By Anjali Chhabra Venomous verbal face-offs, strategic posturing, and high-voltage campaigning for the 224 assembly seats in Karnataka have set the stage for the state’s voters to pick a new government on May 10. This is an election that follows weeks of political manoeuvres. The campaign period saw […]
By Anjali Chhabra As for the national parties like the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC), the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections hold the key to the future of smaller players like Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) at a time when analysts are waiting to […]
By Anjali Chhabra New Delhi: A tweak in the process for hiring researchers on contract for Government of India ministries and a proposal to route all such contractual recruitments through private hiring agencies appear to have sparked discontent among scientists, many of whom foresee long-term damage to research […]
New Delhi: A research study has shown that China has lavishly spent huge sums of money to buy influence in India’s film world, universities, social institutions, research think-tanks, social media, and the tech industry, posing a serious threat to national security and democracy. The 76-page Study Report titled […]
New Delhi: Communist China has bought support for itself among the academia, think-tanks, media, trade bodies, tech companies, filmdom, and political parties in India to influence public opinion and destabilise the nation from within, strategic affairs experts have said. They were speaking at an online discussion following the […]
(Editor’s Note: The views expressed are that of the authors. For the writer’s other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Dr Jagmeet Bawa The demise of democratically elected government in Afghanistan and the rise of theocratic Taliban is a major national security […]
By Prabin Kumar Padhy Before we delve deeper into the energy future of India and how India shifted its focus, it is pertinent to understand the term “Energy Transition” first. Energy Transition is a significant structural change in energy system driven by the demand for and availability of […]
New Delhi: India and Nepal are two nations with one people and for this reason alone, both sides should work on resolving their differences, including the border row, through talks, and work towards a positive transformation in ties, leading experts from both the nations have said. They were […]
By Deepak Sharma Recent changes in policies of Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich Gulf countries may lead to a substantial increase in Turkey’s influence over Muslims in the Indian subcontinent. When Saudi Arabia called to avoid “passionate emotions and fiery enthusiasm” towards Jews, it was a marked change […]
New Delhi: Pakistan has been eliminating its Sikh population for decades through killings, rapes, abductions and forced marriages of young women, yet is funding and fueling Khalistani terrorism and separatist movement globally to achieve it sinister plans to break up India, a Canadian expert, who authored a recently […]