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The British government’s ethics advisor said on Wednesday he had cleared embattled finance minister Rishi Sunak of breaching ministerial codes after investigating his family’s tax affairs. The chancellor of the exchequer earlier this month asked the adviser on ministerial standards, Christopher Geidt, to review whether he followed all the rules after revelations about his family’s […]

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By Harihar Swarup From playing a key role in Narendra Modi’s prime ministerial campaign in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, to taking a political plunge four years later by joining the JD(U) and leaving it in a huff, to negotiate the Congress for any entry now, Prashant Kishor has covered a long distance in Indian […]

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By K Raveendran We have so many laws to be followed that it is virtually impossible to live for a moment without breaking one. It is a different matter that some of these laws had ceased to have any relevance ages ago, but these continue to fill the statute books for no rhyme or reason. […]

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By Sushil Kutty With the first name ‘Boris’, he should have been a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. But this ‘Boris’ would rather be addressed as ‘Johnson’ as he travels to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And, hopefully, the two will get along although Putin’s shadow will loom over Modi […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee The international financial system governed by western powers no longer offers safety to foreign currency deposits in their chests from other parts of the world.  Even foreign private deposits and investments in assets are being frozen. The latest financial sanction imposed on Russia and its oligarchs freezing their accounts may appear to […]

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By Amulya Ganguli The RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, has spelt out the geographical contours of the proposed Hindu rashtra along with the warning that those opposing the Akhand Bharat concept will either be pushed aside or eliminated. This is probably the first time that such an unequivocal admonition has been issued against those who do […]

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By Anjan Roy The sinking of the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea flotilla MOSKVA is a significant turning point in the Ukraine war and also a lesson for military planners across the world. Russia does not yield the point that Ukrainian missiles would have downed the ship and maintains that an accidental fire on board […]

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By Dr Arun Mitra Healthcare today is faced with several challenges right from medical education, primary prevention of disease, delivery of healthcare, funding for healthcare, scientific inputs, drug pricing etc. In the ancient times promotion of good health was learnt through day-to-day experience, so developed the concept of developing resistance to diseases through healthy nutrition […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra The storm of disagreement between NDA allies BJP and JDU shows no signs abating, with both parties bitterly disputing over Nitish Kumar’s future vis-à-vis staying on as the Bihar Chief Minister beyond 2025. In this context, the chairman of the parliamentary board of Janata Dal (United), Upendra Kushwaha, has indicated his […]

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By Krishna Jha Even long before independence, in 1888, Sir John Stratchy told the Cambridge undergraduates “…There is not and never was an India, or even any country of India, no Indian nation, no people of India about whom we hear so much…that men of Punjab. Bengal, north west provinces and Madras…should ever feel that […]

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By D. Raja On behalf of the Communist Party of India, I extend REVOLUTIONARY greetings to the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). I express my sincere thanks for inviting me to the inaugural session. The 23rd Congress of the CPI(M) is taking place in Kerala, which made history for democratically electing […]

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Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today said the Central Bureau of Investigation, through its “actions and inactions” have often raised “questions on its credibility”. Speaking at a function of the Central agency, he also suggested that the need of the hour is to “reclaim social legitimacy and public trust” and the first step to […]

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By Sankar Ray Political circles in Nepal are keenly watching how much  the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will score gains in his first bilateral visit (1-3 April 2022) after taking over as the PM in July last year. Moreover, the visit takes place during the year of election to the National Assembly of Nepal. […]

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By Krishna Jha With the beginning of the third decade of the new century, there is a blatant effort to distort the history of the country, surprisingly, without any historicity. The latest indicator is the call to rewrite the Constitution. Implicit in this call is the BJP government’s bid to make people remember only what […]

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By Ashis Biswas It is their shared colonial past that brings together the three major South Asian countries — India, Pakistan and Bangladesh — into adopting a neutral, hands-off approach on the current war raging in Ukraine. Ignoring bitter local disputes and a notoriously conflicted relationship affecting all three countries at times, three disparate ruling […]

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Bhagwant Mann took oath as Punjab Chief Minister today at Khatkar Kalan, the birthplace of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders were part of the swearing-in ceremony. In his maiden speech as chief minister, Bhagwant Mann said that a golden chapter has started in the […]

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By Nitya Chakraborty Karl Marx died in London on March 14, 1883. Three days later on March 17,  Friedrich Engels in his speech at the grave of his best friend and partner in their bid to change the world, said: ‘On March 14, at a quarter to three in the afternoon, the greatest living thinker […]

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