prompting him to step aside from chairing the proceedings till the matter is settled. Congress’ deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav…
Pakistan’s sudden U-turn on playing India in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup was neither sporting goodwill nor diplomatic maturity. It was a reluctant retreat, forced by hard realities the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Shehbaz Sharif government can neither deny nor escape. Behind the loud rhetoric, moral posturing and manufactured outrage lay an uncomfortable…
As a woman—and a first-generation political practitioner with the benefit of academic grounding—I watched last week’s developments in the Lok Sabha with deep dismay. What allegedly unfolded was not mere parliamentary disorder, but something far more disturbing: reports and widespread parliamentary chatter suggesting that a group of Opposition women MPs had planned a coordinated commotion…
In the court of Virāṭa, Bhīmasena beheld the cruel and shameless bearing of Keechaka and the sight struck him with such horror that even Dharmarāja, ever watchful, measured within himself the course that must follow. Bhīma, unable to endure the violent and lust-driven assault committed before his eyes, unconsciously assumed the stance of a warrior…
