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Wittingly or unwittingly, the Nobel laureate and Bharat Ratna awardee, Amartya Sen, has treaded on grounds that have a distinct political colour. He has said in interviews “as an Indian citizen I don’t want Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister; he has not done enough for minorities or for the majority.” There is nothing wrong in this but, at the same time, it is not just quite right for a man of his stature to make a politically loaded remark, may be unwittingly.

The global lobbyist for genetically modified (GM) crops, ISAAA, has now shifted its focus from advocacy for transgenic crops to the geopolitics of re-drawing political boundaries of countries.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The hallmark of a shrewd politician/political party is the ability to turn even adversity to account. Such an opportunity has presented itself for the Congress high command in the wake of the solar scam, which has shaken the Congress in Kerala and the party-led UDF government to its very foundations.

Is the government’s desperate bid to open up security-sensitive defence and services sectors to foreign investment and equity control borne out of frustration caused by its incompetence to see several large, long-pending, billions of dollars worth foreign-funded core sector projects in areas such as energy, steel and mining through?

New Delhi: India has conveyed to Bangladesh that by September, this year it would supply 500 MW power with inter-grid connectivity.

New Delhi: High Committee on India-France Defence Cooperation is slated to meet in Paris in October, this year to finalise and expand bilateral defence cooperation.

New Delhi: Going beyond the concept of its bilateral relationship with India, Bangladesh has proposed a regional cooperation bloc that goes beyond the boundaries of the two countries and that is based on ancient civilisation links of the region.

Should political parties play politics over tragedies and natural calamities? Only last month, we witnessed the political blame game after the Uttarakhand tragedy in which many were killed and thousands left homeless. Now the same is happening in Bihar where 23 children were killed eating poisoned mid-day meal provided by the government.

BHOPAL: The passage of a bill imposing a series of stern restrictions on religious conversions has become of the subject matter of a fierce controversy in Madhya Pradesh.

Now it is clear that Narendra Modi is in the centre of the Congress’ strategy for the next Lok Sabha elections. Congress spokespersons and other leaders are reacting against the remarks of Gujarat CM in a manner, which suggests that by demolishing Modi, they can win the elections. The latest in the series of ‘Demolish Modi Campaign’ was a tweet by Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad, in which he claimed that Indian Mujahideen was formed only after the Gujarat riot of 2002.