By Shanmugapandian S Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. will be the oldest ever US president to hold office from January 20, 2021 defeating incumbent Donald Trump. Joe Biden won the highest number of popular votes in US presidential election ahead even Barak Obama. A Democratic Party…
What is the Artificial Sun It is a superconducting fusion device, known as the Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR). Just like the nuclear fusion experiments seen in China and other European countries, the KSTAR is built to recreate the sun’s fusion reactions on Earth. Basically, the researchers will hold the power of the…
Famous french economist Thomas piketty in his remarkable work Capital and ideology argues that for the first time in history, the poor are blamed for their misery.They are condemned for lack of talent, diligence and virtue, while the rich are commended for their merit and entrepreneurship. While we see many people losing their jobs…
On November 20 , AYUSH ministry had issued a notification that has allowed the post graduates of Ayurveda practitioners to perform surgery. This step has been criticized by modern science ( IMA) sharply since then. According to them, we aren’t supposed to put patients’ safety into risk by ‘half baked’ doctors by Ayurveda. In…
In 1976 , the 42nd amendment had added the word “ Socialist, Secular and Integrity “ in our Constitution preamble. But even today it was not implemented properly and we are busy dividing people on the basis of caste and religion. Recent controversial ordinance passed by U. P and M. P had implicitly hampered the…
As the world enters a new decade, we foresee opportunities and challenges ahead. For India, there lies a ‘test of ties’, ties with Russia and the US. These ties will be tested in the year-end when India will receive the first batch of the S-400 missile defence system, which will come under the scanner of…
As the world suffers from one of the worst setbacks since decades, India too has had its fair or unfair share of the implications of the hegemony of the Wuhan Virus. The invisible virus, whose size is of the order of a few nanometers, has apparently jammed the Global economy, and medical infrastructure. But, this…
“The buck stops here” is a statement made popular by President Truman of the US. It implies that the head of any organization or institution should take on the responsibility for the decisions taken by the organization and will not pass on the responsibility to others when things go wrong. This is the universally accepted…
2020 was one of the worst years in world history. It stands out as the worst in terms of people killed by the pandemic and economic contraction in the last 75 years. The global economy shrank by 4.3% in 2020, over two-and-a-half times more than the global financial crisis of 2009. The recovery of 4.7% expected…
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest Muhammad Ali is one of the most iconic figures of 20th century. He was the Boxing heavyweight world champion for long. In this blog I do not want to talk about his Boxing but how he was prepared to risk everything for what he believed in and why he is an inspiration…