India tested its surface-to-surface missile Prithvi-II, during night time. This missile can carry 500 to 1,000 kilogramme of warheads, is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines and is part of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. It engages targets in the exo-atmosphere at 50 km above the earth’s atmosphere.
Enthusiasts think BRICS is taking on the US-led West. Critics think it is just a weak wannabe. In reality, BRICS is undergirding the new global order that will bring together friends and foes alike. A Deep Analysis by Drishtikone.
Swami Dhirendra Shastri called for a meat-free Navratri in Bengal. Parties answered by invoking Shakta tradition. A restricted rite, stripped of its disciplines, has become “culture”, and Bengal uses its first taste of political freedom in decades to flaunt the very decay that helped undo it.
