Author: Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Nirmala Sitharaman presented Budget 2021 on 1/2/2021.  Her speech lasted 100 minutes unlike last time which remained incomplete after 160 minutes.  After one hour many MPs were drowsy.  Speaker Om Birla had trouble to keep himself awake. India should not compare itself to USA and talk of 5 trillion dollar economy.  USA prints dollars and…

This year we had an unusual Republic Day.  It did not have a chief guest.  UK PM Boris Johnson who had agreed to be chief guest withdrew on 5/1/2021 due to Third Wave of Corona in UK.   Government of India decided to have Republic Day celebrations without chief guest as in 1952, 1953 and 1966…

Brisbane Test.  Day 5.  19/1/2021. When play began not many thought India could win the Test.  History was against it.  West Indies in 1988 was the last visiting team to win a Test at Brisbane.    Highest score by a winning team batting in 4th Innings was 219 by Australia against West Indies in 1951.  There…

Nidhi Razdan was with NDTV 24X7 for around 21 years.  In 2020 she left the channel.  Google entries showed her associate professor of journalism at Harvard. On 15/1/2021 came reports of Nidhi Razdan claiming she was victim of a phishing attack.  As per job offer, she was supposed to join Harvard in September 2020 but…

There have been various reactions to storming of Capitol in Washington DC on 6/1/2021.  Some are flabbergasted, surprised, shocked and sad.  Some are glad. Leaders of West have condemned the violence.  They called for peaceful transfer of power.  Yet these leaders have cheered and applauded colour revolutions, Arab Spring and Hong Kong protests when such…

On 23/12/2020 Bishan Singh Bedi quit as DDCA member.  In his letter to DDCA President Rohan Jaitley he asked his name be removed from a stand at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium with immediate effect and renounced his DDCA membership.  This was in protest against the decision to instal a statue of Arun Jaitley at the…

On 19/12/2020 India created a new Test record of lowest Innings score by being all out for 36 runs.  This broke 46-years old record of 42 all out at Lord’s in 1974. It was third day of Adelaide Day and Night Test.  India had 53 runs first Innings lead.  It had begun the day at…

When around two months back farmers began indefinite blocking of railways in protest against central agricultural laws it was breakdown of law and order and a fit case for imposition of President’s Rule.  Central Government did not act.  Farmers said they will allow goods trains, will not allow passenger trains.  Railway Ministry said either both…

Bihar Elections are over.  NDA headed by Nitish Kumar is back in power.  Grand Alliance did not win enough seats to come to power. RJD emerged as the largest party with 75 seats.  Congress got 19, CPI 12, CPI (M) 2, CPI (M-L) (L) 2, GA total 110 seats. BJP got 74, JD(U) 43, HAM…