SEVEN TOP INDIAN HONCHOS TO ATTEND TRUMP’S RECEPTION AT DAVOS

NEW DELHI,21 Jan 2026 : The world’s political and business elite are gathering in the Swiss Alps this week amid deepening global uncertainty, and few appearances are being watched more closely than that of US President Donald Trump, who is set to return to the World Economic Forum for the first time in six years. […]

NO RAJYA SABHA INNING YET FOR NEW BJP PRESIDENT NITIN NABIN

NEW DELHI,21 Jan 2026 : Nitin Nabin took charge as the BJP’s new National President Tuesday morning – 24 hours ago – and is already at work. The first decisions included appointing the party’s in-charge and co-in-charge for the Kerala Assembly election later this year, as also some local body polls. And Wednesday morning he […]

SC SEEKS EXPERT PANEL ON ARAVALLI HILLS, STOPS ILLEGAL MINING

NEW DELHI,21 Jan 2026 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Rajasthan Government to immediately stop the illegal mining on the Aravalli range of hills. A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant asked the Centre, the amicus curiae and other parties to suggest names of environmentalists, scientists and mining experts within four weeks, […]

AR Rahman, a Loaded Interview, and the Changing Ideology of Bollywood

The controversy surrounding A.R. Rahman’s recent BBC interview has less to do with what the composer actually said and far more to do with how his words were framed, provoked, and subsequently amplified. A closer reading of the interview reveals a pattern that deserves scrutiny—not of Rahman’s intent, but of the manner in which the […]

SNOWLESS HIMALAYAS SOUND CLIMATE ALARM IN UTTARAKHAND

NEW DELHI,21 Jan 2026 : Uttarakhand is facing an unprecedented environmental warning as the winter season progresses without snowfall, raising serious concerns over the survival of glaciers and rivers in the Himalayan region. As the month of January draws to a close, the upper Himalayan ranges usually blanketed in thick layers of snow are starkly […]

7 YEARS WITHOUT TRIAL: SC DEFERS LAWYER SURENDRA GADLING’S BAIL PLEA

lawyer-activist Surendra Gadling NEW DELHI,21 Jan 2026: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred by one more month the bail application filed by lawyer-activist Surendra Gadling in connection with the 2016 Surajgarh arson case. A Bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi adjourned the matter after proposing that timelines could be fixed to ensure that […]