New Delhi (IANS) Bollywood box-office performance has further deteriorated over the last two months, Emkay Global Financial Services said in a research note. Poor content performance is largely underscored by deprecatory critics’ reviews and social media influence, it said. “We … read more
Gorbachev: The contradictory career of a visionary statesman, unsuccessful reformer (Obituary) The last top surviving figure of the Cold War, he was heralded as a statesman who had the vision and courage to help end the undeclared global conflict that … read more
New Delhi (IANS) An eagle does not fight the snake on the ground. Instead, it picks it up in its beak, soars up to the sky and drops it from there. The fall proves fatal and the snake dies. Height … read more
In mid-July, two Muslim men killed a tailor, Kanhaiya Lal, in Udaipur accusing him of disrespecting Prophet Mohammad; another man recently stabbed Salman Rushdie in the US on similar grounds, and several others have issued calls to kill Nupur Sharma … read more
Srinagar/New Delhi (IANS) After losing a 32-year long proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has started talking about peace. India has always maintained that it is not an aggressor and stands for reconciliation. But its desire for peace should … read more
There is a spate of writings from former diplomats, bureaucrats and think-tank analysts insisting that India must announce its National Security Policy and the strategy of implementing it. Security by definition entails evaluation of risks posed to the nation by … read more
New Delhi (IANSlife) It’s critical to explore beyond textbooks in the twenty-first century. Today, there are countless resources for learning. When we restrict the scope of instruction to a certain field, the purpose of education is irretrievably lost. Different new-age … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren got a big relief from the Supreme Court on August 17 as the apex court stayed proceedings against him in the Jharkhand High Court in a money laundering case through several shell … read more
New Delhi (IANS) A hacking group allegedly backed by the Chinese government has been attacking governments, NGOs, news publications and think tanks globally — including India’s National Informatics Centre (NIC) — sending them emails which, once opened, were used to … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Air Force contingent, comprising four Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft and two C-17 transport aircraft, has reached Australia to participate in biennial, multi-national exercise ‘Pitch Black 2022’ scheduled to be held from August 19 to September … read more