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
Quote of the Day by Fidel Castro: “A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle…..”Fidel Castro was a long-time leader of Cuba who came to power after a revolution. He introduced communist rule and changed the country’s sy...
23 Mar, 2026, 10.36 PM IST
China's Communist Party has ruled for 75 years. Will it make it to 100?China's Communist Party has ruled for 75 years, guiding the country through economic transformation after severe internal turmoil. Despite ...
01 Oct, 2024, 08.20 AM IST
A timeline of complicated relations between Russia and North KoreaRussian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would assist North Korea in satellite development. When questioned about whether he ...
13 Sep, 2023, 04.13 PM IST
Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin's enemiesRussia's clampdown on freedom of speech and its opponents has escalated once again, with the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Ge...
21 Apr, 2023, 03.57 PM IST
War protest: Statues fall as Europe purges Soviet monumentsRussia's war on Ukraine has given a renewed push to topple the last remaining Soviet monuments in nations that regained their sovereignty f...
31 Aug, 2022, 04.14 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
Analysis: War, economy could weaken Putin's place as leaderWhile Putin's coterie has every incentive to stay close for the time being or risk losing privileges and wealth, if the war drags on for mo...
11 Apr, 2022, 12.10 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
'Nikita Khrushchev blasted Mao Zedong for 1959 border skirmish with India'"You have had good relations with India for many years. Suddenly, here is a bloody incident, as a result of which Nehru found himself in a ...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.20 AM IST
Soviets paid Congress, CPI, CPI-M members even in Rajiv Gandhi era: CIAThis continued into the Rajiv Gandhi rule, although he tried to reduce the influence of Moscow on India, says the report.
30 Jan, 2017, 06.29 PM IST
A C N Nambiar: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose deputy, Jawaharlal Nehru aide was Soviet spy, reveal British docsAccording to documents, Nambiar went to Berlin in 1924 as a journalist and worked with the Indian communist group, visiting Moscow as a Sov...
25 Oct, 2014, 03.13 PM IST
It's in India's best interest that Arvind Kejriwal doesn't actually wield powerHe plans to “ask people of Delhi” – via community meetings, text messages and widely distributed party pamphlets – whether his AAP should r...
18 Dec, 2013, 12.28 PM IST
- Why the Berlin Wall fell twenty years later
We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism. This comprehensively refuted the Communist claim to represent the people.
25 Oct, 2009, 02.56 AM IST