South Asia in India’s focus
BY D.C. PATHAK Developments in Afghanistan marking a steady rise of Taliban’s hold on that country — this resulted in the evacuation of staff from the Indian Consulate at Kandahar — confirms many readings on…
Opinion
‘Climate Change Chaupal’ is Meghalaya’s new intervention for tackling climate change
By James Sangma As climate change morphs into a real time threat, Meghalaya has turned to invoking its traditional leaders and institutions by turning them into evangelists and climate actors and crusaders. Meghalaya Forest Minister…
Why are Sikhs of Kashmir angry?
By Javed Beigh Kashmir has historically been a multi religious society, where Kashmiri Muslims, Kashmiri Hindu Pandits and Kashmiri Sikhs have lived with each other for centuries maintaining cordial, harmonious and brotherly relationship. Sikhs of…
Taliban’s Next Stop: Kabul, Kashmir and Kerala
By Amjad Ayub Mirza The speedy advance of the Taliban from northern Afghanistan to Kabul in the eastern section of the country could not have been achieved without the active support of the Pakistani Army….
Outliers: A Macro and Bond Update
By Suyash Choudhary A persistent theme of Indias bond curve is its very attractive steepness even up to mid-duration points. This has allowed for substantial carry plus roll down benefits from a portfolio standpoint. The…
The resurgent Taliban
By Asad Mirza in a speech on July 8, US President Joe Biden announced that the American military would complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan by August 31, nearly two weeks before his earlier deadline of…
Markets to trade in a broad range
By Arun Kejriwal The week gone by behaved as expected with fireworks during the first three days. Thereafter correction set in and markets ended marginally negative, having surrendered all the gains. Incidentally there were new…
Congress needs to give Priyanka a role outside UP
By Saiyed Moziz Imam Zaidi New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Not long after Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took complete charge of Uttar Pradesh as Congress general secretary and got into campaign mode, the country’s attention span…
India must start competing, and not participating, in Olympics — honestly
By Qaiser Mohammad Ali New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) When the Indian athletes, seeking to improve upon the six-medal haul bagged at the 2012 London Olympic Games, managed only two at the 2016 Rio Olympics,…
Geopolitical indicators India cannot ignore
BY D.C. PATHAK The long speech of President Xi Jinping at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on the occasion of the CPC’s centenary celebration on July 1 and the address of US President Joe Biden to…
Equity and Debt Outlook – July 2021
EQUITY OUTLOOK Global Markets Global equities traded higher, with the US continuing to lead other developed markets (the US up +8.5% vs. Europe +6.4% over 2Q). The FOMC shifted its guidance in a slightly hawkish…
The Confused US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
By Maj Gen Mandip Singh The recent attacks by Taliban in Baghlan, Farah, Kunduz, Herat, Takhar, Helmand, Ghazni and Badakhshan provinces and the capture of Dahla dam which supplies water to Kandahar town should be…
YSR Lifetime Achievement Awards recognise 63 diverse winners
Amaravati, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) On the eve of the birth anniversary of Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, the state government on Wednesday announced YSR Lifetime Achievement Awards and YSR Achievement…
Can a non-Muslim be forcibly converted to become Muslim in Islam?
By Maulana Arshad Madani Nowadays, there are rumours in social media and newspapers that non-Muslims have been forcibly converted to become Muslim. The nuisance creators are making noise in this regard. But these nuisance creators…
Indian education system needs remodelling
By Asad Mirza Country’s education system needs to be remodelled as per the requirements and aspirations of today’s world, instead of taking it back to the old ages. What is education? Answer to this question…
Indian stock market to see fireworks on US I-Day
By Arun Kejriwal The week gone by was quite predictable and had become fairly lacklustre over the first four days. Friday was different and indicated that the coming week would have a different opening and…
Theatre Commands: Is India on right path, at right time?
By Major General S.B. Asthana In a major restructuring like reorganising the Indian Military into Theatre Commands, there will be variation of views between stakeholders and many rounds of discussions on merits and demerits of…
How deceit was built into China’s first aircraft carrier
By N.C. Bipindra Watching “Narcos” on Netflix may make one wonder how much of the content is fact and how much is fiction. Indeed, facts are often stranger than fiction. Here is one such story:…
Pandemic tests organisational leadership
BY D.C. PATHAK The global health crisis created by Covid-19 has predictably put in focus the role of political rulers of nations across the world but in an all-permeating manner it has also tested leadership…
Corporate Fraud: Is Promoter Unquestioned Authority Bolstered by Professionals’ Complicity?
By Jacob Puthenparambil Over the past seven years, corporate India has seen more fraud than in the past 70 years. After the excesses post the GFC – where credit was loose and corporate India ambitions…