Cricket, oh lovely cricket!
By Yajurvindra Singh The poem ‘The Little Man Cricketer’ written by Frank Jones comes to mind when cricket will finally see the light of day once again. England play West Indies at the Rose Bowl…
Opinion
Civilian’s killing in Sopore firing needs to be impartially probed
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The killing of an innocent 65-year old civilian accompanied by his toddler grandson in Sopore town Wednesday during a firing incident has shocked Kashmir with differing versions about…
Banning Chinese apps not enough, give befitting reply: Bengal CM
Kolkata, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Extending ruling TMC’s full support to the Centre on the India-China border issue, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that banning 59 Chinese apps would not bear results….
After the storm expect markets to consolidate
By Arun Kejriwal Markets behaved on expected lines last week and bulls continued to drive home their advantage into June futures expiry. BSESENSEX gained 439.54 points or 1.27 per cent to close at 35,171.27 points…
The shadow of the Emergency
BY SAEED NAQVI “Globalization” may not have been part of the discourse 45 years ago when Indira Gandhi shelved civil liberties after declaring the Emergency but it is not possible to sketch that bleak episode…
Of diplomacy and defence
BY D.C. PATHAK The Chinese muscle flexing on LAC over months culminated into the horrific killing of twenty Indian soldiers by PLA in Galwan valley of Eastern Ladakh on June 15, in the backdrop of…
Cricket in the days gone by
By Yajurvindra Singh It was sad to learn of the untimely demise of Rajendra Goel. He was a left-arm slow bowler, who has the distinction of taking the highest number of wickets in Indian domestic…
Marc Gasol sets up first 3×3 professional basketball team in Spain
Madrid, June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) FIBA Basketball World Cup winner Marc Gasol has announced that his club of Girona Basket will found the first 3×3 professional team in Spain. The team will be managed by Spain…
A post-Covid macro framework for India
By Suyash Choudhary “If you’ve never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame” Counting Crows Drawing inspiration from these words, while acknowledging the somewhat self-involved generalisation embedded in them, we have…
Aditi Rao Hydari’s ‘Sufiyum Sujatayum’ gets release date
Mumbai, June 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Aditi Rao Hydari’s Malayalam movie “Sufiyum Sujatayum”, which is going straight to streaming platform instead of a theatrical release, will release on July 3. The musical love story stars the southern…
India needs ubiquitous IoT connectivity to be truly Atmanirbhar
BY SUNDEEP KHANNA The world is witnessing the fourth industrial revolution. Ever newer technologies are changing the way industries and businesses operate. In the midst of all this, Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence…
Short positions into expiry week could see increased volatility and movement
By Arun Kejriwal Markets gained on three of the five trading days last week but registered very strong gains on the last two days of the week to end with gains of almost 2.8 per…
During standoff in Ladakh, remembering another China, India, Vietnam story
BY SAEED NAQVI A strategy to undermine China beyond recovery has been spelt out by the closest Sinologist in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet, Ramdas Athawale, MP from Maharashtra and Minister of State for Social…
Premiumisation: Key play for India
BY TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE As the Indian consumer market recovers from the Corona-induced lockdown and the ailing economy gradually heads back to normalcy, the spate of deal-making in the telecom sector has firmly brought the focus…
Lord Shiva, the Yogi
BY PAVAN KAUSHIK Yoga was developed by the Indus-Saraswati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago. The word Yoga was first mentioned in the oldest sacred texts, the Rig Veda. The Vedas were a…
It is not just about LAC
By D.C. PATHAK The continuing escalation of India-China tension on the border leading to a large-scale physical attack by PLA men on Indian personnel on the LAC in Galwan valley in Ladakh on June 15…
Hibernation was never in the DNA of today’s cricketer
By Yajurvindra Singh The lockdown period of cricket has brought to the fore many discussions on the game. There have been several panel discussions as well as individual interviews with cricketers and cricket experts. The…
John Legend can see himself in George Floyd’s place
Los Angeles, June 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shocked by the video of African-American man George Flyods last minutes, musician John Legend feels any of his family members could have been under the white Minneapolis police officer Derek…
The Athirapally ‘conundrum’ that hurts Kerala time and again
By Dr Oommen V. Oommen The Athirapally Hydro Electric Project has a history from the 1980s. In 2005, Kerala approved this project based on a flawed Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study conducted by Water and…
US is facing a cumulative socio-political discontent
BY D.C. PATHAK For the first time in his tenure, President Donald Trump’s personal image as the leader of the only superpower of the world and as the head of the world’s oldest democracy is…