By Krishna Jha There is a chink opening up in the claim that India has been ushered in the group of five most developed nations in the world. With consistent fall in the GDP, even an indication towards upward move gets clapping, a myth that is carried forward since last almost a decade. It is […]
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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Hedge fund manager and macroeconomic expert Hugh Hendry has raised concerns about the US banking system and the American economy as a whole. In a recent interview with Bloomberg Markets, Hendry warned that mass panic and capital flight from the US banking sector are justified given the decline in the M2 […]
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By Girish Linganna On January 25, India issued notice to Pakistan, demanding changes to the Indus Waters Treaty which was signed by India, Pakistan, and the World Bank in 1960. The treaty determines the allocation of rights to the waters of several rivers in the Indus Basin between the two countries. While the treaty is […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always been shifting the goalposts before, during, and after elections. He has been aggressively inventing, creating and using his narratives to his own political benefit while keeping Hindutva as a constant factor to benefit from the entire RSS family’s activities in the country. His strategy has […]
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The Congress on Wednesday attacked the Modi government over the Supreme Court telling the Enforcement Directorate not to create an “atmosphere of fear”, saying the Centre should pay heed to the court’s remarks and stop wasting resources to “harass political rivals on trumped-up charges”. The Supreme Court had made the remark on Tuesday after the […]
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By Branko Marcetic One of the defining features of our era has been the loss of a domestic political appetite for more US wars. But a similar pushback to Washington’s use of sanctions has been slow to follow, despite the fact that US sanctions are demonstrably cruel, indiscriminate, ineffective, and often illegal. The near-term prospects […]
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By Satyaki Chakraborty Sheetla Singh who founded the Hindi language daily Jan Morcha based in Faizabad in 1958 and nurtured it for the last 65 years turning it into a real people’s paper passed away on Tuesday. He was 91 and active in his editorial responsibilities till the end. His demise is being mourned by […]
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Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Tuesday alleged ‘Talibanisation’ has started in the state after the victory of the Congress in the Assembly polls and those indulging in “anti-national activities” are “rising up” to destroy peace. The Lok Sabha member from Dakshina Kannada met family members of Krishnappa, a BJP worker who was allegedly […]
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Hiroshima — A Journey to Global Peace TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 17 May 2023 – NHK WORLD-JAPAN, the international service of Japan’s public media organization, NHK, will present a collection of news and programs to coincide with the G-7 summit held in Hiroshima, the city now known as a symbol of peace since it’s atomic bomb attack in 1945. Under its G7 presidency, Japan is […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Report on International Religious Freedom 2022, a Congressional-mandatory annual report by the US State Department has placed India in the group of countries where the governments have been freely targeting religious communities. The report provides a comprehensive review of state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories of […]
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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Sri Lanka is still grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis, and is expected to witness a contraction in its economic growth in 2023. The country’s economy already contracted by 7.8% in 2022 and is projected to shrink by an additional 3% this year. The challenges are related to debt restructuring and […]
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After glimpses of strained ties with the Congress, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to support the grand old party in regions where it is “strong” in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The statement comes in the wake of tense relationship between the Congress and the TMC, even as Banerjee has been approaching […]
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The National Assembly of Pakistan on Monday passed a resolution for a committee’s formation to file a reference against Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Pakistan-based ARY News reported. According to ARY News, the motion was presented in the session after suspending the routine business of the house. Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif […]
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By K Raveendran The Supreme Court has thwarted a move by market regulator SEBI to delay its investigation into the alleged manipulation of shares by the Adani group and issues that have been raised against the group in the wake of the Hindenburg report, which saw the share price of Adani companies nosedive. In March, […]
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By Tirthankar Mitra Time was when hearts beat faster whenever Imran Khan charged in to bowl or looked the way the red ball moving at him as he raised his bat to send it to the ropes or outside the stadium. One does not recall too many occasions when the outstanding all rounder was stumped. […]
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Describing the Karnataka assembly poll results as a “ray of hope”, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said she hopes that the rest of the country will also reject “communal politics” and vote for its development and prosperity. Mehbooba’s remarks came after the Congress emerged as the clear winner in the electoral battle in Karnataka. […]
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If it were not for the herculean effort put in by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last fortnight, the BJP may have won less than 50 seats in Karnataka So says the political wisdom at Lutyens Delhi after a major loss for the saffron camp in the only state where it was in […]
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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The sudden arrest of Imran Khan by Pakistan military has come as the final straw for the people who were at the receiving end of fundamentalism, terrorism, and a collapsing economy. Thousands of irate mob vandalized public properties and expressed their frustration against the country’s ruling elite, including the defence forces. […]
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By Prakash Karat The state of press freedom in India has been accurately captured by the World Press Freedom Index. This year’s index was issued on May 3, which is observed as World Press Freedom Day. The Reporters without Borders (RSF), which has prepared the World Press Freedom Index has placed India in the 161st […]
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Most exit polls have put the Congress in the lead in Karnataka. But, the final deciding factor on result day on May 13 could be whether the Congress rode home on the momentum it built till April 26, or did the BJP manage to pull the election back in its favour in the last fortnight […]
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By James M Dorsey America to the rescue. In a twist of irony, that may be Central Asia’s only alternative, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine upsetting the region’s security apple cart. The question is whether the United States, already rejiggering its commitment to security in the Middle East, has the will and wherewithal to […]
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By Arun Srivastava Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh shirking of his moral accountability to resolve the differences between the two communities Meities and Kukis, and instead blaming the “prevailing misunderstandings between two sections of society” on the issue of inclusion of the majority Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category has been primarily […]
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Expressing concern over the current situation in violence-hit Manipur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the BJP government is not providing a clear picture of the death toll in the northeastern state where shoot-at-sight orders are in force. She also lashed out at the BJP government at the Centre for not […]
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The Aam Aadmi Party has demanded that the Enforcement Directorate arrest Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and probe his role in the alleged liquor scam in the state. The federal agency on Saturday arrested liquor businessman Anwar Dhebar, the brother of Congress leader and Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, in connection with the alleged scam. In […]
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