The Big Boss in his office. His Aide-in-Chief comes rushing in, very agitated. Aide-in-Chief: Bossbhai, do you know what all those nakame students protesting against us in campuses across the country are doing now? Big... - 50 mins ago, 23 Jan 20, 4:00pm -
The revelation that Amazon chief Jeff Bezos’s cellphone was hacked after he received a video from a WhatsApp account reportedly belonging to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) once again highlights the dangers to... - 2 hours ago, 23 Jan 20, 2:26pm -
The Economist Intelligence Unit has been bringing out a global Democracy Index since 2006. In a worrying occurrence in 2019 not only has India dropped 10 places to the 51st spot, this is its worst... - 3 hours ago, 23 Jan 20, 2:17pm -
Shiromani Akali Dal’s decision to not partner BJP in Delhi is raising eyebrows. The ostensible reason is SAD’s unhappiness over the seats offered to them in Delhi and its changed posturing on Citizenship (Amendment) Act.... - 3 hours ago, 23 Jan 20, 2:14pm -
On January 13, Yogi Adityanath government took the historic step of implementing the police commissioner system in the state, starting with Noida and Lucknow. The new system, which has been a long pending demand, reflects... - 11 hours ago, 23 Jan 20, 6:00am -
To, Subhas Chandra Bose Dear Netaji, Seventy-three years after India’s independence, the only tribute I can pay on your birth anniversary is to unconditionally apologise for failing you and your ideology. Hum Sharminda Hain Kyunki… You worked tirelessly all your life... - 12 hours ago, 23 Jan 20, 5:00am -
Landing in Shanghai recently, I found myself in the middle of a tech revolution remarkable in its sweep. The passport scanner addresses visitors in their native tongues. Payment apps have replaced cash. Outsiders trying to... - 13 hours ago, 23 Jan 20, 4:00am -
Speakers need no longer walk political tightropes when conducting disqualification proceedings against defectors if Parliament would heed Supreme Court’s sagacious observations. SC has questioned the propriety of Speakers sitting in judgment upon defectors when they... - 14 hours ago, 23 Jan 20, 3:00am -
The ongoing World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland is framed by some classical binaries. This annual conclave of the global elite is being visited by prime globalisation basher, US President Donald Trump. And it is... - 15 hours ago, 23 Jan 20, 2:00am -
This is not Kolkata’s usual ‘Cholbey-Na!’ rally space. But Congress Maidan is in Muslim-dominated Park Circus, which makes it the perfect ground zero for anti-CAA/NRC protest. The call against the fateful act has been ringing... - 15 hours ago, 23 Jan 20, 1:30am -
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev A new year is when people often conduct life audits, and reflect on the inexorable march of time. What has this past year meant to you? Time can mean different things... - 16 hours ago, 23 Jan 20, 1:00am -
The recent January 11 presidential and national assembly elections in Taiwan saw incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) return to power. Tsai won 57.1% of the votes, comfortably beating her closest... - 21 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 8:12pm -
Live King Size, Die King Size is a rather unique mantra to abide by. Taking a cue from Epicurus, organ donation activist Shruti Mohta is looking to spread a fresh outlook to holistic living –... - 24 hours ago, 22 Jan 20, 5:16pm -
They say luv is feeling of emotions …but I always felt it’s much more…. Or else, there would not be any reason why am still waiting for you…. Your killer looks, your lifestyle & those... - 1 day ago, 22 Jan 20, 3:34pm -
It can’t be very gratifying being the Finance Minister when the International Monetary Fund is calling out India for being a growth laggard pulling down world growth in 2019 to 2.9 per cent (from 3.3... - 1 day ago, 22 Jan 20, 3:28pm -
The Chinese movement has found a solution to address the escalating problem of plastics pollution by 2025, which includes a much needed bold step – Implementing a ban on the single-use plastic straws and bags.... - 1 day ago, 22 Jan 20, 1:32pm -
India is upping the level of alert at its airports in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic in China. Authorities have already told airlines operating direct flights from China and Hong Kong to start making... - 1 day ago, 22 Jan 20, 1:11pm -
It’s a new year and a new decade. Yay! Iran and the United States haven’t dragged us all into World War Three yet. Yippee-Ka-Yay! It’s day one of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Ya……oh…ugh!... - 1 day ago, 22 Jan 20, 12:21pm -
Prime Minister, in his Ramlila ground rally of Delhi had categorically emphasized that NRC has never been discussed in cabinet and is nowhere in the govt thinking. Despite this assertion from the highest chair of... - 1 day ago, 22 Jan 20, 11:38am -
He was handsome & she was the queen…. He fell for her & she too felt for him…. They were in luv ….the real one…. He gifted her solitaire, roses, perfumes & chocolates & in... - 1 day ago, 22 Jan 20, 9:55am -
Some things in the narrative do not add up. Are there other forces at play in the drama between lawyers and Delhi Police? - 77 days ago, 7 Nov 19, 3:36pm -
At the broader level, the fact that the students will be selected through a national test is likely to help schools across the country to meet certain basic curriculum and teaching standards. The inclusion of senior citizens in the scheme is a recognition of the untapped capacity for contribution of this segment of the population. - 6 days ago, 17 Jan 20, 5:55pm -
The Supreme Court’s verdict that the Internet is a part of Article 19 – key to providing India’s citizenry with the ‘basic freedoms’ that include the freedom of expression – finally calls a spade a spade, and has demanded that Internet service be restored in Kashmir for all essential services. - 13 days ago, 10 Jan 20, 12:09pm -
The time has come for the government to shed its obsession about fiscal deficit targets and borrow more from the market, both to compensate the states for their shortfall in GST collections and to meet its own expenditure commitments. India still has deep reserves of economic resilience and it is necessary to avoid any self-defeating talk of recession. - 55 days ago, 29 Nov 19, 7:08pm -
The levies, charges and mounting dues would essentially financially cripple and may even bankrupt the leading service providers, and have wholly-avoidable negative effects and signals much beyond the telecom sector itself. The Cabinet needs to purposefully rationalise central levies and charges on telecom operators for the greater national good. - 70 days ago, 14 Nov 19, 10:35pm -
The latest inflation numbers suggest that retail headline inflation, read the overall rise in consumer prices, has gone up beyond the 4% target set up Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The MPC is mandated to policy-induce a narrow 4-6% range for the retail inflation rate. The CPI has risen at the fastest rate since June last year. - 70 days ago, 14 Nov 19, 4:23pm -
The 14 MLAs who quit from Congress and the three from the Janata Dal (Secular) last July, leading to the fall of the JD(S)-Congress government, may have reasons other than pure disagreement and/or disenchantment with the way their own parties were going about governing and such things. Now, it’s for the bypolls on December 5, to decide the fate of the 17. - 71 days ago, 13 Nov 19, 12:14pm -
As for manufactures, which account for over 77% weight in the industrial index, production has contracted and posted minus 3.9% growth. The sharp contraction in automobile production, with the output of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers declining by minus 14.9 % y-o-y has clearly adversely affected production. - 73 days ago, 11 Nov 19, 10:15pm -
For the polity, too, an Opposition staging an extinction rebellion is certainly good news. A healthy democracy needs an Opposition that is not a pushover. - 91 days ago, 24 Oct 19, 11:38am -
John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the development of lithium-ion batteries. - 9 Oct 19, 7:05pm -
By refusing to cut rate by 35 bps or more the RBI wants to make it clear that liquidity availability is not the binding constraint on growth. - 4 Oct 19, 12:48pm -
India or Bharat is an ancient civilization and a nation of a peculiar culture. That is why despite many kingdoms, it was always considered to be one nation in the eyes of the outsiders. Some ‘history buffs’ these days – like Saif Ali Khan, are announcing, as is the wont of many Hinduphobic, Indic civilizationThe post Was India a nation 'before the British'? – A Detailed Analysis appeared first on Drishtikone. - 3 days ago, 20 Jan 20, 10:00am -
There is reporting, and then there is spin. When the news of the day or the facts of an event are selectively picked and presented, they are a bit right and a whole lot wrong. Bernie and his Amazon-Washington Post battles and coverage For example, in August 2019, Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced his WorkplaceThe post The Truth about Washington Post, Jeff Bezos and Modi Government appeared first on Drishtikone. - 4 days ago, 19 Jan 20, 10:16am -
Above everything that we have, there is a sense of how one perceives things around her or him. A sharpened sense of intuition and understanding things can sometimes mean the difference between life and death. Ran into some interesting stories of people who had encountered serial killers and how they were saved. Chill of aThe post Invaluable Lessons from Encounters with Serial Killers appeared first on Drishtikone. - 6 days ago, 17 Jan 20, 6:09pm -
Mani Shankar Aiyar has done it again. Like he conspired with the Pakistani consulate and ISI representatives – while bringing along prominent Indian people in a special secret meeting in the run up to the 2019, he is again working on collusion with Pakistan. Read “What was plotted at Mani Shankar Aiyar’s house?“ He wentThe post Mani Shankar Aiyar carries message from Islamabad to Shaheen Bagh appeared first on Drishtikone. - 7 days ago, 16 Jan 20, 6:02pm -
In a major breakthrough, the masked girl who was standing right outside the Periyar hostel before the violence started has been identified by the Delhi Police. She is from Daulat Ram College, an all girls college in North Campus. The identified girl is said to be a student of Daulat Ram College, Delhi University. SheThe post JNU Masked Girl identified by Delhi Police – from Daulat Ram College appeared first on Drishtikone. - 10 days ago, 13 Jan 20, 5:23pm -
As the US – Iran tensions grow, Iranians are targeting US in unexpected ways. One of the fears was the use of their hacking prowess, which they are doing now. They aren’t gifted or have the information as yet to take over the electrical grid in the US, but they are working to get there.The post Iranian Hackers targeting US utilities and infrastructure appeared first on Drishtikone. - 11 days ago, 12 Jan 20, 7:31pm -
Hypatia – the great philosopher, astronomer and mathematician of her time, has been depicted by the Christian writers in erotic ways. Reverend Charles Kingsley, for example, talked about her curved lips and beauty of her “every line”. This, when Hypatia was rather austere and removed from the pleasures of heart and sex. In fact, whenThe post The Murder of Hypatia: How Christian Fanatics tore apart the Greatest Mathematician of her time appeared first on Drishtikone. - 11 days ago, 12 Jan 20, 10:04am -
Deceptive ways have their own charm. Sometimes when someone deceives another and gets a reaction as well as record it for posterity, one can get a high. At least in his own heart, if not in another’s eyes. India Today conducted what they called a “Sting Operation” on whom they call “ABVP supporters”. There areThe post India Today's JNU 'Sting' Claims just don't add up in the face of facts! appeared first on Drishtikone. - 12 days ago, 11 Jan 20, 11:14pm -
Delhi Police has released the names of 9 students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who were involved in violence. They are: Chunchun Kumar Pankaj Mishra Aishe Ghosh Vaskar Vijay Sucheta Talukdar Priya Ranjan Dolan Samanta Yogendra Bhardwaj Vikas Patel Misinformation and targeted violence – confirms Delhi Police Today Delhi Police PROfficer, MS Randhawa said thatThe post Delhi Police Shares Investigation Results on JNU – Time to think appeared first on Drishtikone. - 13 days ago, 10 Jan 20, 5:56pm -
You can sometimes win people, even disrespectful ones, with love and care. The Indian President Ram Nath Kovind is such a person. Gentle and kind man – who has cut out the frills and waste that was common in the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Ashley Hall from Ann Arbor Michigan was getting married to her fiance Abhi.The post Indian President Saves the Day for an Irreverent American Lady appeared first on Drishtikone. - 13 days ago, 10 Jan 20, 8:01am -
India Real Time started in 2010 as the first attempt by a global newspaper to offer a news product for Indian readers through the internet. Seven years and crores of clicks later, The Wall Street Journal is winding down the successful blog. We will continue to offer the content Indian readers want through the more popular paths of distribution: WSJ subscriptions, apps and social media. - 3 Jul 17, 8:30am -
The WSJ's South Asia Deputy Bureau Chief Eric Bellman and reporter Newley Purnell will be live on Facebook at 9 a.m. India time Tuesday (9:30 p.m ET Monday) discussing Apple's next big move to conquer a booming market. - 23 Jun 17, 2:29pm -
The WSJ's South Asia Deputy Bureau Chief Eric Bellman and reporter Newley Purnell will be live on Facebook at 9 a.m. India time Friday (10:30 p.m. ET Thursday) to discuss potential new restrictions and take your questions. - 9 Mar 17, 11:33am -
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said India has ‘entrepreneurial energy,’ and that he hopes his company can harness India’s move to make its vast biometric database available to app developers. In Bangalore Monday, Mr. Nadella said he wanted Indians to be able to access Microsoft products using their Aadhar ID cards, and that his company was teaming up with Flipkart, India's rival to Amazon.Here are five things Mr. Nadella said about India at a Microsoft event for startups in the tech hub… - 21 Feb 17, 6:27pm -
India's government is allowing app developers to use its biometric database of more than a billion citizens as part of an initiative called "India Stack." Here is the short answer on how the program will work. - 20 Feb 17, 2:17pm -
WSJ's South Asia Deputy Bureau Chief Eric Bellman and Financial Inclusion Project Editor Elva Darnell will be live on Facebook at 9 a.m. India time Friday (10:30 p.m ET Thursday) to discuss the story and take questions. - 16 Feb 17, 3:11pm -
India's space agency on Wednesday broke a world record by launching 104 satellites from a single rocket. These photos show the moment the Indian Space Research Organization's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle released the satellites. - 16 Feb 17, 2:23pm -
The decision of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to do away with large-denomination notes in November led to a temporary cash shortage that slowed the economy and forced people to queue at banks to get money. - 16 Feb 17, 10:46am -
President Donald Trump has tried to ban people from certain Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. and has begun deportation raids, following through on his campaign promise to creating a more cautious, less open America. Here are four charts that show how and why this highly successful community is worried. - 14 Feb 17, 3:55pm -
