By Sushil Kutty Can anybody shout Parliament has gone to the dogs and get away with it? Will such liberty with the temple of democracy invite the wrath of Parliament, a privilege notice? But how does one get the blasphemous thought out of the head? For things have certainly gone from bad to worse for […]
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By Uttam Kumar Verma The Narendra Modi-led Union Government professes the credo of ‘minimum government, maximum governance’, popularized and propagandized by large sections of mainstream news media and the ideologues of English-speaking public officers who usually support government decisions in every step. This is another example of ‘Modinomics’, which comes up with new ideas on […]
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By Hilary Goodfriend In January 2022, Xiomara Castro became Honduras’s first woman president, restoring electoral democracy to the country after more than a decade of dictatorship. Running with the leftist Liberty and Refoundation (LIBRE) party, Castro’s election breaks with the century-old two-party system that traded power between elites in the establishment National and Liberal Parties. […]
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By M A Hossain Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire post World War-l, the Islamic religio-political movement accelerated its activities to revive and embolden the antecedent Islamic systems around the world. After a long battle, the Taliban’s victory over the superpower America has re-energized the other mujahideen in their goal to establish Islamic emirate […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Higher education in India has been going out of reach for the poor students of the country due to a range of issues which chiefly includes financial lack of affordability that prevents them to access reading and writing materials and the ever increasing tuition and other fees in educational institutions. Ever […]
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By Binoy Viswam The BJP government was enthusiastic to adorn the 75th year of independence with a high sounding name. Because of that, the people every day read and hear the term ‘Amritvarsh.’ The word suggests a year in which life would be victorious over death. As it happens with every ceremonious name coined by […]
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By Anjan Roy For people life begins at forty. For the Indian rupee, life is beginning to be exciting at 80. The Indian rupee crossed the psychological barrier of 80 to a US dollar on Tuesday in trading on foreign exchange markets. On Wednesday, it recovered a wee bit. Now, it is becoming exciting to […]
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By K Raveendran Amidst global supply chain disruptions and the attendant cost escalations, there is some encouraging news for India’s merchandise trade. Oversupply of containers is forcing a correction in the second-hand container market prices in the wake of average container prices and leasing rates declining globally since October 2021. The current situation of oversupply […]
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By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Modi said recently that India is the fastest growing economy at the moment. Statistics wise it may be true as other countries are doing badly. But the question to be asked is India’s growth story a myth or reality? On the face of it Indian economy may look […]
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By Nantoo Banerjee The best way to stabilise the Indian Rupee is to contain inflation and imports. Simply put: the inflation rate should be below four percent and the country’s massive annual trade deficits need to be reduced to zero. The country should totally focus on making goods in India to reduce avoidable imports and […]
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By Sankar Ray A clear win in 15 out of 20 seats in the bye-elections to Punjab provincial assembly by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has unnerved the 13-party ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement.It indicates that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is not at all formidable in its home turf. It was thrashing late swinger by the former Pakistan […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak The implementation of the four labour codes gets complicated and there is no sign that Modi government will be able to roll these out. Hurdles are many in the way: All states are not yet ready with their rules; SP Mukherjee Committee will not be able to come out with its […]
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Matein Khalid Brent’s rise to $103 is entirely rational on short covering, the Friday rally in risk assets and the absence of any firm commitment by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE, to boost output during President Biden’s state visit to the kingdom. Apparently, the Jerusalem Declaration and fist pump diplomacy have not been sufficient to reset relations between the Biden White House and MBS. This rally is […]
An all-in-one solution for participants to restore and build a healthy lifestyle Expert trio to formulate health improvement plans through professional consultations, self-monitoring and laboratory tests HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 18 July 2022 – AXA Hong Kong and Macau (AXA) today announced the launch of its “BeOnTrack Programme” (“BeOnTrack” or the “Programme”). At only HKD10 per day[1], our expert trio will help formulate solutions, […]
By James M Dorsey US and European acquiescence in Turkey’s long-standing refusal to honour Kurdish ethnic, cultural, and political rights came home to roost when Turkey initially objected to Finnish and Swedish membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Ultimately, Turkey postponed potential conflict in NATO by dropping its initial objection to Finland and […]
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By Harihar Swarup The Thackeray-Shinde feud has split the Nation. While some commentators are critical of Eknath Shinde’s departure, terming it as a subversion of party politics, others find it to be a correction of Uddhav Thackeray’s departure from the alliance with the BJP in 2019. The dissension within the Shiv Sena is not uncommon. […]
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By K Raveendran It is becoming increasingly clear that the western sanctions against Russia for its Ukraine invasion is hurting Europe more than these were meant to harm Moscow. While a guaranteed energy crisis is staring Europe on its face due to the stoppage of gas flow from Russia, even creating the scare of rationing […]
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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sent his resignation — first by email and a hard copy flown in from Singapore. The authenticity of the resignation has been verified and it has been accepted as authentic. The Parliament Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, officially announced the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday. […]
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By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: During the last week strange things have happened in Madhya Pradesh. Among these are the allegations by a senior BJP legislator Narayan Tripathi against his own party. Narayan Tripathi, ruling party MLA from Maihar constituency has publicly claimed that government officials are campaigning for the party. He has alleged that […]
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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 15 July 2022 – Today, IX Asia Indexes Company Limited (“IX Asia Indexes”) announced the 2022 2nd quarter review of the ixCrypto Index (“IXCI”) with results of the constituent review and exchange review as follows: Constituent Review The number of constituent cryptos will be increased from the current 19 to 29 constituents: Additions Ethereum Classic Elrond EOS Filecoin Flow Klaytn […]
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav India is making news of rains and floods. It seems the entire country from Kerala to the North-East and from Kashmir to Gujarat, India is wet and inundated. Visuals of the roaring flow of rivers and inundated farm and city areas have swarmed social media platforms. Neighbouring countries Pakistan and Bangladesh […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Unemployment situation in India remains grim, despite some increase in employment in rural areas with beginning of monsoon and agricultural and allied activities. As on July 13, 2022, the unemployment rate on 30 days moving average was 7.5 per cent according to CMIE, a little improvement from 7.8 per cent in […]
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By Krishna Jha India’s unemployment rate has risen to 7.80 percent in June. Haryana and Rajasthan are at the top. The other worrisome data point about the rate of unemployment, seen in June, 2022,was a fall of 2.5 million jobs among salaried employees. Unemployment has risen mainly in the agrarian sector, according to data released […]
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Matein Khalid My strategy recommendation to my friends was to short Brent crude at or above $120 for the $65 target I got from the world’s pre-eminent oil economist/OPEC watcher Ed Morse. The short Brent idea has been a money gusher now that Brent has plunged 7% in today’s session to 99 as I write. The fall in oil prices was inevitable. King Dollar is at 20 […]
