VIEWS

Living alone is a choice that can significantly benefit mental health and personal growth, acting as a "classroom for life." It fosters self-reliance by forcing individuals to handle all aspects of daily life, from cooking to managing…

Poonam Sharma Beijing, the restless former capital of ambition. Culture. High finance. Now the city is a shadow of its past. Behind the posters hailing the propaganda slogans and neat plazas, the lifeblood of the city—the people, the…

Poonam Sharma The unabating monsoon rains in Uttarakhand brought extensive devastation, particularly in Uttarkashi and Pauri Garhwal districts. Landslides, swept-away bridges, and flooded roads isolated numerous remote villages, leaving…

Tripura has implemented many e-governance projects like e-filing system, e-Cabinet, e-Assembly, and Task Monitoring System, which are undoubtedly helping in administrative efficiency. However, these projects are mainly part of central…

Dr. Kumar Rakesh In the era of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), a charged phrase began echoing across political corridors— “Saffron Terror.” Coined around incidents like the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast, it swiftly morphed…

Friend Turns Foe: A Betrayed Partnership India, the world’s largest democracy, was among the first to initiate trade negotiations with the United States under President Donald Trump’s second term, seeking to cement a partnership forged…

Poonam Sharma The scheduled meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and ex-U.S. President Donald Trump on 15 August is against the backdrop of one of the most polarizing geopolitical conflicts of the decade—the war in Ukraine. For…

Poonam Sharma The changing outlines of Indo-US relations are again in the spotlight worldwide. Strategic partnerships in defense, space, wireless technologies, and artificial intelligence continue to advance, even as tensions emerge on…

Poonam Sharma In the disputed waters of the West Philippine Sea, Manila's strategic stance is being drastically rewritten. For decades, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) were inward-focused, preoccupied with counterinsurgency and…

Poonam Sharma The drama of Donald Trump being measured against Rahul Gandhi on the same political scale is, honestly, a joke. But this has nothing to do with personalities — it has to do with the machinery of American politics, and the…