In 2004, General S. Padmanabhan, former chief of the Indian Army, envisioned a future where wars would be fought not just with soldiers and tanks but with invisible weapons: cyber systems embedded in everyday devices. What once seemed speculative has become a chilling reality in Lebanon, where a series of explosions involving Hezbollah’s communication devices […]
Rooted in Islamic tradition, waqf is a timeless institution that stands testament to the principles of community and social welfare. Derived from the Arabic term “waqafa”,” literally meaning to “tie up, bind or detain”, waqf refers to the consecration or dedication of property—movable or immovable—towards the approbation of the divine. The key feature of this […]
In the aftermath of the apparent second attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump, the Chicago Police Department has honed its attention on Trump International Hotel and Tower, located in downtown Chicago. A spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department said the agency doesn’t divulge the exact number of patrols but acknowledged that they are giving […]
The prolific author Sudeep Chakravarti’s 10th book, Fallen City, is about Delhi, where two children, Geeta and Sanjay, were brutally murdered in 1978. He places the crime in a socio-political context. Chakravarti’s own life is as interesting as his work and he has just emerged after three years in Dhaka, where he set up a […]
On August 4, the Union Cabinet approved yet another modification to the National Pension System (NPS), the scheme applicable to 23 lakh Central government employees who joined service on January 1, 2004, or later. The NPS, which was earlier called the New Pension Scheme as it replaced the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), has also been […]
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in Bengaluru in August 2024. After the Congress won the State Assembly election in May 2023 with a comfortable majority, there was a vague understanding that Shivakumar would be appointed as Chief Minister sometime in the future. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives On September […]
Narendra Modi is not the kind of figure who will quietly sail into the sunset. On September 17, he turned 74, giving him one more year before the informal retirement age he himself set for members of the BJP. During the course of the Lok Sabha election earlier this year, it was passionately reiterated that […]
Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary and former Rajya Sabha member Sitaram Yechury passed away in a Delhi hospital on September 12 after battling a severe respiratory infection. He was 72. People from across the political spectrum mourned his passing, recalling his commitment to the working class, the Constitution, and social justice and equality. […]
Bob Casey’s Senate campaign in Pennsylvania says it won’t renew an ad that drew a complaint from the widow of a U.S.-based journalist who was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The campaign said in a statement Friday that it sympathizes with the widow of Jamal Khashoggi, but didn’t plan to immediately […]
Trouble from allies seems to be mounting for the BJP, especially from its partners in Bihar, where the Assembly election is due next year. While K.C. Tyagi of the Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) suddenly resigned from the key role of party chief spokesperson on September 1, days after he made statements distancing the JD(U) […]