Former privacy judges question government’s Sanchar Saathi mandate decision
The government’s decision to withdraw its order requiring all smartphones sold in India to come pre-installed with Sanchar Saathi has drawn sharp criticism from former judges of the Supreme Court of India who had cemented...
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European pressure mounts on India as Putin lands for high-stakes state visit
Leaders from Britain, France and Germany have urged New Delhi to use its...
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Mosque near Kolkata airport disrupts secondary runway operations
The Bankra mosque, located within the operational footprint of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose...
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Mamata Banerjee pledges no detention camps amid SIR vote-roll drive
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has vowed that her government will not...
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak When Indian rupee was falling in the Mumbai market against US dollar on Wednesday, December 3, 2023 – sliding past the 90-a-dollar mark for the second day, plumbing a new low of 90.29 in the morning trade after opening flat at 89.96, analysts were pegging...
The Great AI Battle Between U.S. And China Is A New Version Of 21st Century Cold War
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: A global competition is reshaping technology, geopolitics, and the world economy as Washington and Beijing race to dominate artificial intelligence—with no guarantee of success. In the spring of 2024, executives at a prominent Chinese artificial intelligence company found themselves fielding an extraordinary barrage...
RSS Is Deliberately Reducing India’s Entire Past Within The Confines Of Rama Legend
By Nilotpal Basu Ram and the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya has been the most rewarding campaign for BJP, catapulting it to political hegemony in India’s contemporary political history. Ram, revered by many and attributed with divine quality, was part of the mythology which has been engrained...
Behind The Steep Fall Of Indian Rupee, There Are Many Factors Including Fall In Exports
By Anjan Roy The Indian currency has depreciated beyond the psychological level of Rs 90 to a dollar in course of trading during Wednesday. It closed at 90.22 at the close of trading. It now looks as though the Indian rupee is inevitably set for continuous depreciation. Some traders...
Latest Cyclone And Flood Situation In Asian Countries Is A Wake Up Call For India
By Tirthankar Mitra The deadly floods sweeping through Indonesia since last week mark a sobering moment for this region. It is a grim reminder that this region is long accustomed to the monsoon’s mood but rarely prepared for the nature’s most erratic turns. More than 500 people have been...
‘Under The Same Sky’: Palestinian-American Author’s Novel Shows Gaza’s Will To Survive
By Jenny Farrell NEW YORK: Leila Majaj Kirkconnell’s Under the Same Sky is more than a novel; it is a monumental work of witness and a significant literary achievement. It accomplishes what countless reports and statistics fail to do: It translates a vast, complex geopolitical tragedy into a deeply...
An Election Commission That Treats Critics As Enemies Has No Place In Democracy
By K Raveendran The steady erosion of trust between political parties and the Election Commission has become one of the more troubling developments in India’s democratic life, revealing an institutional drift that carries implications well beyond a single electoral cycle. The body entrusted with safeguarding the integrity of elections...
Russian President Putin’s Dec 4-5 Visit To Delhi Set To Reboot 70 Year Old Relationship
By T N Ashok How a seemingly routine bilateral summit could reset global energy flows, defence alignments, and Asia’s security geometrics. When Vladimir Putin steps onto the tarmac in New Delhi on December 4 , it will not be merely another ceremonial handshake between two leaders who have perfected...
The Rupee At 90 Leaves The RBI Exposed: India Currency Not Responding To High GDP Rate
By R. Suryamurthy India’s policymakers have grown comfortable repeating a familiar mantra: growth is strong, inflation is defeated, reserves are high, and therefore the economy is stable. But the rupee’s slide past ₹90.14 to the United States dollar has taken that mantra and torn right through it. What was...
Asia And The Pacific Is Now Ultimate Testing Ground For Artificial Intelligence
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Asia and the Pacific stands as the world’s most diverse region, where wealth and deprivation, stability and fragility, technological leadership and digital exclusion coexist side by side. This diversity makes it the ultimate testing ground for artificial intelligence (AI), a new UNDP report says. With...
India’s Data Credibility Problem Is No Longer A Whisper – It’s A Warning
By R. Suryamurthy India’s statistical system has always been vast—thousands of field investigators, dozens of ministries generating streams of administrative data, and a legacy built by some of the world’s finest statisticians. But size is no longer strength. The country’s data architecture is now creaking under its own weight,...
Aditya-L1, India’s Sun Watching Spacecraft Marks An Important Shift In Country’s Strategy
By Tirthankar Mitra India’s sun-watching spacecraft, Aditya-L1 is inching to face the moment it was built for. In 2026, the solar cycle will crest and the sun will flip its magnetic poles. And the familiar yellow disc will turn into a furnace of violent expulsions. For Aditya-L1, positioned patiently...
Akali Dal Is Getting Relevance To BJP As An Ally For 2027 Assembly Polls In Punjab
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Punjab political parties have started to gird up their loins for the forthcoming 2027 assembly elections. The present ruling party Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is anxious about retaining the throne, whereas the main opposition party congress is trying hard to regain its lost power....
IMF Categorising Indian Data In C Grade Casts Doubts About Govt Claim On GDP
By Krishna Jha There is the severe fall in growing household savings that can be measured in the observation that says that at least 95 percent cannot save any money. At the best the ratio stands at Rs 5 out of a hundred. The crisis has come down to...
Chile’s Right Consolidation Set To Win Presidential Run Off In December 14 Polls
By René Rojas NEW YORK: On November 16, Chile held its first general election since former student movement leader Gabriel Boric won the 2021 presidential runoffs as a candidate of a promising new left coalition. This time, however, a hard right emerged as the country’s dominant political force. It...
Behind The Nobel Prize: Controversial Alliances Of Muhammad Yunus
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury For decades, Muhammad Yunus has been hailed globally as the visionary behind microfinance- a Nobel laureate celebrated by presidents, philanthropists, and world leaders for lifting the poor out of misery. But as layers of his vast “Grameen” empire come under renewed scrutiny, a troubling...
Next Round Of Elections Are Just Five Months Away – Where Is The INDIA Bloc Doing?
By Nitya Chakraborty What is happening to the INDIA Bloc which gave just a big jolt to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his NDA in 2024 Lok Sabha elections? The BJP for the first time since the taking over of Narendra Modi as PM failed to get majority...
Disruption In Parliament Continued For The Second Day Over SIR
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Protests over demand for debate on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls continued for the second day of the winter session of the Parliament on Tuesday, December 2 causing disruption. Neither Houses – the Lok Sabha an Rajya Sabha – could conduct their business,...
