Popular Front of India - India's internal insurgency
By Arshia Malik
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) -- which was probing over 100 (Popular Front of India (PFI) members in connection with various cases -- arrested 45 members in raids across the country on September 22. The PFI was under the watch of the central security agencies since long as its cadres were deeply involved in indoctrinating young Muslims and receiving funds from foreign-based entities for waging war within India.
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General Insight 08:58 AMIndia's rise as a global counsel at Samarkand summit (Column: Spy's Eye)
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Business Opinion/Comment 03:12 PMPermanent Capital: Answer to India's $10 Trillion Economy (Opinion)
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The frog, the scorpion and Pakistan
By Amjad Ayub Mirza
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) 77th session.
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Let's go purple on World Alzheimer's Day (Opinion)
B0y Praveen Aggarwal & Manorama Bakshi
Let's wear purple this World Alzheimer's day in support of everyone who is impacted by the disease and supporting those who are trying to cure Alzheimer's.
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SCO Summit: Conflict between need and greed
By Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza
The Economist magazine has termed the Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO) a 'Talking Shop' and perhaps rightly so. Once again vital regional challenges such as cooperation, connectivity and economy that the region faces have been ignored at the 22nd SCO Summit held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, between September 15-16.
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Indian diplomacy's ace performance at Samarkand
By Asad Mirza
During the last fortnight, India has asserted itself diplomatically by refusing to join an important pillar of the US-led IPEF, and at the same time Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Samarkand has demonstrated his governments resolve to act globally and resolutely in interactions with regional leaders.
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Astro Zindagi (Weekly Horoscope)
By Neeraj Dhankher
Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for September 19-25
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The irony of choices (Column: Spy's Eye)
By D.C. Pathak
Between the young stage in life when career options were conditioned by the pulls of 'social recognition' and the ripe years much later when one had the resources to follow an 'interest-linked' agenda, lies the story of how man-made considerations often impeded the freedom of will and pursuit bestowed by nature on humans.
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Chinese BRI: A success or a failure?
By Asad Mirza
The recent economic upheaval followed by the political disruption in Sri Lanka, has once again made China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) the focus of debate whether it is beneficial or insensitive to the participating countries besides being a success or a failure.
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Markets precariously poised (Opinion)
By Arun Kejriwal
Markets gained during the week after losing ground for the previous two consecutive weeks. BSESENSEX was up 989.85 points or 1.68 per cent to close at 51,793.18 points. NIFTY gained 293.90 points or 1.68 per cent to close at 17,833.35 points. The broader indices saw BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 gain 1.60 per cent, 1.67 per cent and 1.73 per centrespectively. BSEMIDCAP was up 1.86 per cent while BSESMALLCAP was up 2.53 per cent.
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How not to promote a film (IANS Column: B-Town)
By Vinod Mirani
What exactly is happening in the Mumbai film industry? A sense of uncertainty prevails. There is an all-round nervousness and lack of confidence. The bigger the film due for release, the more the confusion between the makers, the exhibitors and the others concerned.
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Astro Zindagi (Weekly Horoscope)
By Neeraj Dhankher
Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for September 12-18
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Coping up with the new shifts in security scenario (Column: Spy's Eye)
By D.C. Pathak
India's national security scene has witnessed changes - attributable both to geopolitical transitions as well as the situation developing in our neighbourhood.
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China is using commerce to conquer Gilgit-Baltistan
Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza
The Great-Game as we know it today began around early 1800s when in 1801 Russian Tsar Paul I sent Napoleon Bonaparte a secret letter proposing a joint invasion of British India. Considering the expedition too ambitious, Napoleon turned down the offer. However, Russian attempts to conquer India did not end there.
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Iraq-Kurdistan oil tussle (Opinion)
By Asad Mirza
The perilous relationship between Iraq and Kurdistan has soured once again, due to the latter's oil exports to Turkey.
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After a volatile week expect markets to remain rangebound
By Arun Kejriwal
Markets during the last week saw wild gyrations with the first three days seeing a sharp dip followed by a more than equally sharper rise and then yet another dip, to be back on neutral ground. Friday was a nothing day and markets ended marginally up. The week ended with a small negative bias and in what could be termed a highly volatile week.
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Astro Zindagi (Weekly Horoscope)
By Neeraj Dhankher
Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for September 5-11
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A complete view of the nation (Column: Spy's Eye)
By D.C. Pathak
There is little doubt that Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his clean image and ability to drive the country's polity on the path of development through macro-level infrastructure build up on one hand and emphasis on startups on the other, has earned his position as the tallest leader in the eyes of the people.
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A shimmering light of enlightenment in PoJK
Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza
On August 27, the Jammu Kashmir Awami Workers Party (JKAWP) held an all party conference in Islamabad. Speeches made on the occasion by young political activists from Pakistan occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK) indicated an epic shift in their perspective regarding Kashmir.
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The good, bad and ugly of the Rupee hitting an all time low against the Dollar
By Taponeel Mukherjee & Poornima Vardhan
Indian National Rupee (INR) has not been in news for the right reasons so far this year. It has been dragged down by the perfect storm of international pressures and geopolitical headwinds. However, the current situation is a necessary wake-up call to regulators and policymakers to strengthen the currency by making Rupee assets more valuable to foreign investors via effective tax policies, the exporting of higher-value services, and growth-focused economic strategies.
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A new beginning for Turkey-Israel relations
By Asad Mirza
The reset of diplomatic ties between Turkey and Israel may result in some new paradigm shifts at the regional level besides helping both to focus more on bilateral economic gains.
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Astro Zindagi (Weekly Horoscope)
By Neeraj Dhankher
Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for August 29 to September 4.
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An important Covid fallout: Communication skills put to test (Column: Spy's Eye)
By D.C. Pathak
'Work from home', zoom meetings and a drastic cut down on physical interactions across the table have compelled business organisations to search for a 'hybrid model' of running the enterprise, resetting the paradigms for performance evaluation and maintaining the efficacy of human resource development.
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Muslim leaders should focus on social issues
By Asad Mirza
Following the Supreme Court's order in 2017, Muslim religious leaders had shown willingness to outlaw the Triple Talaq -- a completely unIslamic practice, but alas even after five years they have not taken any concrete step in this regard.
