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World war

The 1970s

The happenings of a particular decade, be it a war or any milestone in geopolitics, a spectacular scientific discovery or a technological breakthrough, can never be attributed to that particular span of ten years.

Gaza war will impact support for Ukraine

Ukrainian military commander-in-chief General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, offering his blunt assessment of the current status of the war, said in an interview: “Just like in the first world war, we have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate.

A critical moment for the world we live in

Without being alarmist, one must take note of the fact that the possibility of a third world war has been more discussed this year – 2022 - than any previous year since 1945.

Nightmare without end

My long experience in nuclear medicine and associated oncology gives me the confidence to suggest that radiation at an early stage may just melt and then dissolve the paws of the virus. Some distinguished persons have suggested vaccines. This is a splendid idea in principle but it will take at least four to five months before the vaccine is ready for general use. By that time, many lives will be lost. It is imperative to find a drug almost immediately, even by "random" methods to kill the virus before they spread their "tents" in abundance

Turkey & Subcontinent

It is important to recognise that unlike the Middle Eastern theatre which is contiguous to Turkish borders and direct interests, pandering to Pakistani urgency is realpolitik and reflective of the carefully calibrated Turkish chessboard moves. India must call Turkey's bluff and hypocrisy on terrorism, as it will remain contextually linked to Pakistan's own incorrigibility, duplicity and infamy