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China’s embassy in Colombo has sought an urgent meeting with senior Sri Lankan authorities after Colombo sought a deferment of the planned docking of a high-tech Chinese research vessel at the strategic Hambantota port over which India raised concerns, sources said. The Chinese space and satellite tracking research vessel ‘Yuan Wang 5’ was scheduled to […]

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called a meeting of all Janata Dal (United) MLAs and MPs on Tuesday, leading to speculation his growing friction with the BJP may come to a head. Chief among the many reasons why  Kumar is upset with the BJP, which is an alliance partner of the Janata Dal (United), […]

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By Dr. Nilanjan Banik   Over the last two weeks, the Opposition is disrupting the Lok Sabha on the grounds of high LPG price and GST on pre-packaged food items as factors behind inflation. And on August 5, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.4%.However, my take […]

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Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday accused the Congress of appeasement politics, declaring their black-clothes protest was actually against the foundation ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Pointing out that today is the anniversary of the foundation ceremony, he said the Congress, by holding the protest in black clothes, “is sending a subtle […]

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By Sushil Kutty If a Karnataka lingayat seer is to be believed, Rahul Gandhi will be prime minister in 2024. With that taken for granted, the Congress can set its eye on winning the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections. The lingayat seer is invested in Rahul Gandhi. He also happens to be from the lingayat mutt […]

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By Ashis Biswas Largely unnoticed by the Indian mainstream media, Bangladesh hosted the Ministerial Conference of Developing 8 grouping, D-8 for short, a few days ago. This relatively new alliance brings together eight Muslim countries spread from South East Asia to Africa. There were a few tangible, positive decisions taken at the virtually conducted Foreign […]

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By Binoy Viswam At the 75th year of Independence, India witnesses unusual initiatives from BJP, the ruling party. They are taking extra pains to exhibit their loyalty to the national freedom struggle and the National Flag. Anyone with a little understanding of history knows that neither the BJP nor its predecessors who form part of […]

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By Dr Arun Mitra As we approach August 6, we remember 8.15 am on that day in 1945 when the US exploded first ever nuclear weapon on human population at Hiroshima in Japan. This was followed by another attack on Nagasaki on 9th August. Over two lakh people died on these two days in these […]

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By James M Dorsey President Joe Biden was not wrong when he declared that “justice has been served” with the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in a US drone strike. The problem is that’s only half of the truth; the other half is that Zawahiri was more a has-been than a power to […]

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The United States has killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to US media outlets, in what the White House announced Monday was a “successful” operation against a target in Afghanistan. Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who became one of the world’s most wanted terrorists, was identified as a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee The Supreme Court verdict, last week (July 27), upholding the validity of inquiry, arrest and bail provisions of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), could not have come at a more appropriate time when as many as 122 sitting and ex-legislators are facing money laundering cases […]

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By Amulya Ganguli Mamata Banerjee’s latest troubles mean that her challenge to the BJP at the national level is petering out. After the scandal involving a formerly top-ranking minister who has now been sacked, few will credit her with being a person who can give the BJP a run for its money in 2024. Her […]

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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Even though no immediate solution seems to be in sight for millions of hungry people, Sri Lanka is fast becoming a strategic flashpoint. Earlier, there were talks about different world powers playing their roles in giving Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa a safe exit from Sri Lanka by getting their consensus […]

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By Ashis Biswas In recent times, more Bangladeshi and Nepali migrant workers have died abroad than before. An increase in migrant mortality has been reported from countries as varied as the Middle East to Malaysia. Both the Nepal and Bangladesh governments are deeply perturbed by an ominous uptick in fatalities among their valued workers, whose […]

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By K Raveendran A global crisis in the supply of lithium and other components is hitting the Indian EV industry even harder than other major markets. Apart from the high costs of imports, the relative low size of the Indian market is also affecting the industry’s capacity to negotiate. Although the EV sector in India […]

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By Dr. Soma Marla While nominating Smt Droupadi Murmu, the ruling BJP boasted as a saviour of tribal people. However, by proposing changes to Forest Rights Act, 2006, the Narendra Modi  government is doing quite the opposite by subverting the interests of tribal people to benefit big companies. During the current monsoon session of Parliament […]

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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Myanmar’s military rulers on July 252 reported the execution of four pro-democracy activists — Phyo Zeya Thaw, Kyaw Min Yu, Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw. Ko Jimmy and Phyo Zeya Thaw were convicted under counter-terrorism laws in January while Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw were convicted for […]

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Twenty suspended Rajya Sabha members Wednesday started a 50-hour relay protest inside the Parliament complex, with sources saying the Opposition declined the Chairman’s offer that they express regret over their members’ behaviour in the House to get the suspension revoked. They were later joined by four Congress MPs who have also been suspended from Lok […]

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