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  World truce is in order and the Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is the one who is wishing to make this happen as he plans to submit a written proposal to the UN to create a commission for the same. His recommended participants include three world leaders- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pope Francis and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Its heart warming to see the Indian PM being seen as a calm and tactful negotiator who has sensible solutions to world problems, up his sleeves, and all in the right manner of speaking. The intend is for this commission to focus on world truce to be achieved in the next five years, encouraging the US, China and Russia to be a part of the whole peace keeping process. The proposal would also entail stopping occurrence of war. Taking to twitter, the Mexican President said, “I will make the proposal in writing, I will present it to the UN. I have been saying it and I hope the media will help us to spread it. Because they do...

The Agneepath scheme was meant to induct younger talent into the country. But the decision seemed to have backfired over communal issues, again. Three days and more than 600 people have been arrested with some 130 FIRs filed. Once filed, the police is obligated to take action against it. Bihar, Punjab and parts of UP saw huge protests amongst youth. Reservation seems to be the call to action. Its sad but even the armed forces are looking for reservations. Internet had to be suspended in 12 districts of Bihar of the 38. The protest had gradually taken communal proportions, as it always happens in our country. The promising government scheme was intended to induct highly skilled and motivated youth from all strata of society. More than 300 train routes were badly affected through the last three days. The government was forced to give reservation of 10 percent to Agniveers. These will be spread across CAPFs for Agniveers, and give them a 3-years age relaxation too. So they can join ...

After a huge gap, Kremlin has decided to make a visit to India. Indeed, everyone is seeing how the New Delhi-Kremlin bond is becoming stronger. Indian PM Narendra Modi has played his cards well, to keep the powerful on his side. Vladimir Putin is definitely one of those choices. Putin’s visit comes at the strategic time of Russia’s delivery of the S-400 air defense systems, a technology that was to attract secondary sanctions from America. But India knows where to butter its bread and has decided to shake hands with Russia over military partnership for the next decade as well. Let us not forget that Russia is dominated the supply of natural gas to many in the Western world. With India having made a bigul call of going completely green on its fuel consumptions through investments elsewhere, partnership with Russia could make sense in a later stage. Despite India’s increasing closeness to the West, a strong Russia and stronger India-Russia ties are important for India’s vision of a mult...

It is going to take India longer than expected to get its inoculation drive become a success. Here is why.... Photo courtesy: NDTV It is getting strange that India has more vaccine vials that takers right now.  The situation is becoming something like in Hungary and Sweden where people are refusing to take the Chinese vaccine candidate. There is fear and uncertainty lurking in the minds of the common man. Too much (mis)information has also done its bit. Multiple vaccine candidates are already creating confusion.  For India, as a country of the largest population after China, it is getting to be a huge challenge to convince people to get themselves vaccinated. India is a strange democracy. A herd mentality works here. People can’t think for themselves; they believe half baked information quickly. They don’t read and inform themselves well, because what is being fed to them is (mis) information anyway. They discus and as Chinese whispers, the real, the truth is lost in translati...