(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) Many trace the roots of the Ukraine war to the 2008 Bucharest summit of NATO in which the U.S. proposed membership in the trans-Atlantic nuclear alliance for Georgia … Read more
In the last century, advances in medical sciences, access to healthcare, and improved sanitation have reduced the mortality and morbidity of infectious diseases globally and regionally. This is particularly true for respiratory and diarrhoeal infections. However, the last 100 years have also been characterised by outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics caused by emerging and re-emerging pathogens, … Read more
Elon Musk speaks as his son X Æ A-12 and U.S. President Donald Trump listen in the Oval Office of the White House on February 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters If Donald Trump’s first administration was the wealthiest in American history, his second one has spectacularly beaten it. Its total worth is around $460 … Read more
Montreal, Feb. 16: Within a few months, Montreal will be directly connected with Australasia by Marconi’s new system of radio transmission. Marconi’s at present erecting three additional towers at Drummondvile for Canada-Australia service. The Drummondvile station will be operated in conjunction with the British Post Office, receiving messages from Great Britain and relaying them direct … Read more
New Delhi, Feb. 17: The Tamil Nadu Government is likely to seek a loan of Rs. 2 crores from the Life Insurance Corporation for tapping the groundwater resources of the Palar river for relieving the acute water scarcity Madras is now suffering from. It is understood that the State Government wanted to seek Central assistance … Read more
Mohammad Ali, a 27-year-old schoolteacher from Bangladesh’s Lakshmipur district, has possessed his National Identity Card (NID) ever since he turned 18. But he has never cast a vote. In the 2018 national election, Awami League (AL) leaders forced out voters who were not aligned with the ruling party, barring him from the ballot box, says … Read more
On January 20, Chinese scientists reported that they were able to maintain a plasma at a temperature of 100 million degrees C for about 1,066 seconds in a nuclear fusion reactor called the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). In 1938, physicists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann found that energy is produced when the nucleus of … Read more
Transparency and the judge It is rather surprising that Harish Salve has taken exception to former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud’s interview to the BBC on sensitive matters. If judges are to speak only through their judgments — as Mr. Salve has said so — it should equally apply to lawyers. Their arguments should … Read more
The disbursal of funds by the Union government to help States tackle the devastation caused by natural disasters continues to be mired in controversy. Tamil Nadu had urged the Union government to release ₹6,675 crore under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) so that the State can carry out the relief and restoration work required … Read more
In its first updated Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in August 2022, India has committed to first, adopting a climate-friendly and cleaner path to economic development; second, reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP by 45% by 2030 from the 2005 level, and third, … Read more