Will budget be the tipping point?
By Arun Kejriwal Markets continued their upward movement but not without their corrections and sharp intraday moves as well. On three of the five trading days we saw markets slipping into the red or negative…
Commentary
Governments can come and go but cultural nationalism is here to stay
By Kartikeya Sharma New Delhi, Jan 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) On Friday, when President Ramnath Kovind donated Rs 5 lakh in personal capacity for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya to the trust, life came a…
Arab politics post Qatar-Saudi rapprochement
By Asad Mirza The recent rapprochement between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and other GCC members may have a positive fallout on the regional relations and balance of power. With Saudi Arabia and…
Political Violence in Washington
By DC Pathak The presidential election in the US marked by an unusually confrontationist run up to the polls and an equally bitter post-poll phase of transition, made a wrong sort of history when hundreds…
Salary to housewives vs counting women’s unpaid work
By Jeemol Unni Kamal Hasan’s political party in Tamil Nadu promised salaries to housewives as part of its electoral campaign. And the idea was welcomed by Congress politician Shashi Tharoor. Today, the media is also…
Tobacco tax hike can fetch more revenue, save more lives
By Sanjay Kumar With the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the countrys economy hard, preparation of the Union budget for the next fiscal is a big challenge for the government this time. To set a course for…
Markets booming but caution is the buzzword
By Arun Kejriwal Markets were struggling after four days of trading last week, but Friday turned the tables and saw a very sharp rally. They ended the week with gains of around two per cent….
Bitcoin may not be a big hit in India, but tokenization will be
By Rahul Kumar With Bitcoin reaching a record high of US $40,000, there is fresh media attention on the whole crypto subject. Once called the riskiest asset is now the hottest and is regarded as…
Covid vaccine: Is it Halal or not?
By Asad Mirza It’s not only the Muslims, even Hindus and Jews have raised questions about the use of the Covid vaccine, due to prohibited substances in its composition. Even before the Covid vaccination process…
Russia criticises US as “root cause” of Iran uranium enrichment
Moscow, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the US is responsible for Iran’s recent decision of enriching uranium to 20 per cent. The Iranian move was “a deviation” from the Joint Comprehensive…
China calls for caution in dealing with Syria chemical weapon issue
United Nations, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called for caution in dealing with the issue of Syria’s chemical weapons. China notes that Syria has expressed on many occasions its strong willingness to…
Brexit: Finale at last
By Asad Mirza The British public will have to face the repercussions of the sordid Brexit saga, mostly based on lies, during the pandemic times. On December 31, 2020, at 11 p.m. UK time and…
Time for consolidation post fireworks
By Arun Kejriwal Calendar year 2020 has come to an end and it was a spectacular one for the markets, not withstanding Covid-19. The benchmark indices returned gains of 15.75 per cent on BSESENSEX and…
India in UNSC: How long it has to wait for Permanent Seat?
By Major General S.B. Asthana With India being part of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as non-permanent member from January 1, 2021, and UN 75 years of celebration (2020) hangover rolling over to next year,…
It remains quite simply: Quid pro quo
By Binay Kumar Singh The Pakistani leadership is at ease cheating their own friends and mentors and oftentimes have used one against the other; each to the benefit of Islamabad. Moeed Yusuf will fulminate and…
Global Britain
By Asad Mirza The recent bonhomie between India and the UK during the continuing Covid-19 pandemic indeed comes as a real surprise. The Indo-UK bilateral ties during the recent times cant be labelled as one…
2020 to end with flying colours
By Arun Kejriwal New Delhi, Dec 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Markets saw a sharp plunge when trading began for the week on Monday on account of the new Covid-19 virus strain found in UK. BSESENSEX and NIFTY…
Indian team needs urgent injection to revitalise itself
By Yajurvindra Singh The uncertainties of cricket played a cruel joke on the Indian team in the first Test match against Australia in Adelaide. Indian supporters and fans were aghast when India posted their lowest…
Canada extends ban on UK flights till Jan 6
Ottawa, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that his government will extend the ban on passenger flights from the UK until January 6 in the wake of the discovery of two…
Decoding recovery path of the Indian economy
Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani No one ever thought of the scale and magnitude of disruption that was caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the aftermath, the resurgence would be equally trying especially in a country like…