Trump, Xi and Putin – imperialists all
Over the past few weeks US president Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the United States should “take back” the Panama Canal and that it should assume control of Greenland – one way or another.
Over the past few weeks US president Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the United States should “take back” the Panama Canal and that it should assume control of Greenland – one way or another.
The centenary of the discovery of the ‘boson’ (1924) by Bengali physicist Satyendranath Bose has been celebrated throughout the last year.
The Delhi Assembly election results mark a significant political shift, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) securing a decisive victory, ending the decade-long dominance of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital.
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent marks a turning point in the country’s monetary policy after nearly five years of a steady stance.
US exceptionalism is reflected in a number of ways with important political ramifications. The electoral college and the composition of the Senate violates the modern democratic principle of majority rule.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed eight years in office on May 30. How has he steered the country during this period? Since the expectations were too high, has he been able to fulfil them? What are the hits and misses in these years?
Time, circumstances and even the post-pandemic desperation have led to an unprecedented portent of 'normalcy' with a flood of tourists stampeding the Kashmiri tourist sites.
More than 215,000 people in Bangladesh succumbed to pollution in 2019. The ever lurking, at times invisible, killer ~ air pollution ~ alone claimed about 175,000 lives.
Narinder Batra, of hockey, and Praful Patel, until recently Indian football's administrative supremo, have been given their marching orders legally, neither having presumably been deemed central to India's requirements in a year when we must take an Asian Games and a Commonwealth Games in our stride.
There ought to be no grouse against Thursday’s decision of the West Bengal cabinet to reserve the rarefied chair of Chancellor of state universities for the Chief Minister.
