By Prabhat Patnaik The G-20 meeting in Delhi was occurring in the midst of an acute economic crisis of the world economy. The advanced capitalist economies are expected by the IMF to witness a growth slowdown from 2.7 per cent in 2022 to 1.3 per cent in 2023; according...
By Girish Linganna Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un’s recent visit to Russia—his first international trip since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out—is anticipated to witness the two Cold War allies enhancing their defence and economic cooperation in the face of Western sanctions. The Cold...
By Arun Srivastava Once again Prime Minister Narendra Modi has swung into action against the INDIA partners. Attacking actor Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin for his opinion about the need to “eradicate” sanatana dharma during his talk at a Sanatana Abolition Conclave organised by...
By James M Dorsey Libya has figured prominently in recent headlines. These days, it’s floods that have devastated Eastern Libya and killed more than 5000 people, days after a catastrophic earthquake rocked Morocco like much else. Some 10,000 people are missing. What starts in Libya doesn’t stay in Libya....
By Tirthankar Mitra Long after Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s literary works sprang into fame, his reputation as a literary icon stands undimmed to this day. As his 147th birth anniversary is being celebrated on September 15, the contention few authors could rival his mastery of the condition of villages and...
By Nitya Chakraborty The first coordination committee of the INDIA block of 28 opposition parties has decided to finally start the process of seat sharing for both coming state assembly elections scheduled by year end as also the Lok Sabha polls by early 2024.The spokesman K C Venugopal made...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The ‘Sanatan Dharm’ controversy is the latest example of a leader of opposition unwittingly walking into RSS-BJP’s political turf made for PM Narendra Modi to play on with advantage over the opposition INDIA alliance, which they are projecting as anti-Hindu. PM Modi and his associates...
By Binoy Viswam The year-long ‘celebrations’ that the Modi government built up around the G-20 Summit have ended. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, due to electoral ambitions chose to design it more like a festival than with socio-political and diplomatic content. G-20, because of its very nature and proclaimed objectives,...
By P. Sudhir The adoption of a joint declaration by the G20 summit in New Delhi with all member countries subscribing to it was an achievement, given the sharp divisions that exist on the issue of the Ukraine war. The eight paragraphs dealing with the Ukraine war were negotiated...
By Girish Linganna The Indian government is capitalizing on the global push to reduce dependence on China by providing significant incentives, amounting to billions of dollars, to establish a complete semiconductor ecosystem on extensive, undeveloped land. In his New Delhi office, Ashwini Vaishnav, India’s Minister of Electronics and Information...