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World - Op-Eds - Feb 3, 2017
US raid in Yemen
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 reported that 14 militants and one US Navy commando…
Indian Politics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 2, 2017
Padmavati
On 27 Jan 17, miscreants allegedly from the Karni Sena, disrupted the shooting of the Film Padmavati being produced by Sanjay Leela Bansali, in Jaipur. They misbehaved with the producer, damaged…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 2, 2017
Graphene from soyabean oil
Australian scientists at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, have turned ordinary cooking oil into graphene. This method of production is said to be more cost effective.
Counter-Terrorism - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 2, 2017
Twin blasts in Punjab
On 31st Jan 17, three persons, including a Congress worker, were killed and five injured in twin blasts at Maur, 30 km from Bathinda. At around 8.30pm Congress candidate Harminder Singh Jassi had…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 2, 2017
RBI increases withdrawal limits
On 30 Jan 17, RBI announced that it would be removing withdrawal restrictions on ATMs, from 01 Feb 17. Also with immediate effect, withdrawal limits on current accounts, cash credit and overdraft…
World - Op-Eds - Feb 1, 2017
US election-2016
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…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 1, 2017
New US immigration order
On the 27th of January 2017, President Donald Trump signed the "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States“ executive order.
- Op-Eds - Feb 1, 2017
H-1B visas
On 21 Jan 2017, Ms. Zoe Lofgren, Democrat and the US Representative from Silicon Valley California introduced the, ‘Highly Skilled Integrity & Fairness Act’ as a bill in the US Congress. The bill…
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 1, 2017
National budget
On the 1st of Feb 2017, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley shall present his 4th National Budget, to Parliament.This budget is special because for the 1st time, the presentation of the budget has been…
War - Op-Eds - Feb 1, 2017
Press brief: future of war fare
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…
World - Op-Eds - Jan 30, 2017
The year of the rooster
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…
World - Op-Eds - Jan 30, 2017
Technological changes and social contracts
Talk delivered at World Policy Conference by Tobby Simon . Social contracts have been the basis of how we construct societies. Every couple of generations we script new social contracts, and they…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 28, 2017
UN condemns Israel, again
On 24th Jan 16, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would build 2,500 more homes in Jewish settlements "in response to housing needs". It is the second such announcement by the Israeli…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 28, 2017
Human pig
Embryos that are part human (less than 0.001% human) and part pig have been produced and are being analysed by scientists. It is the first proof of Chimeras - named after the mythical lion-goat-…
Indian Politics - Op-Eds - Jan 27, 2017
One nation one election
On 25 Jan 2017, President Pranab Mukherjee, in his customary eve of Republic Day address to the nation, came out in support of simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. President…
Environment - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 27, 2017
Hottest year 2016
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA declared 2016 as the warmest year, breaking the record three years in a row. NASA data shows that average surface temperature in 2016…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 26, 2017
US backing out of TPP
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. The trade pact was, former President Barack Obama's pivot to Asia, signed by 12 nations…
World - Op-Eds - Jan 25, 2017
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) decapitated
On 24 Jan 16, in one of his first executive orders, President Donald Trump formally pulled out the US from negotiations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, trade deal. Thus, Donald Trump has fulfilled…
World - Op-Eds - Jan 21, 2017
Chelsea Manning
On 18 Jan 17, President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, who was otherwise scheduled to serve 35 years, till 2045. US Private Bradley Manning (now Chelsea Manning) was convicted in…
Business - Op-Eds - Jan 21, 2017
Battle in Tata sons
On 24 Oct 16, Cyrus Mistry was unceremoniously dismissed as Chairman of Tata Sons. Tata Sons is the holding company of the US$ 103 billion Tata conglomerate. The largest shareholder in Tata Sons is…