Asian Age

28/02/2023

| The one index that the government kept harping about was the World Bank’s ease of doing business index. That index has been discontinued a couple of years ago after it was found that some countries were fudging the data, writes Aakar Patel

What is striking is that the media has no interest in reporting the background to which they give out the news

28/02/2023

| The economic resolution reflects an important facet of the Congress, that it is politically realistic. The bench strength of good minds in the party is far superior to that of the BJP, writes Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

There is much more to the Congress carnival at Raipur than the speeches of Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi

28/02/2023

A special CBI court here on Monday remanded Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia to five-day custody of the investigative agency till March 4.

The CBI’s counsel submitted that the arrested minister’s custody was required for effective interrogation in the case

26/02/2023

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said he will fully cooperate with the CBI questioning and asserted that he does not care if he has to go to jail over "false allegations".

Sisodia was originally summoned last Sunday but he sought deferment of his questioning citing the ongoing Budget exercise

26/02/2023

| How do you identify a writer? Give her a mirror. If she holds it up to society, she’s a writer. If she looks longingly at herself, she isn’t one, writes Krishna Shastri Devulapalli

Didn’t Groucho Marx say it best? ‘I refuse to be a member of any club that accepts me.’

26/02/2023

| The Sino-Russian cohesion had a magnetic effect on powers like Iran, Saudi Arabia and many others, some of which had traditionally been in the West’s gravitational zone, writes Saeed Naqvi

The Beijing-Moscow pair has attracted new adherents, whereas the Western camp is restive.

26/02/2023

| Even Russia’s other allies and friends in that order, and nations traditionally antagonistic to the American-controlled status quo, have been hedging their bets, including and not limited to China and India, writes Manish Tewari

Ukraine’s independence unfortunately became problematic for the Soviet Union’s successor state Russia from the day go itself.

25/02/2023

About a year ago, locals on Andaman and Nicobar Islands spotted an unusual object in the sky: a giant balloon similar to the one the US downed earlier this month.

Hundreds of people on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ventured outside and snapped photos of the unusual flying object

25/02/2023

| BoJo’s ambition to return to 10 Downing Street may be a pie in the sky. He is undoubtedly smart and charming, if a bit economical with the truth, writes Farrukh Dhondy

BoJo signed a deal whereby the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would remain open for the passage of goods

25/02/2023

| Rahul Gandhi with his approachable, touchy-feely walkathon provided a sharp contrast to aloof leaders, refusing to interact directly with the people of their country, while displaying their own insecurities, writes Shobhaa De

Kick up your heels, guys! The fun has just begun. Soon it will be Holi (March 8) and great things are happening in India’s courtyard

23/02/2023

The Congress on Thursday claimed its leader Pawan Khera was deplaned from a flight to Raipur, where he was going to attend the party's plenary session.

Several Congress leaders raised slogans against the government while on the tarmac

23/02/2023

| Retired bureaucrats in India have long tried their luck in politics, and this trend appears to continue in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, writes Dilip Cherian

Concern has been expressed about the delay in advertising the vacancy to fill the post of CMD for NMDC

23/02/2023

| The world today is in the grip of severe turbulence which is not taking the US-led West kindly. In the Beijing balloon context, the key role played by Washington in the rise of the CPC-PLA is there for all to see, writes Abhijit Bhattacharyya

The exponential growth in Sino-US trade gave the Dragon a spectacular opportunity to test the West and use its wealth to its own advantage

23/02/2023

22/02/2023

Ministry of Home Affairs has given sanction to prosecute Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia under the Prevention of Corruption Act in the 'alleged Feedback Unit' snooping case.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had approved the CBI's request for prosecution sanction and forwarded the same to the MHA

22/02/2023

| Sensing an opening in Pakistani society’s current distress, Imran has upped the ante and started reasserting himself in popular imagination. The coalition government was firmly on the backfoot, and Imran trying to reclaim his relevance, writes Bhopinder Singh

Imran was literally pushed out, railing, ranting and mocking the so-called “neutrality” of Pakistan’s “establishment”

22/02/2023

| Ms Sitharaman can't tell her G-20 counterparts that India is in an advantageous position economically. India also cannot argue that a growing Indian economy will boost global economic growth. India is not yet in a position to do so, writes Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

The MPC statement shows that inflation remains an issue of concern, something that the FM refused to take into account in her Budget

22/02/2023

Union home minister Amit Shah said that he is confident that the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) will be removed from the entire state of Nagaland in the next three to four years.

Mr Shah said that issues concerning the development and rights of eastern Nagaland will be addressed after the elections

21/02/2023

This would be the first party-level meeting to be chaired by CM Shinde, after the Election Commission's decision that the name Shiv Sena and its poll symbol will remain with the Shinde camp

This would be the first party-level meeting to be chaired by Shinde, after the EC's decision on the name and symbol of Shiv Sena

21/02/2023

| One can refer to the Adani-Hindenburg saga as a scandal, scam, non-story, conspiracy against India or something else. Some of that will depend on the perspective one has on this government, and that is understandable, writes Aakar Patel

Readers may not know that exposure of India’s mutual funds to the Adani Group was always limited, with almost nobody willing to invest in it

21/02/2023

| The danger is that there may be greater chaos going forward, and thus inaction is a bad choice. India can test the ground for creating conditions that will allow political forces less inimical to India to emerge stronger, writes K.C. Singh

As late Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was fond of saying, one can choose one’s friends but not one’s neighbours

20/02/2023

The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at multiple locations in Chhattisgarh, including premises linked to Congress leaders, as part of an ongoing investigation into the coal levy money laundering case

ED raids multiple locations in Chhattisgarh over mining case

20/02/2023

| BBC has a bigger problem at home. The chairman of BBC Richard Sharp appointed by Boris Johnson, when he was PM, has now fallen foul of the rules of appropriate behaviour for people holding public posts, writes Kishwar Desai

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp appointed by Boris Johnson, when he was PM, has now fallen foul of the rules of appropriate behaviour

20/02/2023

| What remains to be seen is whether India can sustain this strategy of deploying economic engagement as an instrument of foreign policy if the economy does not grow at a faster pace.. writes Sanjaya Baru

Prime Minister Modi deserves full marks for the manner in which he has deployed economic incentives in his foreign policy

20/02/2023

Union home minister Amit Shah announced that the BJP will contest the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Together we should win all 48 seats in Maharashtra, he said

Shah said Shivaji’s life was all about revolting against atrocities and the fight for ‘swaraj’ started by him continues still today