Justice Markandey Katju- So-called ‘liberals’, opposition politicians, and many eminent persons and media persons accuse the Modi government of crushing media freedom (by various ways e.g. getting ‘inconvenient’ journalists dismissed by putting pressure on the media owners, stopping government advertisements, etc). Soon after the house and offices of Prannoy Roy, the owner of the TV […]
IANS- The world on Saturday celebrated the success of Apollo 11 — one of humanity’s greatest achievements — when American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on the Moon on July 20, 1969. US Vice President Mike Pence was set to visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center […]
Justice Markandey Katju- The Justice Sachar Committee Report stated that most Indian Muslims are backward and poor, and probably the same is the condition of most Pakistanis and Bangladeshi Muslims. In my opinion, it is the maulanas/muftis who are mainly responsible for this sad plight of Muslims. In Islam, religion ( ibadat ) is a […]
Sumit Saxena (IANS)- “I am an incorrigible optimist and we will again move the world court if Pakistan fails to conduct a fair trial in Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case,” renowned lawyer Harish Salve, who represented India in the ICJ, said on Thursday. In an email response to IANS, Salve, a former Solicitor General of India, […]
Ritu Jha- Surrounded by aspiring entrepreneurs at the IIT(Indian Institutes of Technology) Startups Mixer last month when Rishi Bhargava, co-founder of Demisto was asked his opinion on being lucky, with a pause he said, “It’s a series of things happening in the right sequence.” “Yes, there is luck but at the same time all […]
Arul Louis- More Indians are getting fatter but fewer are undernourished as the nation goes from lessening the impact of hunger to developing the new health issue of obesity, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. The number of obese adults has gone up in India from 24.1 million in 2012 to 32.8 million […]
Nilesh Shah- On July 5, 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s Finance Minister presented her maiden Union Budget in Indian Parliament. She did not disappoint either the Indian residents or the NRI diaspora. It was a decent budget focused on boosting infrastructure investment in India. Emphasis was made on enhancing transparency in taxation processes and procedures […]
IANS- The 20-hour countdown for the July 15 early morning lift-off of India’s heavy rocket nicknamed ‘Bahubali’ carrying the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is progressing smoothly, Indian space agency officials said. “The countdown began at 6.51 a.m. on Sunday,” K. Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told IANS. Standing at about 44 metre tall, the […]
Jayant Singh- Former Manchester City legend Paul Dickov feels that Indian football is growing slowly and for faster and better results India needs to improve its facilities and work hard on the right age groups. “For me India needs to improve a number of things. You should have the right facilities so that children […]
Baidurjo Bhose(IANS)- Till the time results are going in your favor, you can even get away with murder. But the time has finally arrived when India coach Ravi Shastri and the coaching staff will have some answering to do. Always ready with a counter, Shastri has time and again shut the critics — even […]
