Arabian Post Staff Under President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE saw its position and proactive role on the regional and international scene boosted, forging robust relations with the outer world on the basis of mutual respect and unwavering commitment to resolving global disputes through diplomacy. The prudent leadership of the late Sheikh Khalifa contributed to advancing the stature of the UAE as a regional […]
By Prabhat Patnaik For over two years now, the world has been facing a pandemic the like of which has not been seen for a century, and which has already taken 15 million lives according to the WHO, without being anywhere near an end. This is an unprecedented crisis for humanity as a whole, which […]
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By Dr B K Kango The present strategy and structure of trade unions, evolved during the period when welfare economics prevailed and existing technology saw the evolution of big corporations with big manufacturing units, employing hundreds and hundreds of workers. The evolution of Fordism with assembly line production, deskilling of workers, etc, was seen during […]
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Sri Lanka’s veteran political leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed the next Prime Minister of the crisis-hit island nation by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The 73-year-old has taken the oath of office, according to the media office of the President, who in an address to the nation yesterday, declared that a Prime Minister and his cabinet […]
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By Prakash Karat The May 9 incidents of violence in Sri Lanka bought into sharp relief the deteriorating situation caused by the grave economic crisis which has gripped the country. The economic crisis has now engulfed the political system and the entire society. At the heart of this maelstrom is the Rajapaksa family regime. President […]
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By Krishna Jha The 75th year of Indian independence, which the government named as ‘Amrith Kaal’ is marked by the growl of the bulldozers. It has become a day-to-day affair in the national capital where the authorities come with bulldozers to the neighbourhood of Delhi where the poor people dwell in huge numbers. Jahangirpuri, Govindpuri, […]
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Sri Lankan authorities issued shoot-on-sight orders on Tuesday to quell unrest that has seen buildings and vehicles set ablaze a day after the island was rocked by deadly violence and rioting. With thousands of security forces enforcing a curfew, the defence ministry said troops “have been ordered to shoot on sight anyone looting public property […]
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By Kalyani Shankar Tamil Nadu chief minister M. K. Stalin completed one year in office on May 7. He has emerged out of the shadows of his famous father and late former chief minister M. Karunanidhi. After winning the state last year, Stalin now had to live up to the voters’ expectations, as he assumed […]
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The World Economic Forum announced its selection of the 100 most promising Technology Pioneers of 2022 – companies that tackle issues from sustainability and climate change to healthcare and more. This year’s cohort includes representation from 30 economies on six continents with a reach far beyond traditional tech hubs like Silicon Valley. YesHeath Group, pioneer of Gelponic Vertical Farms, made it to the selection for its contributions […]
With enabled instant location of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tags – connected to individuals and critical equipment, to supply real-time and historic contact tracing, with increased precision accuracy and additional new features. PARIS, FRANCE – News Direct – 10 May 2022 – Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, a leading provider of network, communications and cloud solutions tailored to customers’ industries is placing AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) at […]
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned as his loyalists went on rampage today, injuring more than 100 anti-government protesters in Colombo. A ruling party MP was killed in the clashes, many were hospitalised. Rajapaksa, 76, had sent his letter of resignation to his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, clearing the way for a “new […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Youth (age group 15-24) are almost five times more likely to be unemployed than adults across the Asia and the Pacific, and when they secure a work it is often in the informal economy with low wages and poor working conditions. After the COVID-19 pandemic, they are now facing additional labour […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The WHO data on global COVID-19 related deaths was finally out on May 5 despite Modi government’s best of efforts to stall its release which delayed it by at least four months. The actual data was more shocking than the leaked data a fortnight ago since it revealed one death reported […]
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By Arun Srivastava If the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi would have refused to listen to the suggestion of Rahul Gandhi to appoint Navjot Singh Sidhu as the Punjab Unit president or if she had initiated action against him once he launched tirade against the Punjab Congress chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Congress would not […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Most developing member countries (DMCs) are facing serious gaps in student learning outcomes, that the World Bank calls learning crisis. Half of the students in Grade 5 in India cannot do two-digit subtraction or read connected text, and half of the students who complete primary schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan cannot […]
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India and France on Wednesday called for “an immediate cessation of hostilities” in Ukraine, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi again stopping short of condemning Russia’s invasion of its neighbour. India, which imports much of its military hardware from Russia, has long walked a diplomatic tightrope between the West and Moscow – notably refusing to denounce […]
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By Dipankar Bhattacharya Constructing the future and settling everything for all times are not our affair… (what) we have to accomplish at present (is) ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Press freedom in India is in crisis though there are over one lakh newspapers including 36,000 weeklies and 380 TV news channels. Such an abundance of outlets conceals tendencies toward the concentration of ownership while media in politically partitioned, journalists facing violence and authoritarian pressures, legal framework no more protective, economic […]
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By Arun Srivastava Saffron Majoritarian politics has finally succeeded in achieving its mission of forcing the Muslims to withdraw from the mainstream life and go back to ruts. This is clearly manifest in the manner Muslims celebrated their greatest festival Eid this year. Diktat was issued by the BJP governments to perform namaz inside their […]
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By Nantoo Banerjee No external credit can save Sri Lanka from its current deep financial crisis. The country is simply not in a position to repay its huge outstanding external loans — sovereign or commercial. Tourism, tea and garments export and overseas employment are among its 22.40-million strong population’s key sources of income. Foreign jobs […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only a few days after the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) alerted that extreme heat was gripping large parts of India and Pakistan impacting hundreds of millions of people in one of the most densely populated parts of the world, the images of land surface captured by INSAT 3D, Copernicus Sentinel 3 […]
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Sheikh Manzoor With the coming into force of the Indo-Uae Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement today, India’s exports to the United Arab Emirates are set to touch 40 billion dollars this year . This historic agreement which was signed on the sidelines of a virtual meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Muhammed bin Zayed,will further cement already deep, close and strategic […]
By K Raveendran The worst fears have come true about problems in coal availability developing into a full-blown energy crisis. As most parts of the country sizzles in heat wave conditions, there is unprecedented draw down on available power, leaving gaping gaps in supply. Some states are going through power cuts of up to 8 […]
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By Anjali and Prabir Purkayastha Even before we reached peak summer, power cuts have started in many states. With power demand reaching 201 GW on April 26, we had a shortfall of 8.2 GW or 4 per cent. This shortfall is even before we have reached the peak of summer when the demand is expected […]
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