NEW DELHI: Why is the U.S. Senate working on a bipartisan non-binding resolution recognising Arunachal Pradesh as part of India? The U.S. government has, for the last 60 years, held that Arunachal is part of India. Arun Singh, former ambassador to the U.S., (2015-16) believes that the “the draft resolution is a political message,” which […]Read More

NEW DELHI: A recent survey by the US-based Pew Research Center, revealed that 97 percent Indians believe in God. And that nearly two out of three pray daily. Now, this deep-rooted devotion is combining with technology, spawning spiritual entrepreneurs. An app, Sri Mandir, has been downloaded 10 million times. There are scores of others, seeking […]Read More

What explains the success of an over the top Telugu film RRR (Rise Roar Revolt) at the Oscars? Or rather, to put it more modestly, how did one song from that film Naatu Naatu (meaning Dance Dance), win the Oscar? It was rejected by an Indian film jury, and in every respect is far removed from the sensibilities of American […]Read More

NEW DELHI: As India reported over 400 Covid cases in the past 24 hours, an interesting development is the spread of the highly infectious H3N2 strain of influenza. “In flu cases, usually the new strain emerges somewhere in Southeast Asia or East Asia, travels across the world in 9-10 months and circles around,” says Dr […]Read More
Challenged By China, Will India And Japan Join Forces To Bail Out Global South During Kishida visit?
NEW DELHI: Japan has lauded India’s efforts of utilising its ongoing G20 Presidency to give resonance to the voice of the ‘Global South’ at a time when the world continues to face a major crisis. Ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to New Delhi next week, Tokyo has asserted that it attaches “great […]Read More
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