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Please listen to us, hold Assembly polls: J&K’s appeal to PM

An appeal has been made to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give the green signal to the Election Commission of India to hold assembly polls in J&K, live up to his own…
Terror attacks shift headlines from SCO in Goa to J-K

The headlines on Friday when the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ( SCO) met in Goa India, changed quickly. The killing of five soldiers in the Kandi area of Rajouri, a border…

Language problem in higher education and recommendations in NEP 2020

Dhrubash Karan Mathur Among the multitude of problems that cropped up in the in wake of Indian independence, language problem was one which not only defied a solution but threatened to create…
Anointment of Prince Charles as monarch deeply religious

While enlightened intellectuals of India scoff at traditions and rituals it is of interest to note the Coronation ceremony of Britain’s new King Charles III, is full of traditions and religion. A…
Godfather of artificial intelligence warns against future growth of AI

Science fiction writers have been portraying for a long the doomsday scenario of machines ruling the world and taking over from humans. However, when a person like Geoffrey Hinton who has given…
America must act with restraint in North and South Korea relations

America must act with restraint and not embroil itself in the duel of words between South and North Korea, because US involvement will necessarily have wider international ramifications. Recently North Korea’s Kim…
J-K polls – an unresolved conundrum

Now it has reached a point of exasperation. All parties barring BJP, of course, have started questioning the Central government for not holding polls in Jammu and Kashmir, which are now not only…

India needs to do more than strong words on border situation with China

After the meeting of Indiana and Chinese defense ministers on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( SCO), in which the two sides failed to agree on the future of the situation in eastern Ladakh,…
Poonch terror attack – its dynamics pose new challenges

The Poonch terror attack of April 20 has its own dynamics which are being papered over by old-themed analysis The fundamentals of this attack, in which five soldiers were killed, need to…
ChatGPT: The AI that’s changing how we communicate

By Mustafa Ahsan Siddiqui Artificial intelligence (AI) has been revolutionizing the way we live, work, and communicate in recent years. Among the many AI technologies out there, ChatGPT stands out as a…
Congress’ dilemma: Gehlot or Pilot for CM Candidate in upcoming polls?

With the Assembly election later this year, Rajasthan faces a political crisis again. The party lost Punjab last year because of mishandling by the Gandhis by backing the wrong horse. Will the…
Now J-K can rip apart tag of basket case, handholding is needed

The major challenge in Jammu and Kashmir is to shed the tag of “ basket” case, an ugly tag with which it has been seen and addressed for decades. There was a…
Pension scheme in India: A timeline

Dr. Dhrubash Karan Mathur It is an established fact that the Central Government has been paying 50 percent of the last pay drawn, after fulfilling required conditions, as pension to their employees…
Sachin Pilot must enhance his market value

Sachin Pilot’s antics in Rajasthan are making headlines no longer. A constantly aggrieved Sachin on a day-long fast purportedly trying to focus on corruption during Vasundhara Raje’s tenure and pointing out that…
The Makkah and Madina dairies

Altaf Aman Once someone has spent Ramzan in Makkah and Madina, they naturally want to return year after year. It feels incomplete and insecure if one is unable to do so! Something…