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By Arun Kumar Goods and Services Tax (GST) has completed six years since it was launched on the midnight of June 30, 2017. It was billed as India’s second freedom. In a repetition of the then Parliament’s midnight meeting on August 14, 1947, the Parliament met dramatically in 2017 to hear the Prime Minister announce […]

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The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Centre’s ordinance on control of services. In its petition, the AAP has deemed the ordinance as “unconstitutional” and sought an interim stay on its implementation. In the petition, the Delhi government has argued stating that the “ordinance violates the […]

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By Arun Srivastava Even before the strategy session of the opposition meet makes public its common minimum programme and broader paradigm of their electoral policy at Shimla on July 12 the opposition leaders have decided to accord a distinct ideological character to their endeavour and identify it as Patriotic Democratic Alliance.  What is really significant […]

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The Aam Aadmi Party’s shrill indictment of the Congress over alleged apathy towards the central ordinance issue seemed to have few takers among those present at the recent opposition meeting in Patna. At least five leaders, who represented their respective parties at Friday’s meeting hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, appeared unimpressed with the […]

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Merely an hour before the big opposition meeting in Patna – hosted by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and attended by 30 leaders from 15 parties – the AAP accused the Congress of making a compromise with the ruling BJP for presidency. The party’s Delhi spokesperson, Priyanka Kakkar, said the Congress needed to clear its […]

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By Binoy Viswam Even in the early months of 2023, many political analysts were sceptical about the possibility of a broad opposition unity. The BJP was almost sure that this exercise would end up as a non-starter. Some of its leaders went to the extent of ridiculing the very idea of such a unity. Even […]

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By Dipankar Bhattacharya Governance in India today is driven by a relentless aggression of the executive which has reduced the legislature to a loyal instrument of law making. Any corrective measure coming from the judiciary is being disdainfully discarded through executive ordinances. The media, the fabled fourth pillar of democracy, has effectively been refashioned as […]

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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav After shaking the foundation of traditional finance and making central banks give a war cry, the cryptocurrency world faces one of its most critical moments as it moves forward nonchalantly. With over a trillion dollars in market cap and the bitcoin keeping in the range of $26,000, it’s not a doom […]

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By Sushil Kutty After Telugu Desam Party Chief Chandrababu Naidu met Bharatiya Janata Party top-brass in Delhi a little over a week ago, there’s movement. The BJP appears to have thrown its weight behind the TDP and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) helmed by Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy isn’t complaining. The decision set free […]

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Several Opposition leaders condemned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches against Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji, slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) misusing central agencies. Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin said the BJP leadership is enacting “politics of intimidation”. BJP’s bid to intimidate through backdoor tactics like ED raids won’t work, […]

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By Kalyani Shankar Former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi was many things to many people. He was ‘Thalaivar” to his cadres, a wily politician to his opponents and a visionary to his admirers. His autobiography ‘Nenjukku Neethi ‘ shows his life and struggle. Karunanidhi is among the half-a-dozen leaders who shaped Tamil Nadu. Considering […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak A decade of dominance of majoritarian Hindutva politics in India with critically fragmented secular democratic politics has lately been emanating signs of change. The majority of political parties in opposition having differing regional and national aspirations and contradictions have finally agreed to participate in Opposition Meet on June 23 called by […]

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  By Debabrata Biswas from Boston Former US president Donald Trump faces 37 counts in connection with keeping hundreds of classified documents, many of which are marked top secret, in his possession even after leaving the White House, according to a 49-page federal indictment unsealed on June 9.  “It is an extraordinary event that will […]

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