Politics
Between Covid-19, censorship & criminals, Ind...
November 17, 2020
“Our media fraternity is working tirelessly towards strengthening the foundations of our great nation. Modi govt is committed towards the freedom of Press and strongly oppose those who throttle it,” union home minister Amit Shah tweeted on the National Journalism Day 2020. ...
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Britain, EU struggle to reach agreement on post-Br...
November 16, 2020
It is barely six weeks to go before Britain exits the European Union, with or without an agreement on the post-Brexit arrangement with the EU. Britain is unlikely to have any of the gains promised by the Leavers during the controversial campaign that had more fake news than real....
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Bihar assembly elections 2020: Exit polls predict ...
November 9, 2020
With a day to go for counting of votes in Bihar elections, most exit polls are handing out a majority to Tejashwi Yadav with Nitish Kumar far behind. As per the polls, with two of the six available giving the grand alliance led by him a sweeping victory in the assembly elections,...
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Course corrections in United States policies for P...
November 8, 2020
the President-Elect of United States Joe Biden said he would immediately reverse the ban on travel from 13-odd Muslim majority nations
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Arnab Goswami arrest no attack on press freedom
November 5, 2020
Moments after a team of Raigad police officials raided residence of Arnab Goswami, managing director of Republic Media Network, on Wednesday and arrested him on charges of abetment to suicide a strong and sharp response came from the ruling BJP and several union ministers slammin...
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US Elections: Impact on US-India relations
November 4, 2020
For long the United States Presidential Elections bring about change not just within the United States, but its ripples are indeed felt all over the globe even when the incumbent wins another term. Thus, the mandarins in New Delhi would also be watching the proceedings closely as...
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This contribution of Trump is not much talked abou...
November 2, 2020
When 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore, former vice President of USA, there was a global appreciation of the work done by the winners in bringing climate change issue at the centre of the current and future ...
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Increasing data privacy concerns over Aarogya Setu...
October 30, 2020
Claimed to be world’s most downloaded contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu app, found itself again in the eye of storm when the Central Information Commission (CIC) asked the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for some specific details on the app and the NIC said it had no informat...
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Time for France to acknowledge its Muslim minority
October 26, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements on relationship between Islam and French culture following the beheading of a French professor raise a storm in and outside France. The murder brings focus back on situation of Muslims, a sizeable minority in the country.
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Driven to desperation, Ola, Uber drivers threaten ...
October 25, 2020
Even four months after the lockdown was lifted, tens of thousands of drivers of ride hailing apps remain desperate as Ola and Uber change rules of the game and bankers chase drivers for debt repayments.
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