Opinion

Mind Games on following Exit Polls and Ahead of Actual Results

03 Jun 2024 03:25 AM IST

The unanimous verdict given by the exit polls in favour of the BJP and its Alliance partners, has certainly not gone down well with the Opposition parties, which besides questioning the methodology, have raised serious questions about the intent of such an exercise. If the exit polls hold, then Narendra

Scorching reality: Delhi’s record high temperature and its broader implications

03 Jun 2024 03:20 AM IST

Delhi, India’s national capital, recently witnessed an unprecedented climatic event, it recorded a temperature of over 52 degrees Celsius, a new temperature record registered in the country. This has been an alarming development beyond mere numbers, proving how strongly human activities affect our ecosystem. This dire rise in temperature finds

Will Space Startups Disrupt situational awareness?

03 Jun 2024 03:08 AM IST

The Indian space startup ecosystem in 2023 experienced significant growth with an addition of 54 new companies, bringing the total number of emerging firms in this sector to 204. These fledgling space startups collectively secured funding amounting to $123.9 million during the same year. This substantial investment raised the cumulative

Congress-AAP Dominate Punjab, BJP on backfoot in Himachal pradesh

01 Jun 2024 03:54 AM IST

The final phase of polling in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls on Saturday will witness virtually a straight fight between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party with erstwhile partners, the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP contesting for their survival in the border state of Punjab. In adjoining Himachal,

Voting phobia needs attention

01 Jun 2024 03:50 AM IST

A section of the ‘lok’ are ‘katti’ with ‘loktantra’. The low voter turnout in quite a few constituencies in the recent elections can’t be attributed to foreign interference, the favourite whipping boy. In fact, many voters are cynical, lackadaisical or a combination of both. The authorities tried their best to

Why Does India Need a Strong and Stable Government?

01 Jun 2024 03:47 AM IST

India will complete 2024 general elections with 57 seats voting on Saturday. Voters verdict is in EVMs, the biggest question to all our minds is who is winning 2024?, whether it’s NDA or INDIA alliance. People of India are smart enough to elect strong leadership. The global circumstances are volatile

Maya’s mirage: Unveiling the eternal illusion

31 May 2024 02:25 AM IST

Humans engage in endless conflicts over trivialities, incessantly craving their own desires. Leaders engage in power struggles, yearning to reign supreme over their do minion. Common folk wage battles for basic rights and sustenance. These conflicts arise from a multitude of reasons, be it religion, race, ethnicity, physical appearance, intelligence,

Reality through the lens of innocence: the lighthouse family

31 May 2024 02:19 AM IST

There have been many books set around the lives of people during wars, dealing with their struggles and combats, where war plays a pivotal role like any other character. This is precisely what Firat Sunel’s “The Lighthouse Family” deals with. It is a journey where family love, insecurities, mature psychology

Israeli-Palestinian hostility: failure of conflict management?

31 May 2024 02:15 AM IST

All wars and conflicts experience watershed moments which carry with them great dangers and sometimes suffering and devastation. But they also create new opportunities for the sides involved to re-evaluate whether reverting to collective violence serves their interests, or if they should rather resort to the path of peace and

Need for recalibrating the development model

30 May 2024 05:43 AM IST

The 11th May 2024 edition of The Econ omist devotes one of the two tile pages to the new economic order, with the lead article entitled “The liberal economic or der is slowly going apart”, which forewarns that “its collapse could be sudden and irreversible”. The new economic order commenced

Why are the Venus Volcanoes a ‘Hot’ topic?

30 May 2024 03:44 AM IST

Latest evidence suggests that Venus is more geologically active than previously believed. Researchers analysing decades-old data from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft have discovered signs of volcanic eruptions from the early 1990s. These findings mark the second instance of direct geological evidence indicating recent volcanic activity on Venus, hinting that the planet

Need for training institutions and career counselling in remote areas

29 May 2024 03:39 AM IST

They know, yet they have no platform to showcase what they know. When we speak about change, it is not just about changes in the Tier-1 cities of our country. It is not just about industries and facto ries. It is not just about for eign relations, exports and imports.