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We must fight the battle for a sovereign, socialist, secular democratic republic, for it is also a battle to re-distribute the benefits of development to all sections of people of the nation. India’s struggle for … Read moreBuilding an India with a Scientific Vision

Do the Ukraine war and the action of the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom spell the end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency? Even if the peace talks between … Read moreUkraine and the Global Economic War: Barbarism or Civilisation?

An alarming, strange and implausible incident took place on Wednesday, March 9, this year when a missile, stated to be undergoing routine maintenance in Sirsa, Haryana, was unexpectedly and unintentionally fired, and landed in Mian … Read moreThe Curious Incident of the ‘Misfired’ Missile

The war in Ukraine is now part of three interlocking wars: the physical war, the information war and the economic war. If we want to know what today’s hybrid war looks like, this is it. The … Read moreThe Three Wars in Ukraine and How We Might all Lose

The Report of Working Group 2 (WG2) of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), or IPCC/AR6/WG2, on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation was released earlier this week. This is the second … Read moreIPCC Report: National-Level Push to Mitigate Enormous Climate Impact Risks a Must for India

The possibility of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—or the Iran nuclear deal—being revived, though difficult, has brightened. It could have been accomplished much earlier if not for the Biden administration’s attempts to extract … Read moreCan Iran and US Breathe Life Back into Nuclear Deal?

The recent Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai cases targeting Muslim women show how the deeply anti-women and communal mindset manifests when deployed in combination with tech tools and social media platforms. Perhaps not so surprising … Read moreWeaponising Hate Apps: Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai

The verdict on Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of Theranos, who was tried for fraud in a US court, is guilty. Theranos was a company set up by Holmes and her former partner Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, … Read moreHolmes Verdict: In the US, it is Fine to Lie to Consumers, but Not Investors

The current crisis in Europe of spiralling gas prices, coupled with a cold snap, brings out that the transition of any part of the world to green energy is not going to be easy. It also … Read moreWhat India Needs to Learn From Spiralling Gas, Electricity Prices in Europe

OMICRON, a new SARS-CoV-2 strain, first detected in the Gauteng province of South Africa, has been acknowledged by WHO as a “variant of concern”. Already, cases have been reported from other countries, making clear that … Read moreNot Omicron but the Greed of Capital Threatens the World

FIGHTING global warming is not just providing a path to net-zero carbon emissions for all countries. It is also about how to meet the energy needs of the people while doing so. If fossil fuels … Read moreGlobal Warming and the Hypocrisy of the Rich Countries

COP26 came to a close on November 13, nearly 24 hours after originally scheduled. The final plenary got stuck at the final draft of the COP statement, now named Glasgow Climate Pact. For hours, viewers … Read moreCOP26 Under-achieves, India Disorganised