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New Delhi: Having made stunning comeback by winning back-to-back matches against Belgium and Great Britain, India's new hockey coach Craig Fulton on Tuesday exuded confidence that his team will regain the top spot in FIH Pro League.

In the mid-1990s and about the time when the Bharatiya Janata Party was still building its formidable cadre, the Telugu Desam Party’s N. Chandrababu Naidu used to be the busiest political body in Delhi and everybody knew if something political was cooking it would be in Naidu’s kitchen. Current Congress leader Rajiv Shukla used to be a “journalist” then and in the thick of what Chandrababu was cooking. Those times have faded but the other day when Naidu met Union Home Minister Amit Shah it did take one back in time. So, what’s cooking in the 'Naidu Mess' in 2023?

The intensifying rivalry between the United States and China in the realm of space has become a significant challenge as the world enters a new era where space is seen as an essential battleground. Global leaders are increasingly concerned about China's rapid advancements in space capabilities, which could potentially surpass America's space technology. A senior official from the U.S. Space Force recently warned about China's sophisticated military satellites and reusable technology, highlighting the threat it poses to America's longstanding dominance in this sector.

Why do Indian politicians woo the Diaspora in the United States and elsewhere? Why does the Diaspora, who can't vote in India, take an interest in their homeland? It is perhaps because, as India's GDP grows, the Diaspora's role in India's foreign policy also rises.

Pakistan seems to be teetering on the edge of an abyss of crisis with none its political parties offering a policy prescription of course correction. Uncertainties abound even as industrial sector contraction is likely to rise, former prime minister Imran Khan despite being bogged down in a number of litigations not asking his party activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to slow down their ongoing stir though it is erupting in fits and starts.

Former President K.R. Narayanan made power good by remaining true to the Constitution, and above everything, to constitutional morality. Even the longest-written Constitution in the world, i.e., Bharatiya Samvidhan (Indian Constitution) relies on the ‘executive’ to interpret actions as underpinned by the morality whose framework was created by its founding fathers. This is true in situations where the Constitution vests discretionary powers in the executive, or is silent on a particular matter of jurisprudence, law and policy.

Mexico’s most populous state turned its back on decades of single-party rule, deciding to move forward with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s ruling Morena party over the long-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Though India is currently the third largest polluter in the world in terms of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) emission as estimated in 2020 after China and the United States, its pollution is less than half of the US and one-fourth of the China. Moreover, if taken historically, India’s contribution in pollution between 1750-2020 is merely 2.3 per cent. Therefore, targeting India as one of the largest polluters of the world on the World Environment Day is totally unfair while ignoring the challenges India is facing today. More so because failure of India in overcoming the challenges would shatter the dream of the world to face the climate crisis successfully. India, in this backdrop, needs greater global support, both financially and technologically, rather than mere criticism, because India alone cannot overcome its challenges.

New Delhi: The Global Chess League (GCL) a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and FIDE, on Monday today unveiled the six participating franchises,all owned by the Indians, for its first edition, scheduled to take place from 21 June to 2 July in Dubai.

At a time when BJP national leadership wants to pull out all stops to ensure that saffron juggernaut rolls all over the West Bengal in next year's election, it finds organisational glitches hamstringing its programme with less than ten months to go before the crucial Lok Sabha polls. Loose ends so far overlooked threaten to retard the program with the fact of being cut off from the masses looking the state leadership in the face.