Odisha is gradually waking up from the vicious bite of super cyclone Fani that claimed 41 lives and left a trail of agricultural and infrastructural destruction. With a wind speed of more than 274 kilometres per hour (kmph), Fani caused death, destruction and crippled several parts of the state. Due…
“Do not come to Ethiopia if you don’t have a media permit. You will be incarcerated. Do not come to Ethiopia if you don’t have a media permit. You will be incarcerated. Do not come to Ethiopia if you don’t have a media permit. You will be incarcerated.” I had…
Bengal chief minister and ruling Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has landed into the trap laid by her friend-turned-foe Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) by deciding to celebrate Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti with gusto since last year. Her plan to ‘hijack’ Ram from Sangh Parivar’s clutches appeared to have gone…
While Ethiopia celebrates the naming of Abiy Ahmed, from the protest-hit areas of Oromo, as the new prime minister, Anuaks, a Nilotic tribe, 900 km away from the country capital, see no ray of hope. The declaration of emergency and consequent unrest pushed them into a state of great uncertainty. Just…
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the last full budget of the Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Center on February 1, 2018. Considering the impending elections and the prospects of facing the elections next year (possibly earlier as some speculate), one thought the Budget will try to do justice to…