Aerial warfare
For a plane that is yet to fire a shot in anger, the Rafale has shredded the BJP’s defence The controversy over a deal that the Narendra Modi Government struck with French plane maker Dassault Aviation to acquire 36 Rafale fighter jets shows no signs of dying down, the verdict by...
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The Afghan quandary
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The Modi view
03 January 2019 | Pioneer -
Have a little faith
03 January 2019 | Pioneer -
World on a boil
03 January 2019 | Claude Arpi -
Why we need Hasina
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Goodbye 2018, hello 2019
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BJP's victory, Congress' loss
01 January 2019 | A Surya Prakash
Sunshine year for sports
Kabaddi, tennis and shooting may have overshadowed the men’s game but cricket’s popularity remains unparalleled 2018 turned out to be year of glory for sports other than cricket in India. From record-breaking performances in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, to achieving the highest ever medal tally in the Asian Games —...
A man-made disaster
Mother nature punished humanity in India hard this year with devastating floods in Kerala and Manipur. But humans continue to treat the planet with contempt The devastating floods that ravaged central Kerala earlier this year reminded all of India about the brute power of nature once again. It was also a reminder...
Cleopatra’s calendar
It is entirely possible that the impetus for the Western calender, that is now in universal use, came from Cleopatra of Egypt rather than Julius Caesar A new Gregorian calendar, amid cheers and hurrahs, will go up on our walls on January 1, 2019. From essentially being a Roman calendar, it...
Can Macron survive Yellow Vest storm?
As the leaderless movement is taking on the French ‘President of the elite,’ Macron faces an uphill task to placate the poor and middle class protesters whose demands entail massive capitulation on his part The Yellow Vests Movement, also known as “Mouvement des gilets jones”, broke out in France in mid-November....
The trouble with flying
The House panel on civil aviation wants to have its cake and eat it too. The financial health of airlines precludes that Are airline passengers an angry lot? Yes. They are frustrated with high excess baggage charges, overpriced food and occasional inordinate delays of the airlines. But with airline tickets being...
Streaming content
Bollywood extended its story bandwidth like never before powered by the interactivity and intimacy of digital platforms Entertainment is serious business in Bollywood and that is perhaps one of the reasons why it gets real about it faster than dipstick surveys. This year didn’t set out to be a breakthrough one...
Veterans as political prop
Using Armymen for diplomatic muscle-flexing, be it in the US, UK or India, has become commonplace. In the end, it diminishes the institution’s name and glory Globally, ‘veterans’ naturally gravitate towards conservative parties as the Centrist and Left-of-Centre parties are traditionally perceived to be ‘soft on security’. The Republican Party in...
