By K Raveendran The decision by OPEC+ to enforce no official cuts, and yet a voluntary cut by swing producer Saudi Arabia, has had only limited upside price pressure, but the long-term price development will hinge on macroeconomic sentiment and the possible extension of the voluntary Saudi Arabian production...
By Sushil Kutty So it is India is democratic versus India is undemocratic. Are we stuck with the binary? Both Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are fighting each other overseas in preparation for the ‘Big Fight 2024’ at home. Rahul Gandhi’s observation that “NRIs” got...
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Irrespective of political alliance which may be decided later on, Samajwadi Party has started preparations for 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh by holding training camps in all the 80 constituencies and rath yatra in the state. The campaign for the polls has been...
By Arun Srivastava The prime task of the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the cases having element of crime. Since the Narendra Modi government has handed over the investigation into the three train accident at Balasore in which 288 persons died, it implied that it perceives as a...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Asif, has affirmed that the general elections planned for October this year will proceed as scheduled, dismissing rumours of a potential postponement. Political experts strongly believe that only timely, free, and fair elections can restore much-needed political stability in Pakistan, especially...
By Ashis Biswas Despite increased deployment of security personnel in riot-hit Manipur during the last 48 hours, sporadic violence has continued in several areas. One Border Security Force (BSF) sepoy was killed, while two Assam Rifle personnel were injured as they came under fire from suspected armed Kuki attackers...
By Maknoon Wani It has been nine years since Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India. During that time, Modi and his party have launched an escalating crackdown on their political opponents and media critics. In March of this year, Rahul Gandhi, one...
By James M Dorsey When jailed Turkish politician Selahattin Demirtas apologized for his pro-Kurdish party’s poor performance in recent Turkish elections, he did more than take responsibility. Demirtas implicitly questioned the notion that Turks vote primarily along ideological and identity lines rather than based on assessing which party will...
By Harihar Swarup In the five years that she spent living alongside the remote Onge tribe of the Andaman island, Shanti Teresa Lakra fished and cooked with them: saw how differently they raise their young; followed into them the forests in the summer, “a season when they cannot bear...
By Kalyani Shankar Why do Indian politicians woo the Diaspora in the United States and elsewhere? Why does the Diaspora, who can’t vote in India, take an interest in their homeland? It is perhaps because, as India’s GDP grows, the Diaspora’s role in India’s foreign policy also rises. The...