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31 July 2020 The New Education Policy has many facets that would take some time for experts to come up with views. I am not here to wade into any controversy, for I would like to think, no reasonable citizen or expert adviser to the Government in a democracy would sacrifice common sense and caution… Read more

30 July 2020 If this has not been true, it could never have sold as fiction. Mind you, India has received military aircraft right from its early days as a post Independent Non Aligned power from French and Soviet sources the first from the Dassault Stable indeed was called in India as ‘Toofani’ and India… Read more

28 July 2020 I often feel, nations would have resisted the temptation to fudge if statistics did not become a ready sword to slay their reputations with. Similarly, corporate houses, cooperatives, societies as neighbourhoods and even families face the pressure of statistical appraisal that has become a great cause for concern for liberalism, transparency, and… Read more

27 July 2020 The Military Calculus: Yesterday was Kargil Vijay Diwas. A day that should have been solemn with the remembrance of ‘martyrs’ as this nation’s press continues to refer to the Fallen who made the ultimate sacrifice because a job had to be done. Yesterday a major politician chose to air the series of… Read more

26 July 2020 Three rovers one from China, one from UAE and one from USA are expected to land in Mars some time next year, of which the UAE and Chinese are already in space, and USA will launch its most complex Rover yet next week. In terms of extra terrestrial exploration, our solar system… Read more

25 July 2020 US Declaration of Cold War with China:US Secretary for State Mike Pompeo https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/24/pompeo-speech-will-have-the-opposite-effect-in-china-says-former-us-diplomat.htmlspoke appropriately at the Memorial Address of President Nixon centre yesterday in which he made a very clear case of categorising Chinese regime of the CCP as ‘Evil’ and against whom the countries that are ‘Freedom’ loving must come together… Read more