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The future world will belong to markets, where investment can be directed, where production can take place and who can help life made easy. The future world will be a world where environmental problems are manageable problems, and whose occurrences do not affect the world environment to create unmitigated health problem and its solutions do […]
ITS TIME TO MOVE TOWARDS MARITIME REGION India’s policy so far Problems in the approach so far Upcoming and emerging Problems Movement towards Indian Ocean Advantages of movement towards Indian Ocean. India should hit the snooze button on Afghanistan and Central Asia, focus on oceanic region Our big problem remains our neighbourhood. We still lack […]
ISRO’s thrust areas Since its establishment in 1969, ISRO has been guided by a set of mission and vision statements covering both the societal objectives and the thrust areas. The first area was of satellite communication, with INSAT and GSAT as the backbones, to address the national needs for telecommunication, broadcasting and broadband infrastructure. Gradually, […]
The term Indo Pacific, as a new geopolitical construct and as a term used to denote an economic and strategic community continues to gain ground in academic and policy circle. In June 2018 at the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore, when PM Narendra Modi outlined the Indian version of the definition of Indo Pacific as […]
New Shrew like mammal discovered: New species of mammal belonging to the shrew family discovered by Indian scientists of the Zoological Survey of India from the Andaman Islands. Species named Crocidura Narcondamica. Two individuals (a male and a female) were captured from the same location using the pitfall method. Preserved in 70% molecular grade ethanol […]
Goodbye Sun ! Utqiagvik, Alaska Utqiagvik, a small town in Alaska, will not see sunlight for the next two months as it has entered its annual phase of darkness. This phenomenon is known as polar night and it occurs every winter in Utqiagvik. Utqiagvik is located north of the Arctic Circle. The small town was […]
Ranjan Gogoi It undermines the SC. The BJP should have paid heed to Arun Jaitley’s warning on post-retirement jobs for judges This is not an article about Justice Ranjan Gogoi. One of the brightest judges to preside over the Supreme Court (SC), (Ranjan Gogoi’s RS nomination) he may be the first to agree with the […]
Regional bonding India needs to engage with its neighbours for the realisation of its global ambitions South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and walked away from the ASEAN-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s push for regional economic integration and for India-Pakistan dialogue should be studied carefully by New Delhi. Speaking at The […]
It threatens the independence of the judiciary which is the bedrock of democracy President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated former Chief Justice (CJ) of the Supreme Court (SC), Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha. The nomination, which is meant for eminent personalities who have excelled in their fields and can contribute to national public life, […]
The question is whether it is a US-Taliban deal or an Afghan peace deal. We don’t know that yet On Saturday, February 29, an agreement was signed between the United States (US) and the Taliban in Doha. Widely welcomed as a “peace deal”, it will be claimed by US President Donald Trump as further proof […]