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Narendra Modi Govt Wants Data To Be Collated To Suit Political Interests

By Gyan Pathak   The suspension of the Director of International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) K S James is yet another example that no data, how authentic they are, would be allowed to tarnish the image of PM Narendra Modi and the government he has been leading since...

Jul 31 · >

Bengal CPI(M) Preparing For Alternative If Congress Allies With TMC

By Tirthankar Mitra   A fissure threatening to widen into a crack in ant-BJP INDIA coalition can be traced to the Left read CPI(M)even as it remains in the combine and its alliance with West Bengal unit of Congress is still in place. The CPI(M) has an alternative strategy...

Jul 31 · >

Netherlands Going For National Elections In November As Rutte Govt Resigns

By Helmer Stoel   On one question, both friend and foe can agree: the collapse of the Dutch government this July 7 marked the end of an era. Mark Rutte, the longest-serving prime minister in the Netherlands’ history, tendered his cabinet’s resignation, announcing he was unable to continue as...

Jul 31 · >

Rahul- Mamata Jugalbandi In Bengaluru Conclaveon India Has Significance

By Harihar Swarup   India, the new name of the opposition alliance, has got widespread coverage in the news already. But, the inside story of how the leaders of 26 opposition parties who gathered in Bengaluru for a two-day meeting on July 17 and 18 arrived at the name...

Jul 31 · >

BJP’S Outreach To Pasmanda Muslims Will Remain A Hollow Gesture

  By Jehosh Paul   The Supreme Court is soon scheduled to hear a case on the issue of imputation of caste system in Islam and Christianity in order to determine whether reservation benefits can be extended to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims.   It becomes crucial to examine...

Jul 31 · >

Centre Falls Back On ‘National Interest’ To Keep Mishra As ED Director

By Arun Srivastava   No one can guarantee that the Narendra Modi government will not reappear before the Supreme Court just ahead of September 15, the latest expiry date, requesting for yet another extension to the top cop of the country, the Enforcement Directorate chief S K Mishra, on...

Jul 28 · >

No-Confidence Motion On Manipur Brings BRS, Congress On Same Table

By Rahil Nora Chopra   The Lok Sabha has seen a no-trust motion being filed against the Narendra Modi-led government by the Congress and BRS to apply pressure on the ruling BJP over the Manipur issue, and it was accepted by the Lower house. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla...

Jul 28 · >

Panicky Amit Shah Held Continuous Sessions In Bhopal With B Leaders

By L S Herdenia   BHOPAL: “Ninety six hours – two visits by Home Minister Amit Shah” It is obvious Amit Shah does not want that 2018 is repeated in 2023 Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh. That is why he is paying special attention to the state. He reached...

Jul 28 · >

Narendra Modi Govt’s Claim Of Large Reduction In Poverty Level Is Flawed

By Prabhat Patnaik ON April 3 this year, the minister of state for planning, Rao Inderjeet Singh, said in the Rajya Sabha that the government had no data after 2011-12 for estimating poverty, and therefore had no idea how many people had been lifted out of poverty since then....

Jul 28 · >

Rise And Fall Of The Father Of Atom Bomb J Robert Oppenheimer In United States

By Prabir Purkayastha THE new blockbuster film on Oppenheimer has brought back the memories of the first nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It has raised complex questions on the nature of the society that permitted such bombs to be developed and used and the stockpiling of nuclear arsenals that...

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