The ongoing dilemma surrounding Nato’s expanding portfolio of tasks has intensified under the Trump 2.0 administration which increasingly exposes an inner tension regarding the financial burdens associated with the alliance.
India’s fighter jet procurement strategy is at a crossroads, caught between immediate operational needs and long-term self-reliance goals.
“I received a letter just before I left office from a man. I don’t know why he chose to write it, but I’m glad he did. He wrote that you can go to live in France, but you can’t become a Frenchman.
The latest warning issued by President Donald Trump to Hamas marks a sharp escalation in rhetoric, reflecting his aggressive approach to foreign policy.
The debate over India’s delimitation exercise has once again exposed the growing fault lines between the northern and southern states. While redrawing parliamentary constituencies is a constitutional necessity, the formula for representation has become a deeply contentious issue.
The forward march of Netaji’s liberation army unnerved and unsettled the British rulers in India decisively.
It is difficult to find an equal of Subhas Bose in the entire history of the Indian freedom struggle against the British. He was born to an affluent family, had great academic excellence and oratorical power fit for a great statesman. Yet he was always different and aloof from other Congress leaders including Gandhi and Nehru. He was the only Indian nationalist to confront the British on the battlefield
Because of locational advantage, all power generated through renewable sources in some states will be sold out, and the consumers of those states will get power at lower tariff as transmission cost will be much lower. But thermal units of some other states will have to remain either shut or operate at higher cost forcing consumers to buy dearer power. So, the apprehension of uneven growth of different regions of the country is not unfounded
Proponents of reforms assert that if tariff of domestic and small consumers is to be kept low, responsibility of subsidization lies with the government and not on the industries for an indefinite period, because in many developed countries power tariff for industrial sector is always lower than that of domestic sector just to make industries more competitive in the global market
Before discovering the anthem Abid Hasan translated, let it be known that the setting could not have been more dramatic and historic. In 1943, Netaji and Hasan were on the German submarine that was stealthily making its way to East Asia from the shores of Germany. In the confines of the submarine, which Hasan described as ‘smelling of diesel oil’, the waves of creativity took over and the composition in Hindi of ‘Jana Gana Mana’was born.
