Indian cricket guidelines – ‘age is just a number’
By Yajurvindra Singh The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has come out with guidelines as to how cricket will operate at this time of COVID-19 pandemic. This is essential as the safety…
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What should India do in response to the US-China Rift?
BY FRANK F. ISLAM US President Donald Trump issued two executive orders on Thursday restricting Chinese social media networks TikTok and WeChat, on the grounds that they pose significant national security threats to the United…
Tibetans recruited for Ladakh
What did Xi achieve by attaching Ladakh? Nothing. Can he equate 1962? To achieve National rejuvenation of 1.4 billion Chinese; should be his aim. By Claude Arpi These days, Xi Jinping seems to take all…
Ram temple in Ayodhya and the question of faith
BY JAYANTA GHOSAL Let’s go to Ayodhya again. On August 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Ayodhya, the birthplace of Ram, in connection with the bhoomi pujan for the Ram temple. There was nothing…
Of Walls, Borders and the Chinese
By G. Prakash It is easy to associate the Chinese with walls. Not just their famous wall. The opaqueness in their thoughts and intentions too, are walls. Walls, whether of brick and mortar or of…
Markets to trade in broad range
BY ARUN KEJRIWAL Markets continued their volatile movement in the week gone by and manged to close with gains for the week. BSESENSEX gained 433.68 points or 1.15 per cent to close at 38,040.57 points…
As China marches ahead, who will be the winner?
BY PRADIP BAIJAL IR 4.0 and 5.0 are on the horizon today. These technologies work on the same medium, wire or wireless, which has taken both China and India forward, like in IR 3.0. India…
Two brick laying ceremonies for Ram: Which one was kosher?
BY SAEED NAQVI It reflects on the civilizational power of Lord Rama in this ancient land that independent India’s five Prime Ministers involved themselves in the affairs of his birthplace at Ayodhya. Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi,…
Dual-class shares: Essential for Atmanirbhar Bharat
BY TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE As India debates the tools and mechanisms to drive the next phase of growth, attention towards mechanisms in the capital markets that can help provide wings to India’s objective is essential. While…
‘Cricketainment’ will be back once again
By Yajurvindra Singh The postponement of the T20 World Cup gave BCCI the opportunity to conduct their most popular ‘cricketainment’ tournament — the Indian Premier League (IPL). Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it impossible…
Sadhguru: If the world was guided by youth, it would be a better place
New Delhi, Aug 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Spiritual leader and author Sadhguru believes in the potential of the youth. “Youth has enormous potential. If we can inspire them to identify with humanity as a whole, the impact…
Breastfeeding an intervention to strengthen baby’s immune system
By Bjorn Lomborg and Manorama Bakshi Breastfeeding is an essential factor in reducing child mortality, high level of wasting, stunting, underweight, high levels of anaemia among children. An analysis of NFHS-4 shows breastfeeding within one…
Riteish to birthday girl Genelia: Growing young with you is a blessing
Mumbai, Aug 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Genelia Deshmukh turned a year older on Wednesday, and husband Riteish Deshmukh took to Instagram in order to wish her on her special day. “You are my bestest friend, my eternal…
21 cops suspended over killing of ex-Army officer in B’desh
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Aug 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 21 police personnel, including the in-charge of Baharchhara police outpost, have been suspended in connection with the killing of a retired Bangladesh Army officer, Deputy Inspector…
Markets to continue to remain volatile, undecided
By Arun Kejriwal Markets behaved on expected lines and were under pressure in the week gone by and lost some ground. BSESENSEX was down 522.01 points or 1.37 per cent to close at 37,606.89 points….
West Asia building up to a Turkey-Egypt catastrophe in Libya
BY SAEED NAQVI As I settled down to write on Libya, the news ticker opened up the whole West Asian vista. IAF pilots flying the first batch of Rafales from the Dassault Aviation Facility in…
The importance of Bangladesh
BY JAYANTA GHOSAL Did the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, call up the Prime Minister of Bangladesh? Yes he did! So what’s with that? Earlier, when Sheikh Hasina had visited Delhi, we paid her…
Awami League leader hacked to death in Bangladesh
By Sumi Khan Dhaka, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 48-year-old college professor and leader of the ruling Awami League party was hacked to death by some unidentified bike-borne miscreants at Tangail’s Gopalpur area, the police said…
Calypso & reggae and not cricket is all that’s left in WI
By Yajurvindra Singh The two most popular sports teams in the world were Brazil in football and the West Indies in cricket. The flair, subtleness, skill and natural talent of their players was what made…
Importance of technology in Indian agriculture
By Kailash Choudhary Indian civilisation is one of oldest civilisations in the world and similarly Indian agriculture is also of the same age. Ancient Indian farmers were quite rich because agriculture was the most advanced…