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 […]
(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 […]
By Deepak Sharma New Delhi: Indian parliament’s upper house (Rajya Sabha) on Sep 20 passed two of the three contentious farm bills amidst an uproar by opposition parties’ members and protests by farmers at several places. The two bills – Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, […]
New Delhi: Communist Party of China’s Xi Jinping is a major threat to global peace and the world needs to follow India in fighting his expansionism, an exiled Chinese student leader who had led the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests has said. Zhou Fengsuo, the president of Humanitarian China, […]
(Editor’s Note: The views are that of the authors’. For the writers’ other interests, read the credit line at the end of the article.) By Dr Pranav Kumar and Dr Tapan Kumar Bihari Declining Gross Enrollment Ratio through the primary and secondary stages has proven to be an […]