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By Steve Sweeney Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro ruled out new presidential elections as he called on the international community to prevent a US-instigated civil war from erupting in the country. In a televised address, the president spoke of the strength of revolutionary heroes Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and Hugo...
By Sankar Ray None other than Gen. Austin Miller, the head of NATO’s Resolute Support Mission, stated ingenuously that in Afghanistan “this is not going to be won militarily… This is going to a political solution”. He put it bluntly that the USA and its armed collaborators had failed...
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By Anjan Roy Finance minister Piyush Goyal’s exuberance over finally getting a grip on the banks’ bad debts might be a little too early. While the latest financial stability report of the Reserve Bank of India showing marginal decline in the non-performing assets (NPA) is a welcome sign, this...
By Conn Hallinan Keeping track of the Trump administration’s foreign policy is like trying to track a cat on a hot tin roof: We’re pulling out of Syria (not right away). We’re leaving Afghanistan (sometime in the future). Mexico is going to pay for a wall (no, it isn’t)....
By Sagarneel Sinha Currently, West Bengal is witnessing a political chaos with state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee staging dharna against CBI at Metro Channel in Kolkata accusing the centre for using the institutions to get political mileage ahead of the general polls. However, in the midst of all the...
By Arun Srivastava Going for the Congress in Bihar does not appear to be tough. The February 3 Jana Akansha Rally of Congress held after 28 years at Patna’s Gandhi maidan made it explicit that Congress has gained considerable ground in the state in the recent months and is...
By Amulya Ganguli Although Arun Jaitley has not been in the pink of health, he is still an indefatigable blogger for the BJP. With the use of catchy phrases such as “manufactured dissent” for those who returned their awards, to the “lies, short-lived lies and now further lies” of...
By Indira Jaising WHAT began with an attack on the powers of the Delhi government to govern in accordance with the Constitution, has ended with an attack on the West Bengal government to govern in accordance with the Constitution. The NDA government at the Centre appears to think that...
By Kalyani Shankar The regional parties will be the king-makers in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls. Even the New York Times on Sunday pointed out, “Most analysts believe neither Mr. Modi’s party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, nor the Indian National Congress Party will win an outright majority. That means...