Both Russia and the US stepped into Afghanistan with too little forethought and too much arrogance and confidence — and knew from the start that they couldn’t stay.
With economic activity returning to almost normal, risk of fresh Covid waves is rising. Vaccine shortage is more than just a short-term threat to lives & livelihoods.
The Air Force, in theatre command set-up, must have an overriding lien over the resources that may be allocated to other theatres on as required basis.
It would be wise if Gen Bajwa and others who presumably support peace between India-Pakistan go through the roster to see just who is bent on sending relations into a tailspin again.
Before Modi cabinet reshuffle, channels were delighted by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s speech. But Stan Swamy, Supreme Court's remark, or CBSE's new system were virtually missing.
Faced with foreign policy challenges of rising Iranian menace to the Middle East and US retrenchment from region, Saudi Arabia & UAE know they can’t let their differences get out of hand.
Virology and epidemiology can give people an estimate of how risky something is, but can’t tell people how much risk is too much, or which mitigation measures impose too much burden.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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