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Sending Raghubar Das Out Of Jharkhand As Governor May Not Help
By Dr. Gyan Pathak One of the biggest challenges for PM Narendra Modi and the BJP in their way to returning to power after the Lok Sabha election 2024 is infighting in the state BJP units, a fact that is well known by now. No wonder former Chief Minister...
USA And The Other Western Nations Are Not Bothered About Cessation Of War
By Sushil Kutty The Israel-Hamas war is nearly two weeks old. The highlight was a rocket striking a hospital parking lot which killed 500. The tally was later corrected to 471. US President Joe Biden said he was happy that the “other team” was to blame and not Israel...
Modi Government Is Mum On Allegations Against Adani Group On High Price Of Coal Imports
By Krishna Jha ‘…In a more or less developed form, fascist tendencies and the germs of a fascist movement are to be found almost everywhere,’ said Georgi Dimitrov, while presenting his report in the annual conference of Communist International (Comintern) in 1936, and then, cautioned, “With the development of...
Extent Of Horror And Killings In Hamas-Israel War Stuns Global Celebrities
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav As Israel’s offensive continues against Hamas and Palestine, people who loved peace and relished good times are shocked. With thousands killed and cities flattened, the anger is only growing, promising more of it in the following days. Socialite Jemima Goldsmith, a UK-based Jew from a...
Amal Chakraborti’s Passing Away Is A Big Loss To The Political Journalism Of Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra 90 years is ripe old age. But when renowned cartoonist nonagenarian Amal Chakraborti passed away on October 18 in the midst of puja festivities in Kolkata , legions of his admirers felt that his exit from the mortals’ company was untimely. Chakraborti’s fans included readers of...
Thousands Of Hollywood Actors Are Still On Strike After Four Months
By Alex N. Press When the entertainment industry’s actors and writers last struck at the same time in 1980, the actors stayed out for ninety-five days. This year’s strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) looks like it...
Grenada Marks 40 Years Since The Assassination Of Maurice Bishop
By Dennis Laumann The nation of Grenada will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the tragic assassination of its revolutionary hero, Maurice Bishop, on October 19. The government has declared the date a public holiday now known as National Heroes Day. On that day in 1983, Bishop and seven others...
Nestle’s India Business Beats View On Price Hikes, Strong Domestic Demand
BENGALURU/CHENNAI (Reuters) – Nestle India (NEST.NS) on Thursday reported quarterly earnings above estimates on higher demand for its chocolates and Maggi instant noodles and also said its board approved a stock split. Profit increased to 9.08 billion rupees ($109.06 million) for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 from 6.61...
Review Open-Ended Grain Procurement: CACP
The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has called for a review of the government’s open-ended grain procurement policy to restrict rice and wheat purchase from the farmers for the meeting requirement under the National Food Security Act. The open ended procurement policy for rice and wheat has...
Poverty In India Eased In 2021, But Was Above 2018 Level: World Bank Data
NEW DELHI: Extreme poverty in India declined by 38 million in 2021 to 167.49 million after a surge in the two preceding years, but remained above the 2018 level, the latest World Bank data shows. While for most countries poverty rose in 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the...
