India can beat Covid if it changes its behaviour and acts logically

Devotees taking holy dip in Ganga during Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.Unlike other pathogens, the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, seems to be a bit different. It is like Vali, the monkey king with special powers in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Legend has it that ...

Jaideep Mazumdar concurrently accredited as Indian envoy to Montenegro

New Delhi: 1989-batch Indian Foreign Service Jaideep Mazumdar has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to Montenegro, with residence in Vienna.Presently, he is serving as the Indian ambassador to Austria.Ambassador Jaideep Maz...

Romancing the war – in fiction and flames

Representative photo from Creative Commons.“... somewhere, my love”War is about death. Death of the human body and humanity per se. Erik Maria Remarque in his epoch-making “All Quiet on the Western Front” got his lead characte...

MEA carries out major reshuffle, new envoys appointed for UN, Slovenia, Austria, Qatar, Bahrain

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday appointed senior diplomat T S Tirumurti as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Currently, he is serving as Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).A 1985-batch Indian Foreig...

Maj Gen Dogra becomes first general in world to earn ‘Ironman Triathlon’ title

Indian Army’s Major General VD Dogra has become the first general across the globe to complete the full ‘Ironman triathlon’ at Klagenfurt in Austria in 14 hours and 21 minutes. The Ironman is an international triathlon co...