Politics
Biden Yemen policy reset major setback to Saudi Ar...
February 8, 2021
While it was certain that the new President of the United States Joe Biden would modify and even reverse several of the most controversial decisions taken by his predecessor Donald Trump, the pace and the range of these radical alterations in US policy, notably the foreign policy...
Read MoreGovt jobs or protests? Nitish Kumar asks Bihar to ...
February 7, 2021
Within days of news that Uttarakhand Police were going to keep track of ‘anti-national’ social media posts while conducting police verification for passport applications, reports emerged from Bihar indicating that the state government had apparently decided to go even furth...
Read MoreHow farmers’ protest in India became a global is...
February 4, 2021
It took just one question from American pop star Rihanna to apparently leave the Indian government shaken to its core. On February 2, global icon Rihanna posted a one-liner and asked her 101 million Twitter followers “Why aren’t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest” whil...
Read MoreVaccine Maitri: India shows the way to cooperative...
February 2, 2021
French scientist Louis Pasteur discovered the boon of vaccination by using a weakened virus way back in the 19th century with the first vaccine that he developed for chicken cholera. Since then, such vaccines have become the first line of defence against many communicable disease...
Read MoreMyanmar coup: Don’t shed tears for Aung San Suu ...
February 1, 2021
Finally, political situation in Myanmar has turned a full circle. Like many other south-east Asian nations, Myanmar has never been a true democracy. Ever since the assassination of Aung San, Father of the Nation, who led the country to freedom from the British rule, the count...
Read More“Is police here to protect us or forcibly evict ...
January 29, 2021
A day after the chaos at Red Fort and ITO when protesting farmers clashed with police, the mood was tense at various protest sites on the borders of Delhi. There was confusion as two minor groups of farmers had decided to withdraw from the protest and the Uttar Pradesh government...
Read MoreThe peaceful protest that was…
January 28, 2021
Till eve of the Republic Day, everything seemed to be going as per plan and meticulous planning has been the one of the most outstanding qualities of the farmers’ protest at Delhi borders. After all, it has taken a whole lot of detailed planning to set up and run with clockwork...
Read MoreMisguided path & unexpected turn of events at...
January 27, 2021
Violence broke out early on Tuesday morning just as the tractor rally of farmers at Ghazipur in eastern Delhi had begun its fateful journey. With batons charge and use of tear gas shells by the police in an attempt to disperse the crowd of approaching tractors, friction had been ...
Read MoreAfter Republic Day melee, shocked farmers’ union...
January 27, 2021
The mood at Singhu border on Wednesday morning is sombre, to say the least. Weeks of preparations for the Republic Day Tractor Rally lay in shambles on Tuesday evening as violence at the iconic Red Fort and ITO in Delhi by a breakaway group of farmers overwhelmed the main tractor...
Read MoreDegeneration of tractor rally from Singhu Border t...
January 26, 2021
“This is not what our protest was all about. We have been protesting peacefully for months and even been at the borders of Delhi without any incident. But today, to see some people turn to violence, attack the police and damage a piece of history that is shared by the entire na...
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