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By K Raveendran The government has been shifting the goal posts of demonetization from black money elimination to greater tax realization and finally digitization to suit its arguments from time to time for justifying the mindless decision, whose parentage is being disowned by every party involved. Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had at one stage […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak There were 1.3 crore more entrepreneurs in India in 2022 compared to 2018, but there were 1.4 crore people less in employment – 45 lakh fewer men and 96 lakh fewer women – in October 2022 compared to January 2020. Younger unemployed persons are the worst hit by such a Job […]

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By Sushil Kutty Will the Bharatiya Janata Party ever get more than a foothold in states south other than in Karnataka? The number of times the BJP has undertaken serious forays down south has been equalled only by the number of times the  Congress has launched Rahul Gandhi in politics, of which the ongoing Bharat […]

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By Harihar Swarup Seeking to galvanize his party’s cadre ahead of the 2024 Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, Biju Janata Dal President and five-term Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said the BJD has the potential to serve the people of Odisha for next 100 years. Naveen, 76, thus sent out a clear signal that there […]

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Terming that the Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is its “internal matter”, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said his JD(U) will not participate in the padayatra. Lalu Prasad’s RJD, the largest constituent of the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ to which the Congress is an ally, also said the party has not taken any decision on joining […]

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Tuesday that religious conversion in tribal-dominated areas has increased under the Congress government’s watch as the issue of vandalization of a church in Narayanpur during a protest figured in the House which also saw brief suspension of 12 Opposition members. The Opposition party said […]

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Actor-politician Gayathri Raguramm, who was suspended from the BJP in November last year, announced on Tuesday that she is resigning from the party and claimed that women are not safe in the Tamil Nadu unit as “nobody cares about true karyakartas”. She blamed state BJP chief K Annamalai for her decision to quit the party. […]

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The woman coach, who alleged sexual harassment by Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh, on Tuesday claimed that Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been trying to influence the probe. Speaking to the media after she appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Chandigarh Police, the woman said, “The SIT has been formed, everything […]

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The European Union and China on Tuesday moved closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis, with Beijing vehemently rejecting travel restrictions some EU nations have started to impose that could well be expanded in coming days. An EU offer of help, including vaccine donations, was also as good as slapped down, with Beijing […]

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By Kalyani Shankar Congress would like to rebrand Rahul Gandhi as a young, caring, and ideological leader before the 2024 polls. Has Rahul shown a new image after the Bharat Jodo yatra, completed over 100 days as intended? For the first time after many years, the grand old party is trying to reach out to […]

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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The central government released draft regulations for the online gaming and gambling sector on January 2. Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the government has begun consultations to frame detailed guidelines and regulations for India’s nascent gaming sector, which has registered impressive growth both in app […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Pledges made by countries in all climate crises summits are really angelic, but what is done is clear dichotomy and hypocrisy, which the world will see in full play in 2023 with rise in production and consumption of coal, the dirtiest of the three fossil fuels – coal, oil, and gas […]

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By Arun Srivastava With the RSS hastening up the process of fattening its Hindu rank by inducting the tribals, the alarm bell for complete dissipation of their identity has started ringing for the adivasis and they   are ready   to assert their independent distinctiveness   by   confronting   the RSS pracharaks. Discontent prevailing amongst the tribals against the […]

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It is “misleading and wrong” to say the Supreme Court has upheld demonetisation, the Congress said on Monday, adding that the majority apex court verdict on the matter deals with the limited issue of the process of decision-making not with its outcomes. The verdict has nothing to say on whether the stated objectives of demonetisation […]

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Rahul Gandhi-led Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra has resumed after a 9-day winter break and will start from Uttar Pradesh from today. So far, the Yatra has covered 3,000 kms over 110 days crossing southern state and then trudged through Rajasthan and Delhi. The Yatra, which started from from Kanyakumari on September 7, has covered parts […]

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Almost a month after its victory in the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls, the Congress is yet to finalise names for the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu cabinet even as the chief minister flew down to Delhi late on Monday evening to hold consultations with the party top brass not just on cabinet formation but for the Speaker […]

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she will not bother Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the state’s financial dues in his moment of personal grief as he lost his mother last week. Banerjee on several occasions has written to Modi requesting him to clear the MGNREGA dues of the state government. “I […]

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Rajiv Kumar, the former vice-chairman of government’s thinktank Niti Aayog, today gave a mixed report card to the notes ban of 2016. The Supreme Court, which backed the notes ban in a 4-1 verdict, had steered clear of the question, saying it is “not relevant” whether the objective of the overnight ban was achieved or […]

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After top court’s big verdict on Centre’s 2016 note ban move, former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the majority verdict by the Supreme Court has steered clear of the question whether the objectives of the demonetisation exercise were achieved at all. The ’minority’ judgement pointed out the ’illegality’ and the ’irregularities’ in […]

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By K Raveendran   The Supreme Court has by a 4-1 majority ruled that the demonetisation decision by the Modi government was technically valid, but apart from the concerns raised in the dissenting voice recorded by Justice Nagarathna, the verdict has failed to acknowledge the huge human cost of the draconian decision. After declaring during […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee It is a pity that the government could not think of a better “new year gift for the country’s poor” than continuing to feed 81.35 crore Indians with free food grains for another year till December 31, 2023, under a 10-year-old National Food Security Act (NFSA), at a cost of over Rs.200,000 […]

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  By Satyaki Chakraborty Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office SundayJanuary1for a third term as Brazil’s president, in a ceremony marked by the absence of his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro and violent demonstrations by far right supporters in different parts of the country. The 77-year-old ex-metalworker, who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, took […]

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  By Gyan Pathak Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh were two legislative assemblies that were to expire on February 18 and January 1, 2023 respectively, the elections for which were held in November and December. BJP swept Gujarat but lost Himachal Pradesh, and thus the party begins the year 2023 with its political manoeuvring capability bruised […]

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday called the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s decision to carry out delimitation in the state a “breakthrough”, adding that it would “safeguard Assam’s future”, even as the delimitation has evoked sharp reactions from Opposition parties in the state. The Election Commission had announced the process of delimitation of […]

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Days after Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) responded to Congress’ concern over security arrangements amid Bharat Jodo Yatra, the grand old party has again written to Shah, raising concerns against the CRPF’s reponse, which according to the party, is “unacceptable”. “This is unacceptable since it does not solve issues but compounds them in more ways […]

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A day after he was booked in a sexual harassment case, Haryana Minister Sandeep Singh on Sunday gave up his Sports portfolio on “moral grounds” and termed the allegations against him as an attempt to spoil his image. Singh, a former Olympian and first-time MLA from Pehowa in Kurukshetra, expressed hope that there will be […]

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The BJP is going to allure several Vokkaliga leaders from ”panchayat to Parliament” into its fold from Karnataka’s Old Mysuru region ahead of the Assembly polls in the southern state due later this year, party leaders said on Sunday. They said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already been working on the ground and reaching […]

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By Ashis Biswas With old ethnic tensions being revived during the current pre –Assembly polls campaign in Tripura and Meghalaya, there is every likelihood of a more polarized vote in the Northeast. And the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is largely responsible for this. As anticipated, the major controversy triggered by the ‘secret’ Assam police Special […]

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By Sushil Kutty Whoever says West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was mocked and jeered with cries of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ spontaneously by the crowd at the Vande Bharat event at Howrah is lying through his gutka-stained teeth. This was a planned protest and meant to rile and humiliate her in the presence of the […]

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By Tirthankar Mitra India will witness a slew of elections in 2023 together with the answer to the so far unanswered question whether Rahul Gandhi can rediscover leadership initiative in search of which he has failed and faltered in the last eight years of Narendra Modi’s rule For 2023 is dotted with elections which inarguably […]

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By Harihar Swarup Any one who claims to live in God’s light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark. It is the person who loves brother and sister who dwells in God’s light and doesn’t block the light from others. But whoever hates is still in the dark, stumbles around in […]

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed last year gave a new “aura” to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s leadership and if the trend continues in 2023, the country may see a political change in the next general elections. In his weekly column Rokhthok in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Raut also said Prime Minister […]

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he was called “the father of the nation” and asked what has the “new father” done for India. “New father of new nation, but what have you done for the nation? Has anything significant be done? How has India progressed? The only […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that China and Pakistan have come together and said this is a very dangerous thing that has happened because the government “mishandled” foreign policy. The government should admit its mistakes and take corrective measures, he told a press conference. It should tell the country as to what has […]

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