View Articles

Former President of India, K.R. Narayanan passed away on November 9, 2005, three years after he demitted office on July 25, 2002. On the solemn occasion of the 16th anniversary of his demise, his rich legacy in defending the Constitution, constitutional morality and secularism assumes enormous significance at a time when the powers that be and their allied formations beyond the electoral domain have put at stake the Constitution and the very idea of India.

Last month Turkey made it into the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog headquartered in Paris. Turkey now joins its close ally Pakistan in FATF’s crosshairs. Surprisingly Turkey becomes the largest economy to be included in this list.

While the world is moving at a fast pace to embrace electric vehicles, India seems to have lowered a gear or two down, with the result that the country does not even figure in the growth estimates of major EV markets around the world.

So, they will have a ball across the Wagah Border and all we will have this side will be TV screens painted in Pakistani green! Gather the import? Well, all of Pakistan will be on its knees praying for a Pakistan win in the semis against Australia. The other semi is between England and New Zealand.

Pollution in Yamuna in Delhi has always been highlighted every year as is currently being done. We witness some trading of charges and then everyone becomes calm. Pollution remains as usual. The reason is the very low and narrow mindset of the ruling political parties, who do allow legally, and illegally to pollute, but deny access to clean water as basic human right. Modi government even abstained from the United Nations Human Rights Council that recognized access to clean environment a basic human right recently.

Legal certainty is a legal philosophical concept wherein in order for a society to claim to have the rule of law, those subject to the law must be able to go about their affairs with an element of certainty as to the legal position. This certainty proves to be a bedrock against arbitrary conduct, as the conduct of the State in response to a situation of fact is already pre-determined by the law, and therefore those subject to the law may be able to make certain predictions as to legal outcomes while going about their affairs.

New Delhi: As expected opener Rohit Sharma was on Tuesday named captain of the 16-member squad for the three T20I series against New Zealand, starting from November 17.

In enthusiasm to hail the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his fan club overlooked the main impact of the 21 months of the lock down to combat the corona virus pandemics. It did have psychological impact to convert the economically and socially advanced classes into timid citizens who preferred to remain inside their closed door homes and kept their school going children also locked inside their homes. As schools and play grounds remained closed in the locked down era there was no alternative though very few children came in impact of corona virus infection.

New Delhi: Rahi Sarnobat bagged a silver medal in 25m pistol event silver as Indians finished with five medals at the ISSF Presidents Cup, in Wroclaw (Poland), on Tuesday.

The Middle Kingdom has been a black hole for emerging markets equitywallahs since mid-2020. The PBOC kept monetary policy far too tight at a time when the global pandemic necessitated some credit acceleration. The economic slowdown after the Wuhan virus was worse than Street consensus. The property developer Evergrande's $300 billion debt woes unnerved the Chinese banking system and yuan debt market. The geopolitical rhetoric with Washington, New Delhi, Hong Kong and Taiwan became more ominous.