Congress CMs wary of sharing dais with PM Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: Shaken by the booing of their Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday, Congress chief ministers are wary of sharing the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in election-bound states, fearing that BJP would use these events to embarrass them by orchestrating... read more »
Palestine Must be Firmed as a Sovereign State by UN
The Gaza Strip is the “weeping shore” of our times. It is just a 45-km-long and 5-12 km-wide piece of land crammed with people from the lower income group, living as permanent refugees in perpetual fear of war in their own motherland. West Asia, for all political purposes, was a no man’s land... read more »
The Real “Dirty Wars” in the Horn of Africa
When award winning journalist Jeremy Scahill landed at Mogadishu’s International Airport in the summer of 2011 Somalia was in the midst of its worst drought and famine in 60 years. Yet when Mr. Scahill reported on his visit he seemed blissfully unaware of the hundreds of Somalis that were... read more »
IIT-Bombay receives largest ever donation for research and development
NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has received Rs 95 crore, the largest donation in its history, to set up a centre to develop hi-tech products and solutions for consumers and industry that lie at the bottom of the economic pyramid. On the lines of the Tata Center for... read more »
