The 450-year-old Grand Trunk Road linking Kolkata with Kabul exemplifies the connectivity – and security – that once bound India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in a web of economic prosperity, and underlines the imperative for land access and united action against terrorism for regional stability and development. Terrorism being the greatest … Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious global warming initiative, International Solar Alliance (ISA), aimed at sharply curtailing the world’s carbon footprint, received a triumphal boost with French President Francois Hollande joining hands with India to mobilise $1trillion worth of investment to develop solar power worldwide, by 2030, with focus on tropical … Read More
Instead of reaching out to Russia after unjustifiably downing one of its planes on the Syrian border, Turkey rushed to the Nato with its side of the story. It’s obvious that Ankara wants to settle scores with Moscow The downing of a Russian Su-24 warplane that ostensibly made a 17-second … Read More
The principle of Common But Differential Responsibility (CBDR) and the Climate Change Fund, both critical to meeting the challenge of climate change successfully, are in jeopardy as the countdown begins for the Climate Change Conference (CoP 21) at Paris later this month. Around 196 nations are meeting to reach an … Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded to the Paris carnage of November 13 with alacrity, reiterating India’s demand that the United Nations adopt a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism without delay and insisting that the world must not distinguish between terrorist groups or discriminate between nations, but isolate those who harbour … Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his London visit to transcend the negative discourse about his regime by projecting a confident and aspirational India, receptive to foreign investment and collaboration, while remaining wedded to its civilisational moorings. Hours before he unveiled the statue of medieval sage Basaveshwara on the banks of … Read More
Discontent has been simmering in Jammu and Ladakh regions after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Srinagar on November 7, where he bestowed a gigantic Rs 80,000 crore development package, as the feeling spread that he had mainly addressed the valley rather than the diverse regions of the State. The … Read More
The enduring image of the Bihar elections that will linger in memory long after the ballots are cast and counted, is that of Chirag Paswan wistful desire to not be limited by ‘jati’ identity and confined to being a ‘dalit’ leader. In an election in which rival groups have bisected … Read More
By upholding the supremacy of a judicial élite to determine the appointment of judges to the high courts and apex court while simultaneously inviting suggestions to improve the impugned collegium system, the Supreme Court has admitted that its procedure is flawed. The fact that the learned judges were adamant to … Read More
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s stunning victory in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh, elections on October 17, winning 18 out of 26 elected seats (four are filled by nomination), provides the Centre an opportunity to test Article 370 and Article 371 of the Constitution of India, to fulfill its … Read More
