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By Sushil Kutty On October 21, when the Supreme Court asked police of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to initiate direct action against hate speech and not “wait for complaints”, adding that “hesitation” will invite instant retribution, the first thought that came to mind was that the Supreme Court had finally applied the much-needed stick […]

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By Prachi Arya “Encryption safeguards the personal security of billions of people and the national security of countries around the world.” The opening statement on the About page of the Global Encryption Coalition (‘GEC’), which consists of 180 members from among civil society organisations, companies and individuals, captures the essence of encryption. Once considered a […]

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By Sushil Kutty Suddenly everybody is an advisor to newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, advising him on how to go about running the 137-year-old party, which, if it had life of its own, will know the constant that nothing changes in the Congress till the Gandhi family wants it changed. Kharge knows this and […]

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By Vikas Kumar The Global Hunger Index 2022, released on October 13, shows that India’s rank in the world has slipped further – from 101 last year to 107 this year – in terms of this important indicator of conditions of hunger and malnutrition. India’s rank is far below that of its neighbours, and levels […]

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India’s talks with the UK on the proposed free trade agreement is well on track, but New Delhi will have to “wait and watch” the ongoing political developments in Britain, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned as the Conservative Party leader saying she can […]

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By K R Sudhaman After International Monetary Fund recognized India as a bright spot in a gloomy world economy in view of the impending recession, high inflation and none too comfortable geo-political situation. It is true that India is better off than other major economies where the slowdown and economic woes are much more. This […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is among the worst countries in the world where children are facing severe child food poverty, the latest UNICEF data reveals. Severe child food poverty is reaching dire levels, 1 in 3 children under five live in it globally, but in 13 countries, situation was worse with more than 2 […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Indian Rupee (INR) is constantly depreciating against the US Dollar (US$). If the trend continues the exchange rate of INR vis-à-vis US$ may touch Rs.100 for a dollar before the end of this financial year. It could be a matter of great concern if India continues to import heavily from US$ trade […]

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By Amarjeet Kaur The situation worldwide and in India for the working class and the common people in general has further deteriorated on all counts since the last CPI  party congress held at Kollam, Kerala. In 2018. The 24th congress of the CPI is currently on in Vijayawada till October 18. There is world-wide shift […]

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By Harihar Swarup RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s vijayadashami speech exhibited the confidence of the organization and its strong desire to  intervene  in the contemporary social and cultural churning in India. RSS’s ideological shadow has spread beyond its organizational reach and cadre. Sontosh Yadav, the chief guest at the function on October 5, said, “she was […]

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By Sushil Kutty Earlier this month, October 10 to be precise, Janine Small, Pfizer’s president of international developed markets, stunned the world when she admitted to the European Parliament that Pfizer did not know if its Covid-19 vaccine had been tested for the prevention of the transmission of the virus at the time of its […]

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By Sushil Kutty The day after the Supreme Court’s split verdict on the hijab, things are falling into place for a better understanding of the verdict. One, it has become clear that after failing with the essential religious practice (erp) as the raison d’etre for the ‘hijab’ in classrooms demand, advocates for the hijab petitioners […]

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India has slipped to the 107th position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022 of 121 countries, from its 2021 position of 101st and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Seventeen countries, including China, Turkey, and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI score of less than five, the website of the Global […]

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By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Trade numbers for the fiscal 2022-2023 are looking dismal. The expectation is that for the Q1 and Q2 Fiscal 2022-2023, the Current Account Deficit (CAD) is expected to be the highest in 9 years. A quick search on items using the harmonized system (HS) at a 2-digit level reveals that there […]

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Congress’s Rahul Gandhi hit a literal ‘high point’ on his Bharat Jodo yatra today. In a video tweeted by the party, the 52-year-old was seen climbing a water tank in Karnataka’s Chitradurga, from where he waved the national flag. State party chief DK Shivakumar kept him company. So did former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who on […]

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By K Raveendran Chief Justice U U Lalit can feel happy that his 74-day tenure, coming to an end on November 8, is not the shortest in the history of India’s Supreme Court. That dubious record belongs to the 22nd chief justice, K N Singh, who occupied that position for a mere 17 days, followed […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Ujjain has led India’s prosperity and knowledge for thousands of years and the new India is moving forward by reviving the tradition of science and research along with faith. Speaking at a public function after performing puja at the Mahakaleshwar temple and inaugurating the first phase of the […]

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Amid reports that Roger Binny is likely to replace Sourav Ganguly as the BCCI President, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of “trying to humiliate” the former Indian skipper as it failed to induct him into the party. The BJP had tried to spread a message among people ahead of last […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee Last month, the alleged murder of a 19-year-old girl receptionist, Ankita Bhandari, in the Vanantara resort in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Uttarakhand’s Pauri district sparked massive outrage across the country. The girl went missing on September 18 following which a missing complaint was lodged by her parents without any avail. The girl was […]

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel resolved issues of merger of other princely states, but “one person” could not resolve the Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, in a veiled attack on India’s first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Addressing a rally in Gujarat’s Anand district ahead of the state Assembly elections due this year-end, PM […]

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday hit out at Aam Party Party’s Gujarat unit President Gopal Italia for allegedly calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi “Neech”. PM Modi is on a three-day visit to Gujarat where he will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of several projects. His visit assumes significance as the state will go […]

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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday echoed what his party colleague and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on industrialist Gautam Adani’s announcement to invest Rs 65,000 crore in the northern state over the next five years. Gehlot had welcomed Adani at the Invest Rajasthan Summit earlier this week, where the industrialist announced his group’s business […]

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By Harihar Swarup A writer woke up in panic but felt relieved when felt it  was only nightmare. He had gone back in time to being a young doctor, feeling helpless with high rate and mortality rates, a paediatric ward filled with children suffering from tuberculosis meningitis, polio, severe malnutrition and diarrhoea. Today the scenario […]

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