By Sarah Thanawala “If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you,” wrote German philosopher Freidrich Neitszche in his book Beyond Good And Evil. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) seems to have discovered the meaning of the quote recently. On July 28, a division...
By Ramzy Baroud It is feasible for China to continue playing an important role in mediating Middle East conflicts. In fact, it already has. In the case of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, however, mediation is hardly the issue. Even before Beijing successfully managed to achieve reconciliation between Saudi...
By Binoy Viswam The month of August calls upon every Indian to recall the unfading saga of great struggles and heroic sacrifices. This is the month that brought the long-awaited freedom to our people. Our long-drawn freedom struggle was an unparalleled one where various streams of struggles, from Satyagraha...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The National Capital Territory of Delhi drew political attention of the entire nation on August 16, due to a very short-term problem that occurred in the early stages of the opposition INDIA alliance, which can be termed as only teething troubles. A ‘news hype’, a...
By Subrata Majumder Consumer demand in China plunged into deflation, reflecting onslaught on consumer price. Its consumer price index fell by 0.3 percent in July, 2023, year -on-year basis, demonstrating failure of Xi Jinping’s new policy to retrieve the economy, which was dented by zero -COVID policy and domestic...
By P. Sudhir Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Red Fort speech on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day had all the hallmarks which have become typical of his Independence Day speeches of the past years. There were the boastful claims of how, since 2014, India has made tremendous progress...
By Sushil Kutty So, ‘INDIA’ is vacillating. Home Minister Amit Shah says Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get his wish, a majority and a third term. This, when all that INDIA has to do is prevent India from voting for Modi. The Congress should get its leadership role in...
By Arun Srivastava Truncated and bereft of a distinct political dimension, the Jharkhand state Congress has prevailed on its central leadership to go ahead with its electoral preparedness. State Congress leaders are resorting to this strange move even after aware of the basic fact that the party cannot challenge...
By Satyaki Chakraborty Just three days before the crucial Presidential elections in Guatemala on August 20, a new public opinion poll released ahead of Guatemala’s presidential race indicates that former dark-horse candidate progressive Bernardo Arevalo is heading into the polling day with a substantial lead. Arevalo, a candidate for...
By Tirthankar Mitra Come September 5, Dhupguri in West Bengal together with six other state Assembly segments in other parts of the country, will go for by-polls. But the by-election in this north Bengal constituency will be a field trial of sorts for the INDIA coalition as Congress is...