By Nitya Chakraborty In 1984 Lok Sabha elections held during the national wave in favour of the Congress following the murder of Indira Gandhi, the ruling party got the maximum number of seats – 414. The BJP was decimated electorally with only two seats. The 40-year-old Rajiv Gandhi started his tenure with widespread goodwill. […]
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Meira Kumar, former minister, Lok Sabha Speaker and a Presidential candidate, reacted with a visceral tweet today to the death of a 9-year-old in Rajasthan. The boy was beaten badly by his teacher for drinking water from a pot meant for the so-called upper castes. Her father, former Deputy Prime Minister and Dalit leader Babu […]
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By S. Sethuraman Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned his eagerly awaited address on the 75th Independence anniversary, more an electoral plank for 2024 while throwing up a 25-year agenda for the nation to be rid of all ills plaguing it at present. He put Corruption and Nepotism as major challenges while arguing for support […]
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By Arun Srivastava Celebration of “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsva” contained more negatives vibes and the concealed agenda of accomplishing the mission of the RSS, than to really honour and rejoice the revered Independence Day for which lakhs of Indians attained martyrdom. Basically, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s design to divide the post 2014 […]
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The second “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” — named so by Prime Minister Narendra Modi — passed in bitter recriminations between the BJP and the Congress over who was responsible for the division of the country in 1947. It started in the morning after the BJP tweeted a video that focused on Jawaharlal Nehru. The day […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted five pledges for India during his independence day address from the Red Fort on the occasion of 75th Independence Day. “In coming years, we’ve to focus on ‘Panchpran’- First, to move forward with bigger resolves & resolve of developed India; Second, erase all traces of servitude; Third, be proud of our […]
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By Rahil Nora Chopra Bihar Cabinet expansion is likely to be done after August 15. The JD(U) is probably going to have 13 ministers, the RJD has settled for 16. The Congress will be given four berths, while former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM will have one member in the cabinet. From the […]
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By K R Sudhaman India takes over presidency of G-20 at a critical juncture when geo politics is at cross roads and global economy difficult and sagging. This is significant as it takes over leadership at a time when there is need to strengthen multilateralism and that India is ideally suited because of […]
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By Satyaki Chakraborty On August 7, 2022, Progressive International Council member Gustavo Petro became the first left-wing president in the history of Colombia. In an address to the nation that was marked by his sense of history and vision for a new Latin America, Petro elaborated on his personal struggles and how it became […]
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By D Raja As the country is celebrating the 75th anniversary of independence, it’s an irony of history that the RSS, which remained loyal to the British, is now trying to appropriate the legacy of our secular and inclusive struggle for independence. Seventy-five years ago, our country reached an important milestone, when people of […]
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By David Broder Mario Fiorentini, the last surviving partisan of the anti-fascist battalion in Italy died on August 8 at the ripe age of 104..He was born in 1918 in the last days of World War 1 and fought his most important battles after the Wehrmacht invaded his native Rome on September 8, 1943. […]
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SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 12 August 2022 – aPetMart, the trusted online pet store in Singapore, has announced the expansion of its product offerings. With this new development, niche pet lovers can now find a variety of products handpicked by the team in the store’s latest Small Animals, Birds and Aquarium categories. Founded in 2018 by animal lovers from a humble shophouse along Petain Road, aPetMart […]
By Prakash Karat Till recently, when commemorating the significant anniversaries of independence, we could cite the parliamentary democratic system as one of the major achievements of independent India. The adoption of a republican constitution in 1950 provided the scope for people’s participation and a voice in politics which reflected the aspirations of the Indian […]
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By Binoy Viswam Indian politics takes a new turn with the fall of the BJP-led government in Bihar. The BJP-led NDA crumbled down there when the JD(U) bid farewell to BJP. Even though for several months, the conflict between BJP and JD(U) was brewing, nobody expected that it would pull down their government […]
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By Kalyani Shankar Indian democracy presently suffers from its lack of a strong Opposition. Some feel that the secret weapon of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s success is the divided Opposition. Even Supreme Court Chief Justice NV Ramana recently lamented, “There used to be mutual respect between the government and Opposition. Unfortunately, the […]
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By Amulya Ganguli It might not be churlish to say that the celebration of the 75th year of Indian independence is more an official event associated with the BJP than a national occasion. The fact that the BJP was ousted from Bihar while facing an angry opponent in Telangana showed that the festivities […]
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Referring to the current political developments in Karnataka and the BJP, the Congress in a series of tweets took jibes at the state government and said that the state appears set to see a third Chief Minister after Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Bengaluru last week. The Congress said that the Bommai government, […]
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called a meeting of all Janata Dal (United) MLAs and MPs on Tuesday, leading to speculation his growing friction with the BJP may come to a head. Chief among the many reasons why Kumar is upset with the BJP, which is an alliance partner of the Janata Dal (United), […]
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By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Over the last two weeks, the Opposition is disrupting the Lok Sabha on the grounds of high LPG price and GST on pre-packaged food items as factors behind inflation. And on August 5, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.4%.However, my take […]
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By Sushil Kutty Men and women in black. The women outdoing the men in scaling police barricades. Especially Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The nationwide protests were against price rise; unemployment, and GST on “dahi and dhood” and other food items. Not surprisingly, the presser earlier in the morning made no mention of price rise, unemployment […]
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By Arun Srivastava While Narendra Modi’s buddies and his Andha Bhakts have been striving hard to project him as one of the most visionary political leader India has ever produced, his actions portray a different picture that strengthen the impression of his being a leader who does not possess the basic element of […]
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By Sushil Kutty If a Karnataka lingayat seer is to be believed, Rahul Gandhi will be prime minister in 2024. With that taken for granted, the Congress can set its eye on winning the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections. The lingayat seer is invested in Rahul Gandhi. He also happens to be from the lingayat mutt […]
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By Rahil Nora Chopra With the ongoing war of words between former Karnataka chief minister PC Siddaramaiah and state president D K Shivakumar over the chief minister’s candidature within the Congress, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi appealed to the party’s state unit leaders to work amicably with fraternity for the 2023 assembly polls. He appealed […]
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Company commits to one hectare of conservation area for every hectare of plantation by 2025 Several partnerships put in place to support achievement of target SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Media OutReach – 5 August 2022 – Bracell, a global leader in the production of dissolving pulp, has launched a ground breaking conservation commitment which will have a positive impact on the protection of native vegetation and biodiversity […]
