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INDIA Bloc Has An Edge Over BJP Led NDA In First Phase Of Election In Jharkhand
By Dr. Gyan Pathak At the end of election campaign for the first phase of Vidhan Sabha Election in Jharkhand scheduled to be held on November 13, 2024 for 43 of 81-member Vidhan Sabha, INDIA bloc led by JMM seems to have an edge over BJP led NDA. Threefold...
Are The Indian Muslims Taking Their Destiny In Their Own Hands Now?
By Sushil Kutty With the Winter Session of Parliament due to begin its session on November 25, there is mounting panic in secular parties and in the Muslim community, which never votes for the BJP. Today, 78 years after India’s independence, Muslims are afraid they’re losing their special status...
Sri Lanka To Go To Crucial Elections On November 14 To Choose New Parliament
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav On November 14 this year, Sri Lanka will witness voting to elect a new parliament. In September, left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the People’s Liberation Front, or Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), won the presidential election. JVP is part of a 21-party alliance, the National People’s...
Centre Is Lacking In Facilities For Elephant Counting In A Scientific Manner
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Elephant count in India is in doubt. Reliable population estimation of these huge land mammal is not easy as it is often in camouflage or on the move. The government read the Union ministry of environment and forests have shelved the latest census count of...
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Is Right To Be Incensed At The Democrats
By Branko Marcetic WASHINGTON DC: If you want to see the two competing visions of the Democratic Party’s future coming out of Tuesday’s electoral catastrophe, just compare the responses to the Democrats’ thumping from Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Harris’s concession speech was part and parcel...
Trump 2.0 Administration Will Have Varying Impact On Muslim Nations Of The World
By Asad Mirza Donald Trump’s re-entry in the White House is seen with a bated breath all over the world, especially the Muslim nations across the globe, as the world waits to see in which manner his current presidency will run. Will it be “America First” like the previous...
Trump And Gold Shall Never Meet As They Always Travel In Opposite Directions
By K Raveendran Trump divides people like nobody else does. The liberal Left all over the world are united in their assessment that there would be a presidential onslaught against whatever they stand for. It is not just people who detest Trumps return; even the elements are affected. Gold...
Under Trump’s Shift Towards Asia, Delhi Could Outshine London
By M A Hossain Since the end of second world war, the United Kingdom has been regarded as America’s “little brother”, a close ally through the Cold War and beyond, with shared interests and a strong transatlantic alliance. However, with the rise of new geopolitical tensions and a shift...
Broader Left Unity In Bengal Is Evident In The Bypoll For Naihati Assembly
By Tirthankar Mitra Left movement history in West Bengal is traversing a new trajectory at Naihati assembly by-election as for the first time a CPI(M-L) Liberation candidate is contesting with the support of Left Front. But the fact remains Trinamool Congress candidate, Sanat Dey and BJP nominee Rupak Mitra...
ILO At COP29: Prioritize Labour Rights And Decent Work For Just Transition
By Dr. Gyan Pathak International Labour Organization (ILO) is getting itself ready with its agenda at UN Climate Change Conference COP29 with its key message that just transition policies must prioritize labour rights and decent work and to highlight the critical role of social dialogue and labour protection so...
BJP’s Washing Machine Politics Is Most Active In Maharashtra Assembly Polls
By Sushil Kutty ‘The Elections That Surprised India’ is a book authored by a journalist who met Mahayuti minister Chaggan Bhujbal in a Nashik hotel in mid-2023 when the Nationalist Congress Party, of which Chaggan Bhujbal was a member, was still one whole and Bhujbal was out on bail...
Following Trump’s Win In U.S. Canada Too Is Facing A Far-Right Surge
By Dave McKee TORONTO: Donald Trump has been confirmed as president-elect in the United States, where the Republicans appear to have also won a majority in the Senate and possibly the House of Representatives. Without doubt, this is the worst outcome of these elections, and not just for the...
Never Trust Donald Trump, But Play With Him Pursuing Your Own Game
By Anjan Roy Never before, an American presidential election evoked such widespread interest and concern across the world. This is because the presumptive president has given rise to fears and concerns about America’s policies which do not promise to follow the scripted lines. There is a sense of uncertainty...
Germany Heading For Early National Elections In 2025 After Scholz Govt Loses Majority
By Satyaki Chakraborty Germany, the biggest economic power of the Western nations in Europe was plunged in a major political crisis as the shaky three party coalition led by the Chancellor Olaf Scholz of SPD became a minority in the Parliament on Wednesday night after the partner Free Democratic...
BJP Desperate To Get Back Lost Tribal Support Before Jharkhand Polls
By Rabindra Nath Sinha RANCHI: Outfits of social activists in Jharkhand have been active in countering the highly divisive campaigns by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders for the impending Assembly elections as the partners of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led coalition lagged behind the BJP-led Opposition in concluding seat-sharing deals for...
Kharge Dissolves Himachal PCC, Congress To See Overhaul In State Unit
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress president, Mallikarjun Kharge, has dissolved the entire Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) unit in Himachal Pradesh, along with the district and block units. Now, the next line-up for change is in the government. According to sources, a Cabinet reshuffle is likely to be taken...
Political Fight Over Waqf Amendment Bill Is Becoming More Bizarre With Every Passing Day
By Sushil Kutty It’s happening and happening at a hare’s pace — Gazwa-e-Hind Vs. Baghwa-e-Hind. The battle is for India’s real-estate. The protagonists are the Waqf Board and the BJP-led Government of India, the battle spurred to significant pace by the hurry with which the Waqf Board (Amendment) Bill,...
Trump’s Big Victory Energises Global Right In Europe And Latin America
By Nitya Chakraborty On November 5 late night, even before the presidential election results gave Donald Trump a majority of 270, former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro wrote an ecstatic message in X the former Twitter congratulating his mentor on his magnificent win saying this will have a big...
