A recent report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published on Wednesday 1 June, says that some oil companies have been supplying discounted Russian oil to the U.S. and in this regard it specially mentions Indian companies. By Asad Mirza Quoting data by Kpler...
SREEJITH BALASUBRAMANIAN The IMD has declared the onset of monsoon and the next four months will be key for agriculture given the overlap of the kharif season crop sowing. This year, IMD expects monsoon rainfall to most likely be 'normal' with La Nina and...
By Nahela Morales Three weeks ago today I was on my way home to Dallas, Texas on a 16 hour flight from UAE. I was exhausted to say the least. While waiting to get off the plane I was greeted by a lovely flight attendant, she was standing on my left hand side. After...
Latest Taliban decrees prove that they are least bothered by international community’s concerns and are committed to impose their own interpretation of new Islamic rules in Afghanistan. The latest international conference to discuss the evolving situation in...
By Danish Reyaz |Maeeshat | Mumbai Syed Muzaffar Hussain needs no introduction. He burst into national news in 2013 for an interesting reason when he flew on a chopper skirting heavy city traffic to file for his nomination for Maharashtra Legislative Council just...
Like Babri Masjid-Ram Mandir issue, the ongoing Gyanvapi mosque row will also have wide ramifications for national politics Saiyed Moziz Imam Zaidi New Delhi: The seeds of the present BJP-led full majority government, now in its second term, were sown by party veteran...
Jos Midas Bartman AMSTERDAM – A macabre political thriller recently unfolded in the Philippine province of Palawan, an island known mostly for its rich biodiversity and pristine beaches. On May 9, Joel T. Reyes, the alleged mastermind of the 2011 murder of well-known...
Dr. Javed Jamil If Hindutva Brigade had been preaching religious values enshrined in Hindu Dharma, there was nothing bad about it. If they had been fighting for the rights of Hindus, even then it would not have created much of havoc. The problem with them is that...
The theory that the Taj Mahal was built on a Hindu temple, or was a 'Hindu monument' as claimed by the revisionist historian P.N. Oak, is resurrected by right-wing groups at regular intervals Sourish Bhattacharyya New Delhi: By asserting the Jaipur royal family's...
By Frank F Islam If there ever was a misnomer, social media is it. When social media first came on the scene in 1997, it was supposed to be an electronic platform for bringing us closer together — a way for friends, family, and like minds to network. As it evolved,...