Letters from the Father: First Birthday
My Son, Raghav blessings, You are too young, my son, it is your first years after your birth. It is your world. Your eyes are too small to see this world. Your eyes are however seeing this world in a different perspective. Your eyes are twinkling. You look at things that are talking to you.…
United States Elections 2024 : American Electoral College
What is the American Electoral System ? Congress sets January 7, 1789 as the date by which states are required to choose electors for the country’s first-ever presidential election. A month later, on February 4, George Washington was elected president by state electors and sworn into office on April 30, 1789. As it did in 1789, the…
Gaza Conflict as on August 2024
Geo-Political History of the Region The foundation of the conflict were laid in 1917 when the then British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour expressed official support of Britain for a Jewish “national home” in Palestine under the Balfour Declaration. The lack of concern for the “rights of existing non-Jewish communities” i.e. the Arabs led to prolonged violence. Unable to contain…
Chandrayaan-3: ISRO’s walk in uncharted territory of the Moon
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) created history as Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft made a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on 23 Aug 2023 evening. The Vikram lander made the soft landing at 6.04 PM (IST), ending the disappointment over the crash-landing of the Chandrayaan-2 lander four years ago.
Croatia rejects joining EU mission of Ukrainian military support
Croatian lawmakers on 27 Jan 2023 narrowly rejected a proposal the country should join an EU mission in support of the Ukrainian military after hours of heated debate reflecting deep divisions between the premier and the country’s president.
Indus Water Treaty: India’s Notice to Pakistan
India announced on 25 Jan 2023 that it wants to modify the 62-year-old Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan, citing what it called Pakistan’s “intransigence” in resolving disputes over the Kishenganga and Ratle hydropower projects, both in Jammu and Kashmir. India also protested Pakistan’s “unilateral” decision to approach a court of arbitration at The Hague.