Today is a significant day in relation to the Maoist movement. Devji, a key leader of the Maoist movement, has surrendered. The previous Maoist chief, Nambala Keshav Rao, was killed by security forces last year. His surrender officially marked the end of the Maoist movement. But for those affected by Maoism, another major development has…
Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) EXIM Bank provides lines of credit to overseas buyers to purchase goods and services from India in turn facilitating larger transactions and entry into new markets by providing financial support to buyers and exporters. SIDBI helps in the promotion of exports by offering…
I gently wiped a tear as I looked at my phone with grief and concern. Kamala paused mid-stride, worried that I had got some bad news about an ailing relative or that Trump had raised the tariffs again. But this was worse. It was disaster on a global scale. Punch, the baby monkey in Japan…
Most snakes hiss, king cobra growls. Its hood anatomy is dramatic, all the more imposing for it being able to lift one-third of its body (running up to 18 feet) into the air. And yet, as far as humans are concerned, it’s a shy creature. From the growl to the stand-up, all it’s trying to…
The two sisters, aged 25 and 23, in a Rajasthan village who died of poisoning hours before their twin weddings, allegedly by suicide, per police, were teachers in a primary school. Early Feb, three sisters – aged 16, 14 and 10 – jumped to their death in UP. Among their diary notings: “Mention of marriage…
By Sumit Paul What happened in Iran is ironic when you look at rich history of the country and its liberalism. In olden days, it sheltered great Sufis and mystics and let them thrive. Once Iran was muattar , fragrant, with the universal love poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, Fariduddin Attar, Sanai, Khaqani, Nizami, Jami, Anvari,…
“Ultimately, humans have to consume grains, not dollars,” Bill Gates remarked during the severe phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. His words underline a fundamental truth: food security is the bedrock of human survival. With exponential urbanisation encroaching upon agricultural and forest land, the need to utilise every available patch of cultivable land has become urgent….
Critical minerals are the new reality of power. They sit behind the clean energy transition, electric mobility, advanced electronics, AI and modern defence systems. They also enable something less visible: the ability to slow another country’s industrial momentum without ever declaring a sanction. Tariffs can be bargained down. Mineral constraints cannot. That is why India’s…
History has seen wars that lasted centuries. They differed in scale and character, but their cause was the same: irreconcilable positions, and one side choosing force to impose its political aims. For more than a thousand years, Ukraine endured repeated invasions – in the 11th, 16th, 17th and 19th centuries – from its northern neighbour…
Property rights are often compared to right to life, as they are essential for access to basic sustenance and the meaningful exercise of other rights under Article 21 of the Constitution. Prior to the adoption of the Indian Constitution ‘property’ encompassed all types of interests a person could have, categorized into movable and immovable, corporeal and…