By Nitya Chakraborty In 1960, at the global level, the most important development was the World Conference of the communist parties, the result of which was the 81 parties’ document. The conference laid bare the growing fissures within the once monolithic communist movement, as well as the Communist Party of China’s advocacy of […]
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INDIA IS NOW TILTING TOWARDS ISRAEL By Sankar Ray Many high-profile diplomatic affairs editors and correspondents were simply stupefied when…
By Sankar Ray If all goes well, India and Russia will shortly ink the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India & the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan & Russian Federation. The coming visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India next month is supposed to impart a new dimension to the bilateral ties between India and Russian Federation and speedy finalization of the FTA between the two […]
By Sankar Ray The grim battle waged by a small but well=meaning section in Pakistan for a sustaining and evolving democratic order has suffered a setback as some pseudo-democratic interests are working against the struggle for democracy. Needless to say, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its chief Imran Khan serve as catalyst in favour of the unholy combine of a section of army, the ISI and […]
By Sankar Ray Some of us – either journalist Chandra Sekhar Bhattacharjee or lensman Bappaditya Bhattaharyya asked somewhat childishly, “Can you sing a few lines of one of your favourite songs Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein”. She, at 90, sang out: and all three of us were dazed at the still-retaining melody and the rare grain of vocal throw That was Preeti Banerjee who […]
By Arun Srivastava Consecration of Ram temple on January 22 in Ayodhya has thrown open multiple questions in the public domain. Question such as who has the patent right for Ram, is it the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat or Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and whether it’s the only one person and none else, RSS’s mandir-man […]
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should avoid visiting the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardeva at Batadrava on January 22, as there can be no competition between Lord Ram and the medieval age Vaishnav saint revered as an icon in the state. Sarma said that commandos will be deployed […]
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By Devasis Chattopadhyay On 22 January 2024, India will change forever. It’s a misstep we may never recover from, a change triggered by a temple. In our country, regardless of religion, we consecrate shrines all the time. In a multi-faith and primarily agrarian society, home to 140 crore population, places of worship possess a wonderful […]
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Barely 48 hours after the BJP launched its campaign in West Bengal for 2024 Lok Sabha elections with Amit Shah’s rally, 12 of the saffron party’s MLAs were booked for allegedly “insulting” the national anthem on the state Assembly premises. The FIR was lodged at the Hare Street Police Station based on a complaint by […]
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Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was on Tuesday suspended for the entire winter session of the West Bengal Assembly for making ”objectionable remarks” against Speaker Biman Banerjee. The suspension happened during a discussion on ’Constitution Day’ in the state assembly. A resolution under Rule 169 was tabled in the assembly to discuss ”how the Constitution […]
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e row As the Winter Session of Parliament inches closer, all eyes are on the future of Mahua Moitra. The ethics committee report recommending Moitra’s disqualification as MP and further investigation into allegations of compromising national security by sharing her Parliament account log-in has been shared with the Speaker. Sources say the Speaker is unlikely […]
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By Tirthankar Mitra Come late September and October, kash flowers are in bloom in parts of Maidan in Kolkata together with a few more spots in the city yet to be invaded by concrete jungle heralding the arrival of the biggest festival of West Bengal – Durga Puja. Yet the fact remains preparations for the […]
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By Arun Srivastava For nine long years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been dictating political actions in India, but the expected opposition meet will not only redefine the nature of the political discourse of the country, but would set a completely new political narrative, engineering a different political activism and vision in the public domain. […]
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By S. Sethuraman Saint Tyagaraja, who combined wealth of Music and heights of poetic excellence was born in Tiruvarur in present day Tamil Nadu on May 4, 1767. He had inherited music in pristine forms of earlier times like Prabhanda Gita and absorbing Bhakti Gitams spreading in the Cauvery Deltaic region. Tyagaraja, a great worshipper […]
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By Sushil Kutty Himachal won, and Gujarat lost and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has done what previous Congress presidents have done, i.e., set up a committee to do an autopsy, find out why Gujarat was lost. In Himachal Pradesh, the Congress posted a very satisfactory win though the vote-share wasn’t too north of that of […]
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By K Raveendran Violations and atoning for them are in the DNA of Google and its owner Alphabet. Google had to pay penalties of Rs 2,274 crore within the space of a week, in two orders issued by the Competition Commission of India for misusing its dominant position in relation to Play Store and engaging […]
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The new Traveller is digital savvy, strongly influenced by social media and more inclined to combine work and leisure in their travel. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 5 October 2022 – A survey of more than 8,000 travellers globally, including 2,461 travellers in China, Indonesia and Thailand, reveals a growing appetite for overseas travel as countries reopen, that hasn’t been dampened by rising living costs. Across the […]
By Sushil Kutty There was Sir C Sankaran Nair, the only Malayali Congress president in a 100 plus years. He was elected in 1897. Nair rose from obscurity to prominence and left behind a big family and a sprawling estate. A grandson was Lt. Gen. Candeth, the liberator of Goa. Those early years, the attrition […]
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By P. Sreekumaran Unfazed by fresh ‘revelations’ in the diplomatic channel gold smuggling case, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government has demanded a probe into the conspiracy to discredit it. The Government’s demand has come following the ‘new’ allegations levelled by Swapna Suresh, an accused in the smuggling case. In her statement given […]
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By Harihar Swarup In a Batch of petitions challenging the law of sedition, contained in section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a slew of interim directions. Things came to a head because the Central Government, instead of defending the constitutionality of the provision, proposed to reconsider the law […]
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When it comes to hedge fund paranoia, few can hold a light to the world’s undisputed leader: Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater – the former employer of current FBI director James Comey – which in addition to maintaining absolute secrecy about its operations, policies and culture, and vigorously pursuing anyone who disseminates Dalio’s famous morning notes, has relentlessly sued any former employees who breach the company’s notorious non-compete. And […]
