Award winning American actress Tina Fey is of the opinion that “confidence is 10% work and 90 % delusion”, but one suspects that had she been exposed to the bizarre psychology of the orange haired buffoon a little earlier she would have been forced to revise the 10% to an even more insignificant figure. History has yet to see a likeness in a position of such authority who while suffering […]
One of the most significant examples of the neglect of the North-Eastern part of India is the near exclusion of legendary figures of the region from the national historical narrative. The nation would have been even more poorly served had the fascinating exploits of the heroic 17th century Ahom general Lachit Borphukan been confined to a mere footnote in history. Corrective measures came rather late in the day when, responding […]
The creative climes of Bengal have inspired original thinking among its people for decades but TMC’s recent ingenious election stunts are setting a benchmark of a different kind. As part of its election strategy, popular Bangladeshi actor, Ferdous Ahmed was employed by the TMC to campaign for one of its candidates in a border town. While mercenaries position themselves in different regions around the globe from Syria to South America […]
There is no real ending, it’s just the place where you stop the story. “ Iconic American Science fiction writer Frank Herbert’s comment is probably the best justification for the veritable deluge of web series that have inundated the web space now. The author of Dune, the best-selling science fiction novel of all time could not have foreseen the current boom time for this genre in its sheer variety. The […]
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday claimed that his government has reliable intelligence that India is planning another attack against the country between April 16-20, according to a media report. Tensions flared up between India and Pakistan after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel in Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14. Amid mounting outrage, the Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a counter-terror operation, […]
In a Cold War wet dream that has at once stunned and captured the imagination of international security watchers across the world, the Indian Air Force today declared that a MiG-21 Bison fighter managed to shoot down a Pakistan Air Force F-16D on Wednesday morning over the restive Line of Control that separates Jammu & Kashmir from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The MiG-21, from the Indian Air Force’s 51 Squadron ‘Sword Arms’ […]
Major airlines were cancelling and rerouting flights to Pakistan and India Wednesday amid rising tensions between the two countries. The airlines, including Emirates, Air Canada and Qatar Airways, suspended flights after Pakistan closed its airspace. Flight trackers showed that some even had to turn back mid-route. Later on Wednesday, airlines began restarting their services, but on alternate routes. Air Canada explained in an email to Global News that all flights […]
Indian Air Force fighter planes struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp across the Line of Control in Balakote, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa early on Tuesday morning, intelligence sources have said. The IAF used Mirage-2000 jets with laser-guided bombs causing an estimated casualty of 200-300, the sources said. The laser guided bombs are built with Israeli technology and were first used in Kargil. The air strike happened around 3.30 am. Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
New Delhi (CNN) There are many reasons people go to India: the culture, the food, the weather. But in recent years, another factor drawing visitors is health care. India’s medical tourism industry could grow by 200% by 2020, hitting $9 billion, according to Ministry of Tourism figures. As it tries to expand the industry, the country is trying to make it easier for people to come for medical reasons. It’s […]
A study conducted by Oxfam on Monday revealed that the fortunes of Indian billionaires increased by Rs 2,200 crore a day last year, with the top 1 per cent of the country’s richest getting richer by 39 per cent, while the bottom-half of the population saw an increase of just 3 per cent in their wealth. Oxfam, the international rights group, also said in its annual study that globally, the […]
