Category: World

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Kisan Garjana Rally organized in Delhi Ramleela ground on Monday by RSS-affiliated farmers’ body Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) against the ruling establishment led by Narendra Modi might have inflicted a chilling sensation into the Modi-Shah duo’s spines, for it reflected the despair and anger of farmers against them. Moreover, it may […]

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The Rajasthan government will provide cooking gas cylinders at Rs 500 for people under the poverty line and enrolled in the Ujjwala scheme, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said today in a big ticket announcement ahead of next year’s assembly elections. The Chief Minister made the announcement in presence of senior party leader Rahul Gandhi in […]

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Union minister Smriti Irani hit back against a Congress leader’s shocking “latkas” and “jhatkas” comment with a sharp takedown of the party and Rahul Gandhi, the prospects of whose contesting from Amethi had led to the controversy. Tagging Rahul Gandhi, Irani responded on Twitter. “Heard one of your provincial leaders have announced in an indecent […]

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BJP’s Sushil Modi, who spoke against same sex marriages in Parliament yesterday, told NDTV that while same sex relationships are acceptable, allowing such marriages will give rise to problems on multiple levels, including “divorce and adoption”. Speaking in Rajya Sabha earlier today, the MP had objected to it in the social and cultural context. In […]

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Students and security guards clashed at the prestigious Allahabad University this evening after an argument over entry to the campus spiralled out of control. A video circulating on social media showed students throwing stones at the guards and at policemen who were called to the campus after the violence started. A motorcycle was set on […]

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The congressional committee that investigated last year’s attack on the US Capitol recommended Monday that criminal charges be filed against former president Donald Trump. The House panel unanimously urged the Justice Department to pursue Trump for inciting an insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiring to defraud the US government and making false statements. “The […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee The West Bengal government’s latest decision to take over 395 acres of prime industrial land lying idle at Uttarpara, near Kolkata, under CK Birla-controlled Hindustan Motors Limited (HM), for gainful use is most welcome. The giant HM factory has been closed since 2014. It may be high time that the state, starved […]

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By Ashis Biswas As the pre Assembly poll campaign warms up in Tripura, the state seems to be heading for a sharper ethnic divide in 2023 between the majority Bengalis and native tribal groups. New poll entrants Tipra Motha (TM) fighting for a greater separate Tripura (Tipraland) state, have confirmed the worst fears of the […]

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By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi is silently, and certainly irreversibly, moving towards his goal, to transmute the basic identity and character of Indian judicial system. There are many aces on his chess board, but the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju is a rare exception to perform the task more diligently. In his exuberance […]

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By Sushil Kutty Congress Member of Parliament Manish Tewari wants a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the ‘border situation’ with China, the Line of Actual Control, which is a euphemism for not having a recognized border. Tewari, who has established himself as a military affairs expert over the years, has given an adjournment motion […]

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Meghalaya’s Shillong to participate in the golden jubilee celebration of the Northeastern Council, said his government has given ‘red card’ to all hurdles in northeast India, like underdevelopment, corruption, unrest, and political favouritism. Addressing the audience in a football ground, the PM used the sport’s references to get his message […]

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AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday termed as “unprecedented success” his party’s foray into Gujarat, a BJP bastion for years, and said winning five seats there was as difficult as “milking an ox.” Addressing the party’s national executive and national council meeting, the Delhi Chief Minister also asserted that the AAP is sure it […]

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INS Mormugao, a P15B indigenous stealth guided missile destroyer, was commissioned by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday in a major boost to the Indian Navy’s maritime and combat capabilities. The warship, measuring 163 metres by 17 metres, is named after the historic port city of Mormugao in Goa. It can fight under nuclear, biological and […]

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Hundreds of young people die in India due to dishonour killings merely because they love someone or marry outside their caste or against their family’s wishes, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud said on Saturday, in a speech on “Law and Morality”, according to legal news website Bar and Bench. Referring to several cases […]

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By Sushil Kutty Finally, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has spoken truth to power! And in the city where he spent a part of his youth…Kolkata! Then, early in his tinsel-town career, after moving to ‘Bombay’, when his screen roles demanded, he was the “angry young man”, who in real-life was known to dodge issues of civil […]

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By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent an unambiguous and loud message to the intellectuals, academics, social activists and leaders of the political parties of the country to fall in line or get ready to face the music. Though his government at the directive of the RSS has long back initiated the process […]

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By Ashis Biswas With crippling power cuts continuing, Bangladesh Government is going all out to buy more power from its regional neighbours , and also examining the possibility of producing ‘green energy’ by using hydrogen, following recent measures taken in advanced Western countries. The ruling Awami League (AL) Government has been subjected to stinging attacks […]

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By Dylan James The Cuban government has established an extensive network of biotechnology labs that have developed cutting-edge medical advancements to reinvent traditional cancer and diabetes treatments. For the U.S., a country that tops lists for the prevalence of cancer and diabetes among its population, these advancements would be great news for the millions of […]

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The Congress on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not allowing a discussion in Parliament on the situation along the border with China and asked why he was not taking the nation into confidence in the matter. His attack on the government came days after Indian Army personnel clashed with Chinese soldiers in the […]

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Pakistan Peoples Party leader Shazia Marri has threatened a nuclear war with India, news agency ANI reported quoting Bol News, a day after India strongly condemned the neighbouring country’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto for his “uncivilised outburst” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “India should not forget that Pakistan has an atom bomb. Our nuclear status is […]

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Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s tweet showing a photo of him meeting soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh to say the area “is fully secured” has come under criticism as a misleading post. Mr Rijiju had posted another photo, taken from a slightly different angle, from the same visit on October 29, 2019. Rijiju tweeted the photo in […]

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Home minister Amit Shah has taken a serious note of killing of two civilians outside an army camp in Rajouri and a high level inquiry will be ordered to punish the guilty, the Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief said. “Home Minister Amit Shah has taken a very serious note of this incident. I spoke to […]

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By K Raveendran After taking on the Supreme Court for the impasse on Collegium, which he described as ‘alien’ to the Constitution, Law Minster Kiren Rijiju has played another bite from His Master’s Voice – prime minister Narendra Modi’s favourite simultaneous elections. Rijiju said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha the other day […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak As the Indian economic growth is set to decelerate in the financial year 2023-24 as per the latest estimates of all the national and international organisations, India’s job market is likely to deterioration. Employment opportunities would decline, new job opportunities will be limited, and job losses may accelerate. Price rise and […]

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By Harihar Swarup Gujarat and Himachal have voted for two opposing national parties. While Himachali voters rejected the BJP and upheld the tradition of electing an alternate every five years, voters in Gujarat gave the saffron party its biggest victory ever and seventh straight term. With over 52 per cent share, and 156 of 182 […]

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By Sankar Ray The Pentagon, headquarters of US military establishment, submitted to the US Congress a report, ‘Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2022’ pursuant to the National Defence Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2000.It reflects Pentagon’s concern about China’s military beef-up  as it poses a challenge to  the hegemonistic power […]

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Hitting back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for claiming that India is ignoring the threat of war from China, the BJP on Friday accused him of trying to demoralise the military and took a swipe at his great-grandfather former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Speaking to journalists at a stopover during his Bharat Jodo Yatra earlier […]

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India on Friday blasted Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto over his offensive personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it a “new low even for Pakistan”. In a firm and unsparing condemnation of Bilawal Bhutto’s remarks at the UN, New Delhi said Pakistan lacks the credentials to cast aspersions on India and added that […]

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Top child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has summoned education technology platform BYJU’s CEO over allegations that it is indulging in malpractices to lure parents and children to buy their courses. According to a media report, BYJU’s is facing a range of complaints on social media platforms and consumer websites with […]

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65 people have now been confirmed dead in Chapra, in Bihar’s Saran district, due to the consumption of toxic liquor, news agency ANI reported. The tragedy, the biggest since Bihar went dry more than six years ago, is the latest in a long list of such deaths in Bihar ever since Chief Minister Nitish Kumar […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Politics is alright. But what about playing mischief? It must stop. Time has come for BJP to learn not to play mischiefs before an election for votes, and even after losing polls for keeping power for themselves legally or by proxy at the cost of people which happen to be in […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no mistaking it. The CPI(M)’s fulsome praise of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the second most powerful constituent of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), has scared the daylights out of the Congress. There is a delicious irony here. As the leader of the UDF, the Congress is […]

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By Prabhat Patnaik The fact that income and wealth inequalities have increased quite dramatically under the neo-liberal regime is beyond dispute. The empirical work by Piketty’s team bears out the increase in income inequality. They use income tax data to infer about the share of the top 1 per cent of the population of a […]

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By Arun Srivastava Exploiting the death of the poor in an accident has been most awful pastime rendezvous of the politicians. This apparently got manifest in the death of nearly 50 people in the Chapra hooch tragedy of Bihar. The BJP which has been prime mover of the idea to impose  ban on the manufacturing […]

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