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Days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reopened a corruption case against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took a veiled dig at the BJP-ruled central government. Nitish Kumar, who parted ways with the BJP earlier this year and tied up with the RJD, today alleged that the […]

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By Sushil Kutty As 2022 rolls over for 2023 the Opposition has to declare a PM-face. There is no other option for the opposition parties but to fight Narendra Modi unitedly. Consider it a fait accompli, something that has been decided, and all that remains is to make it public. Fait accompli forecloses any opposition. […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak New rules are set in 2022 for an entirely new dynamics of education in India. Implementation process of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 were reviewed in a meeting in May 2022 chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which elicited detailed plans from educations leaders for achieving the goals. Thereafter, education sector […]

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By Arun Srivastava It is indeed a tough proposition to decode the political moves of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and to put in public domain. Even his close friends vouch that it is his political acumen not to allow his left hand to know what his right hand was doing has been the primary […]

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By Kalyani Shankar What is in store for the year 2023? Will it be good or bad? For the past three years, the world has faced an unprecedented pandemic – Covid – which has devastated the globe. Crystal ball gazers are hoping for a better scenario next year. They expect the economy’s health will be […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Universal health coverage (UHC) by 2022 has miserably failed in India. The year that is closing to an end, rather brought a costlier healthcare with price hike of even essential medicines, equipment and services. Deterioration of public healthcare system continued, and the country moved further toward privatization of district hospitals. Public […]

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By Sushil Kutty The Bharatiya Janata Party, the election winning machine, is closing the year a little rough for the wear, despite the resounding win in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home-state Gujarat, where fellow Gujarati, Home Minister Amit Shah, contributed his two bit with a threat and a promise, both rolled into one, reminding the […]

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By Arun Srivastava The day Union Home Ministry took away the investigation in the Bhima Koregaon case from the Maharashtra police and handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA,) it became explicit that the home minister has some ominous designs. This was not simply an endeavour to unearth the so called plan behind the […]

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The Bharatiya Christian Manch, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson, has begun an outreach programme with the community to promote the development agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This comes days after Mar Andrews Thazhath of Catholic Bishop’s Conference of India (CBCI) met Modi in Parliament. He spoke about extending a fresh invite […]

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The Maharashtra-Karnataka border row intensified on Monday with leaders from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Congress and Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) being denied entry into Belagavi in Karnataka, that is at the centre of the border dispute. As the 10-day session of the Karnataka Legislature commenced in Belagavi amid tight security, MMES activist Suraj Kanbarkar said […]

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Delhi woke up to chills this morning, its streets wrapped in a blanket of dense fog that brought visibility down to a minimum. The minimum temperature in the national capital this morning dipped to 5.6 degrees Celsius as a cold wave swept through north India. Dense fog was observed as cold wave continues in Delhi, […]

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Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has dared the CBI, which is reopening its case against himself, father Lalu Yadav and his two sisters, saying are there was no wrongdoing. “The allegation is that Lalu Yadav’s family received a prime property from a realty giant in Delhi in return for a contract to redevelop and […]

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Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Monday said he has not become the chief minister of Rajasthan on the basis of caste as he is the lone MLA from his community. Gehlot’s statement has come amid demands from a section to make his bete noire Sachin Pilot as the chief minister, who belongs to the Gujjar […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee The capital budget for Indian Navy needs a rapid escalation in the coming years for its fleet expansion and modernisation to become a strong force to deter the growing threats from the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), the world’s largest naval power in size, in the Indian Ocean and Pacific regions. The […]

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By Arun Srivastava In India, the political graph, image and charisma of a politician shoots up only when he continues to win elections. Electoral victory is the precondition for being a charismatic and popular leader. Winnability quotient defines the stature of the political leader. In contemporary Indian politics, the two figures who are credited as […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Hunger in India remained a major concern throughout 2022 due to slow recovery from the economic downturn after the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. True, as PM Narendra Modi drumming up, India became the fifth largest economy of the world, but his jubilation conceals the pangs of hunger of 80 […]

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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepal’s most prominent global face, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has become the new Prime Minister of the former Himalayan kingdom. In a swift political development on Sunday, he broke away from the ruling alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with the rival Communist Party of Nepal – Unified […]

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reopened a corruption case against former chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, months after the Bihar reversal in which his party tied up with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United (JDU) and formed the government. The CBI had in 2018 started a probe into allegations of corruption in the allotment […]

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As Congress marked fours years of being in power in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said that there is no anti-incumbency in the state and there could no bigger achievement than this. “Even after four years, the people of Rajasthan are not against the state government. Usually, such a situation happens everywhere and […]

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Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar has written a fresh letter alleging Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of sending “threats and offers” and said he would “expose” the AAP national convenor and minister Satyendar Jain. Sukesh released the letter through his counsel, advocate Ashok K Singh on Sunday. In the latest letter, he referred o the recently held […]

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Describing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as essential for the unity and integrity of the country, the BJP has said that the parties and leaders opposing it are against the ideals of Bhimrao Ambedkar. It is clearly evident from the attitude of the BJP that the Central government can take some big step in this […]

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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday alleged that those who interacted with Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra are being questioned by the Intelligence Bureau. Denying any secrecy pertaining to the Yatra, the Congress leader also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleging that the two […]

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that China and Pakistan are preparing together and if there is a war, then it will be against both countries. In a YouTube video on Rahul Gandhi’s channel, while interacting with Armed Forces’ veterans during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Congress MP said, “China and Pakistan have come together, […]

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By Harihar Swarup Nine assembly elections will take place between February and December 2023 stretching from Telangana to Tripura. Collectively these polls will be the last chance for opposition to test the mettle of the incumbent BJP before the May 2024 general elections. Any realistic assessment of the next national polls must begin with the […]

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By K Raveendran India’s 2022 began with hopes of a rebound from covid-induced downturn, which materialized to a large extent as the year progressed, but is winding down to a close with dark clouds beginning to appear on the horizon over threats of a return to the pandemic environment. The government hasn’t yet enforced covid […]

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By Anjan Roy If any one thing defines 2022 it is Russia’s Ukraine war. Coming close on the heels of the covid pandemic, unleashed by China’s callus and lackadaisical handling of the initial outbreak, world’s woes are brimming over. Bad luck would not come alone, in the very closing days of the year, the wildfire […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak We have faced several dramatic weather disasters which claimed far too many lives and livelihoods in 2022. From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate disasters affected millions and cost billions, indicating that climate change has intensified this year, and in the next in 2023, the world would need […]

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The Health Ministry has given a fresh six-point advisory to the states to face any Covid emergency amid rising cases in neighbouring China. India has reported a handful of the BF.7 strain that’s running amok in China. All travellers coming from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand will have to show a negative […]

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The Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, led by party MP Rahul Gandhi, entered Delhi early this morning amid calls by the Health Minister to follow Covid protocols. Delhi Congress Chief Anil Chaudhary and party workers welcomed Rahul Gandhi, other party leaders and the padyatris at Badarpur Border as they entered the national capital from Faridabad. Rahul Gandhi […]

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A bridge between India and Sri Lanka, described in the Indian epic Ramayana that has fomented a debate about whether it is mythology or history, can’t be “accurately” proved to have existed, the government said in parliament on Thursday. However, “there is some kind of an indication, direct or indirect, that those structures have existed”, […]

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Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Saturday said as he joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Delhi after he heard his inner voice say “Bharat jodne ki koshish karo, todne ki nahi,” (try to unite India instead of dividing). The Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) leader, who had said last week that he was invited […]

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Former cricketer and Trinamool Congress leader Kirti Azad’s alleged derogatory comment on a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi wearing a traditional Khasi attire is now getting reactions from all sections of the public in West Bengal. The comment was condemned by the chief ministers of at least three states in the Northeast region. Azad […]

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s statement of “starting political classes after his retirement” has triggered a major debate in the political circles of the desert state. Gehlot, when asked to speak on the political model of Rajasthan during a press conference on Saturday ( December 17) organised on four years of completion of the Congress […]

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on Sunday, said that China is ready to work with India through steady and sound growth of the relations, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry website. While addressing the reporters on China’s relations with India, Wang said, “China and India have maintained communication through the diplomatic and military-to-military channels, and […]

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