Author: Vincent Augustine D'Souza

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Opening Ceremony was held on 23/7/2021, 364 days after original date 24/7/2020.  Corona had spread to many countries in March 2020 and there was fear.  Vociferous minority of athletes demanded postponement of Olympics and so it was.  After the decline of Corona cases there was rise again.  In Japan the situation in…

Speculation preceded cabinet reshuffle on 7/7/2021.  There were reports who will be made ministers.  Many names were mentioned.  Some of them were not made ministers. It seems reporters put the names of persons who hoped to become ministers.  They should have known that Modi will not make Varun Gandhi or Pritam Munde a minister.  Modi…

Some years back Australia announced for every child born in the country, the mother will get 3,000 dollars.  Later it increased the amount to 4,000 dollars. From 1979 onwards China followed one-child policy.  There were many forcible abortions.  In 2016 China switched to two-children policy.  Now it wants every couple to have three children. In…

New Zealand won World Test Championship by defeating India by 8 wickets in Southampton Test.  The Test was for five days beginning 18/6/2021 with 23/6/2021 kept as reserve day in case of no play on a day.  There was no play on 18/6/2021 and reserve day came to play.  On 19/6/2021 New Zealand Captain Kane…

On 11/6/2021 UP CM Yogi Adityanath met PM Narendra Modi.  The meeting took place some days after reports of Yogi defying Modi on appointing Arvind Kumar Sharma as Deputy CM appeared in media. Sharma was an IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.  Modi liked him.  When Modi became PM, he got Sharma transferred to Delhi.  In…

India’s Corona death toll has officially crossed three lakhs.  States and Union Territories have imposed lockdowns which are extended.  After reports of mutants and variants of Corona virus came reports of black fungus.  Before one could get over it came reports of white fungus.  White fungus is said to be four times more dangerous than…

Four states and a union territory had elections in March and April and counting of votes was on 2/5/2021.  In Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry voting was on 6/4/2021.  Assam had 3-phase election.  Voting was on 27/3/2021, 1/4/2021 and 6/4/2021.  West Bengal had 8-phase election.   Voting was on 27/3/2021, 1/4/2021, 6/4/2021, 10/4/2021, 17/4/2021, 22/4/2021, 26/4/2021…

When 2021 began and many countries were having second or third wave of Corona, cases in India were in decline.  That puzzled many.  Some said it was because of cleanliness and food habits of Indians. The situation changed after the Ides of March.  Maharashtra led in rising cases.  It did not have elections as in…

India should quit Quad. USA is not India’s friend and not a reliable ally.  USA sees India as a subsidiary ally just like the British had subsidiary allies in India. Quad in full is Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.  Its stated objective is to ensure and sustain an open, free and prosperous Indo-Pacific region.  Real objective is…