Quote of the Day by Mikhail Gorbachev: A society should never become like a pond with stagnant...—Inspiring quotes by one of the most influential political figures who sought to usher in an era of opennessQuote of the Day: Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, warned that societies must keep moving forward. He believed stagnation was t...
23 Apr, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban ejected after 16 years in a European electoral earthquakeHungarian voters ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orban, ending his 16-year authoritarian rule in a stunning election result. Pro-...
14 Apr, 2026, 11.55 AM IST
Once inspired by Orban, Hungary's Peter Magyar unseats him in landmark electionPeter Magyar's Tisza party has defeated Viktor Orban's Fidesz in Hungary's parliamentary election, ending Orban's 16-year rule. Magyar's pr...
13 Apr, 2026, 07.19 AM IST
April 3 in world history: From Panama Paper leak to first handheld mobile phone callApril 3rd is a day of historical impact. In 1922, Joseph Stalin's rise began. 1933 saw the first flight over Mount Everest. The Marshall Pl...
03 Apr, 2026, 10.44 AM IST
March 27 in World History: From Charles I’s ascension to the English Throne, blood transfusion breakthrough to power shift and deadly air disasterOn this day in history, Charles I ascended the English throne in 1625. Medical history was made in 1914 with the first successful non-direc...
27 Mar, 2026, 02.20 PM IST
Why does Xi Jinping keep purging loyalists? Look to Stalin and Mao for the answerXi Jinping's purges in China, reminiscent of Stalin and Mao, highlight the challenges of managing a vast system and maintaining elite loyal...
20 Aug, 2025, 10.12 AM IST
Intellectual support for communism: Non-Marxist advocates of a communist modelThe rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union, and its achievements, such as being the first country to send a satellite and then a man i...
02 Feb, 2024, 01.29 PM IST
China and Russia: Explaining a long, complicated friendshipChinese and Russian states have loomed large in each other's foreign affairs since the 17th century, when two empires created a border with...
22 Mar, 2023, 05.05 PM IST
‘Because of him … we have Pizza Hut.’ Old Mikhail Gorbachev ad resurfaces, Internet mourns Cold War heroMikhail Gorbachev, 91, passed away on Tuesday due to prolonged illness.
31 Aug, 2022, 03.18 PM IST
Mikhail Gorbachev: His seven years that changed the worldIn nearly seven years, between March 1985 and December 1991, he changed the course of history by ending the Cold War and triggering the dem...
31 Aug, 2022, 11.51 AM IST
Russian support for India vis a vis China is rooted in history of Khrushchev and MaoOne of key reasons for the Sino-Soviet split was Chinese Communist Party’s aggressive posture in Eurasian region. In 1959 when Khrushchev a...
23 Jul, 2020, 02.12 PM IST
China's Communist Party should learn from Soviet collapse, avoid mistakes: key CPC leaderAs China grapples with the continued slowdown of its economy amid the trade war with the US, an influential member of the ruling Communist ...
18 Jan, 2019, 05.29 PM IST
USSR lost closest ally with Indira Gandhi's assassination, but would maintain ties with son: CIAThe CIA claimed that in the post Indira era, India’s continuing differences with Pak will ensure strong ties with Moscow. It pointed out th...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.32 PM IST
China says Russia, US must avoid fighting proxy war in SyriaThe party's flagship People's Daily newspaper reiterated China's view in an editorial Tuesday that a negotiated political solution is the o...
13 Oct, 2015, 12.37 PM IST
- With Singh as PM, our system approximates communist one:Advani
Advani wanted to know why is the Congress President "totally silent on the issue of black money, on the issue of corruption, on the issue o...
05 Nov, 2011, 07.25 PM IST
- The soft power of the Soviet Union
Translators live in the shadow of the authors they recreate in their chosen language.
10 Mar, 2011, 02.50 AM IST
- Communist summit in the time of decimation
After the drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections, CPM and CPI, the front-line communist parties in India, are in the throes of a monument...
19 Nov, 2009, 04.50 AM IST