US's latest battleground
US President Barack Obama's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq in 2011 and his readiness to do the same in Afghanistan by 2014 have been welcomed by American by and large.
Democracy losing its shine
India has been an inspiration for many developing and third world countries for its ability to sustain democracy.
Empowering Indians!
Social media and the digital world are shaping today's politics and public opinion like never before.
It pays to love your enemy
China received $27.2 million of financial aid from the US in 2010 and is one of the ten top beneficiaries to receive aid from America.
Egyptian hullabaloo
Almost two years and a half have gone by since the cataclysmic Arab Spring stirred the whole world with the hope of ushering in stable and peaceful democracies in the Middle East.
BCCI frets over Sports Bill
The long chain of scams involving misuse of funds by the Board of Control for Cricket in India may finally be coming home to roost.
Lawmakers or lawbreakers?
It’s not without reason that India continues to languish on the Corruption Perception Index.
Aviation on a Slippery Slope!
According to the CASAC, which is an independent air safety regulating body, as many as four airports in India are vulnerable to air disasters during monsoon.
Playing with fire
Every country charts out its policies on anti-terror strategies based on varied dynamics governing bilateral relations, anti terror mechanisms, and even direct contacts with outlawed or terror groups.
Clear and present danger
The era of traditional warfare is long over. Today countries are more vulnerable to attacks on the economic front.
The gene is out of the bottle
The US Supreme Court judge Justice Clarence Thomas declared in a landmark judgment on patenting human DNA,
Show some spine, please
India’s Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) hasn’t entirely been consigned into oblivion, even though the cold war is now a distant memory and that chapter has been closed for over two decades now
The highs and the lows
As per a recent research by the International Wine & Spirit Research (IWSR), published by the Economist, "Russians downed nearly 2 billion litres of the stuff [vodka] in 2012,
Waste put to good use
The statement "We are sitting on a plastic time bomb" made by the Supreme Court on April 03, 2013, highlights the grave concern that is posed by plastic waste in India.
Deaths behind bars
It is sometimes hard to digest the fact that a peace-loving nation like India can be so unkind and cruel to its own prison population.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
