Will the meeting be short on substance? On 22 Feb 17, India and China shall hold strategic-level talks at Beijing, China. India shall be represented by Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, while China…
Can a new approach help with this seven-decade old conflict? On 16 Feb 2017, President Donald Trump met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the White House. The new President had been perceived as…
Is the IAF lacking in this force-multiplier technology? Why are AWACS so Important? Airborne warning and Control System (AWACS) is a force-multiplier technology, available with modern air forces…
What is the future of the AIDMK Party? J Jayalalithaa was a tall leader and wielded complete control of the AIDMK. On 05 Dec 16, after spending almost three months at the Apollo Hospital, she passed…
Do we need a law to control ostentation? Congress MP Ranjeet Rajan, wife of Bihar MP Pappu Yadav has introduced a bill to control expenditure at wedding ceremonies. The bill called Marriages (…
Do these four laws enhance our security of curb our freedom? On 11 Feb 17, at the Hindu Huddle Tathagata Satpathy, MP and Editor, Dharitri; politician Manish Tewari and lawyer Gautam Bhatia held…
Is there a face-off between these pillars of our democracy? On 11 Feb 17, the Hindu Huddle hosted Union Minister for Law & Justice and Information Technology, in conversation with Ms. Nidhi…
Should Professional diplomacy be measured by its’ ability to provide government with choices? On 10 Feb 17, Shiv Shankar Menon, former National Security Advisor and former Foreign Secretary…
Did the elite discussion generate some new ideas? On 11 Feb 17, the Hindu Huddle being conducted at ITC Gardenia, held a conclave on 'Terror Proofing India'. The session was hosted by Suhasini Haider…
Should India assume a larger role? On 10 Feb 17, former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, speaking at the Hindu Group sponsored Huddle: Conversations for Change, delivered the keynote address…
Where is, society heading? On 09 Feb 2017, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Gramin Bank and Chairman of the Younus Centre interacted with the Synergia Forum, at Bangalore. He pointed…
Do the contributions of spouses deserve compensation? On 06 Feb 16, Francois Fillon the Centre-Right, Les Republicans candidate for the French Presidential election apologized over making payments…
Does the US stand to gain from increased Russian engagement? On 05 Feb 17, in an interview with Bill O’Reilly of Fox News, President Donald Trump defended a softer stance on Russia. The President’s…
Can the humanitarian tragedy still be averted? On 28 Jan 17, US Special Forces carried out a raid in central Yemen, targeting the house of a suspected Al Qaeda leader. Initially, US military…
What are the implications for the Indian IT Sector? On 21 Jan 2017, Ms. Zoe Lofgren, Democrat and the US Representative from Silicon Valley California introduced the, ‘Highly Skilled Integrity &…
On 27 Jan 2017, Synergia Forum hosted Air Chief Marshal Fali Major (retd.), PVSM, AVSM, SC, VSM. To an elite audience comprising serving and retired servicemen, bureaucrats, ambassadors, academicians…
In the recently concluded US elections that swept President Donald Trump to power, a record five Indian-American candidates bagged congressional seats. All five are Democrats and three are from the…
Liberal democracies must examine their own glass houses to see how the liberal order has produced too many losers, too many corporate robber barons, while creating a level of social inequality, job…