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By Tirthankar Mitra A long term political dividend was in her sights when Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee said that Prime .Minister, Narendra Modi did not goad the central investigation agencies like CBI and ED to swoop in on the homes of her party leaders. While her political opponents ridicule her and […]

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By W. T. Whitney Jr. To extend a population’s life expectancy at birth (LEB) requires capabilities that are scarce in the United States. The U.S. LEB has fallen in the recent period, quite abruptly. Meanwhile, life expectancy in China and Cuba continues its long-term rise. To understand why we should explore nations’ varying capabilities to […]

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Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot is geared up to make one more and possibly a last attempt to convince Rahul Gandhi to file his nomination papers for the post of Congress president. And for this, he travelled all the way to Kochi from Jaipur to join the Bharat Jodo yatra with the Wayanad MP even […]

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Amid the allegations that YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been made “permanent” president of the YSRCP, the Election Commission of India on Wednesday said it rejects any attempt or even a hint of any organisational post being of permanent nature, being inherently anti-democracy and directed the party to make a public announcement to clear the […]

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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday ordered an inquiry after “PayCM” posters with the photo of him surfaced in several parts of Bengaluru. The CM called it a “conspiracy and systematic campaign” to “tarnish his and state’s reputation”. Bommai has directed the officials to file a case and identify those behind the incident. On […]

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann called for a meeting of MLAs tomorrow after the Governor turned down the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s demand for a special session of the assembly to introduce a trust vote. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party called the governor’s decision “murder of democracy”. Governor Banwarilal Purohit withdrew his earlier order […]

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday morning raided the premises linked to Popular Front Of India (PFI) in several states, government sources said. In a massive crackdown on PFI, the anti-terror agency carried out raids in ten states, including Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Over 100 top PFI leaders […]

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By K Raveendran Arvind Kejriwal seems to have come of age as a politician. The Delhi chief minister is apparently taking a page out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi book to speak the same language, same content and wear the same demeanor.  He needs to be given credit for his assessment that Modi’s language strikes […]

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By Arun Srivastava The new face of Adivasi identity, Hemant Soren, son of the legendry tribal Guruji, Shibu Soren , has blown the war trumpet against the BJP’s design to impair the sensibility of Adivasi individuality and turn Jharkhand into the colony of the capitalists advocating the Hindutva political line by attacking at the social […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak With Earth’s Orbits getting crowded, the risks of Kessler syndrome – a catastrophic and irreversible chain reaction of on-orbit collisions between debris and operational satellites –is becoming high, even though according to the most recent projection by Merrill Lynch/Bank of America the space economy would grow to $2.7 by 2040, while […]

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By James M Dorsey The Biden administration is mulling whether to grant Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sovereign immunity in a case related to the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi. The journalist’s fiancé and a non-profit organization he helped found filed the lawsuit in a Washington district court. The court has extended its original […]

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While several top leaders of Congress like Ashok Gehlot and Shashi Tharoor seem to be ready to contest, chorus is growing louder in the party for Rahul Gandhi’s elevation to the top post with nearly a dozen state units pushing for it amid uncertainty and suspense persisted over whether he would take on the mantle. […]

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Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday continued his tirade on the ruling BJP at the Centre and alleged that it was spreading hatred among the people of the country, resulting in foreign powers occupying the Indian territory. Addressing a massive crowd at the Ernakulam district border where the Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ concluded for […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday called for a “Bharatiya” or indigenous system of education in the country in the place of the one inherited from the British. Speaking at a town-hall meeting with parents and teachers here as part of his campaign for the coming Assembly elections in Gujarat, the Aam Aadmi Party […]

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Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday have made her the target of the Congress and CPM. Their spin — the Chief Minister is “going soft on him”. Mamata Banerjee, an unrelenting critic of the Prime Minister, had surprised many by her comment yesterday that all but cleared him […]

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Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to Bihar will be to “stoke communal tension” and the entire country knows this, Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said today, echoing his alliance partner Janata Dal United. While Mr Yadav has been a staunch critic of the BJP, this was the first time he made such a […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee The skyrocketing wealth of Ahmedabad-based business tycoon Gautam Adani in the last three years may be exciting news for shareholders of Adani group companies, but the same can’t be said about lenders to those enterprises as the liabilities don’t match with their real assets. According to the latest Forbes real-time billionaires list, […]

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By Sushil Kutty Has Rahul Gandhi’s persistence prevailed? The Gandhi scion has always wanted an elected Congress president, and it seems he is getting his wish fulfilled: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has given her consent to Thiruvananthapuram Congress MP Shashi Tharoor to contest the party’s presidential election, and Congress leaders claim there couldn’t be […]

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After high drama over a sealed envelope in Jharkhand, sources have said the Election Commission, while holding Chief Minister Hemant Soren guilty in the illegal mining case, has recommended only “disqualification”. This means that after the Governor notifies the disqualification order on a gazette, Soren will have to resign. His council of ministers will also […]

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By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Leader of Opposition and Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav has decided that his party would hit the streets on public issues to take on BJP to face 2024 Lok Sabha. Former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav led impressive padayatra of his party legislators on the opening day of UP Legislature session. […]

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By Dr Arun Mitra Health refers to a state of complete emotional and physical well-being. It is, therefore, important that social and environmental milieu is conducive and fulfils the criteria of better nutrition, equitable distribution of resources and affordable healthcare facilities. There have to be sufficient conditions to prevent mental health issues.  For all this, […]

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With under a month left for long-awaited election for the Congress president, chorus is growing louder in the party for Rahul Gandhi’s elevation to the top post with over half a dozen state units pushing for it amid uncertainty and suspense persisted over whether he would take on the mantle. After Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat […]

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Aiming for reforms and transparency in donations received by political parties, the Election Commission has proposed reducing anonymous political donations from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2,000. The poll panel has written a letter to the Union Law Ministry recommending various amendments in the Representation of the People Act. Recently, the Commission delisted 284 non-compliant registered unrecognised political […]

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Opposition parties in Punjab are targeting the chief minister once again, seeking an inquiry into an alleged incident of deplaning of Bhagwant Mann at the Frankfurt airport in an “inebriated” condition, a claim that has been strongly denied by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Leader of opposition in the state assembly Partap Singh Bajwa wrote […]

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NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday acknowledged the “usefulness” of the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi for the Congress leader and his party. He also hinted that he was not against the inclusion of Congress if the Opposition unity takes shape for the 2024 elections. Speaking to reporters in Solapur district of Maharashtra, […]

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BJP’s Maharashtra unit president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday claimed 259 candidates supported by his party and 40 nominees backed by the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena have been elected as sarpanches in the just-held elections to gram panchayats in the state. Voting for elections to 547 gram panchayats spread across 16 districts of the […]

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By Ashis Biswas Recent revelations of massive corruption in West Bengal Government’s Education department, along with shocking accounts of major criminal activity in Birbhum and neighbouring districts, have shattered the state’s administrative morale. The situation has deteriorated to a point where the Government stands publicly accused of spreading ‘fake news’ about Gujarat-based private sector companies! […]

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By Guido Liguori Italy’s general election promises victory for the right-wing alliance — thanks in part to an electoral system that everyone criticizes but no one has sought to change. The current law gives a huge advantage to parties who run in coalitions, who can win a large majority of seats even on well under […]

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In the backdrop of persistent allegations against its MLAs and with an eye on the 2024 elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) held the first national meeting of its elected representatives and supporters from across the country at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in the national capital on Sunday. Approximately 1,500 people from 20 states gathered, […]

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Eight MLAs who ditched the Congress party to join the ruling BJP in Goa are all set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today. Six of the MLAs arrived in Delhi by flight early this morning accompanied by CM Pramod Sawant and BJP state unit president Sadanand Tanavade. MLAs Michael Lobo and Digambar […]

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Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Sunday said the party would not stop anyone from quitting and that he would lend his car if any member wants to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Nath’s comment came amid the exodus from Congress and four days after eight MLAs of the Grand Old Party from […]

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Amid raging controversy over alleged leaked videos of hostel girls, the Chandigarh University have said that no “objectionable video was made of any students except a personal video shot by a girl, which she shared with her boyfriend”. The girl has been arrested. The statement by the University comes amid several reports claiming 60 objectionable […]

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Prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband on Sunday said it has no objections to the Uttar Pradesh government’s survey of private madrassas but the whole system of such institutions should not be denigrated if a few don’t follow rules. At a conference of representatives from various madrassas held at Deoband to discuss the survey issue, […]

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By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 72 on September 17 and the country celebrated how fast an African Cheetah can run in the Indian wild? Not faster than its destiny, right? Talking of which, Modi is not ‘Destiny’s Child’, he is just another man-sized Gujarati with the ability to turn into child’s play […]

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