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Bihar is Flooded Despite Poor Rains and Nepal is Not the Reason: Here’s What is

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“Nepal has released water”, “Kosi is angry again”, “heavy rain in the hills”. This time the story doesn’t fit. Bihar got less rain than normal. From June till early September the state recorded about 601 mm, nearly 27 percent short. Still, more than two thousand villages in fourteen districts went under water. The Water Resources

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Naxalbari to Dimagi Naxal: The Left’s Evolution in India

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The red flags in the forests of Bastar or Dantewada, the ambushes, the landmine blasts, the young men and women who disappeared into the hills carrying rifles. It started with a real place and a real fight over land. May 1967. A small village called Naxalbari in the foothills of the Himalayas in West Bengal.

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Rahul Gandhi says Punjab govt is crushing people who dare to ask questions – demands Finance Minister’s resignation after Gulzar Singh’s death

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Gulzar was a simple daily-wage man, around 47. His son got hooked on chitta – you know that deadly drug that’s everywhere in Punjab these days. The addiction was so bad they even sold their house. On 6th September, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema came to their village for some public meeting. Gulzar stood up

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Around 5,000 ISRO employees seek clarity on privatisation plans, rocket manufacturing and their future roles as private space participation expands.

Thousands of ISRO Employees Question Their Future, Write to Chairman Amid Privatisation Push

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Just hours after ISRO’s successful GSLV-F17 launch carrying the EOS-05 earth observation satellite from Sriharikota on 4 September, a quiet but firm letter landed on the desk of Chairman V. Narayanan. Nine employee associations representing thousands of staff across the organisation’s major centres had put their concerns in writing. They wanted clear answers about where

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GDP growth of 7.8% or 2.5%? Surjit Bhalla, Montek Singh Ahluwalia settle debate

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These GDP numbers come out and suddenly everyone’s shouting from the rooftops? One side is cheering 7.8 percent growth in the first quarter, the other is waving papers saying it’s actually closer to 2.5 percent if you dig into the revisions. Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg kicked it off by pointing out that last

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Don’t assume a deal: Top U.S. official on Modi’s meeting with Masoud Pezeshkian

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A senior U.S. official cautioned against reading too much into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent meeting with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, saying a face-to-face conversation shouldn’t be taken as proof that India and Iran are striking a new strategic deal. The message was simple: leaders meet and talk — that doesn’t automatically mean they have

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Rs 6 lakh crore GDP revision sparks Subhash Garg-Gaurav Vallabh face-off over 7.8% growth

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India puts out its Q1 GDP numbers — April to June of this financial year — and the official figure is a solid 7.8 per cent growth. Looks good, right? Beats the RBI’s more cautious 7 per cent call. Prime Minister even jumps in talking about collective strength and doomsayers being proved wrong. And then

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‘Don’t buy gold, don’t marry abroad’: PM Modi revives swadeshi pitch as India’s economy keeps growing

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In the middle of a global mess, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone back to an old idea that still resonates deeply with many Indians: look after your own house first. Speaking at a public meeting in Hyderabad in May this year, he made a straightforward appeal. Don’t buy gold for a year if you

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Mohan Bhagwat in US: ‘Behave True to America,’ Tells Indian Diaspora

‘In America, behave true to America’: Mohan Bhagwat tells Indian diaspora to fulfil duty to ‘karma bhumi’

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New York, August 30: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat stood before a packed hall at Madison Square Garden’s Infosys Theatre on Saturday and spoke straight to the Indian community living in the United States. His message was simple and clear. India remains your janma bhumi — the land of your birth. But the

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