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Dr. Md. Yunus May Mention Hasina’s Extradition At His Un Address On Sept 27
By Nitya Chakraborty The interim Government of Bangladesh headed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus is doing all the preparatory work for officially demanding the extradition from India of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as early as possible. Indications suggest that Dr. Yunus may mention of this demand at his...
Women, Farmers, And Unemployed May Affect Haryana Poll Outcome
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Almost all political parties in the fray in Haryana Vidhan Sabha Election scheduled for October 5 have focused on women, farmers, and unemployed, which is nothing but the revelation of their assessments that they may affect the poll outcome. Political parties have also played OBC...
Innocuous Battle Between TDP And YSRCP Over Ladoo Turns Bizarre
By Sushil Kutty Former YSRCP Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy left a ‘ladoo’ for TDP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and now there’s ‘big bawal’ in Andhra Pradesh with epicentre at the temple town of Tirupati, where Lord Venkateswara has been cynosure for forever. The ‘ladoo’ is prasadam, offerings to...
Time To Fight Myths And Obscurantist Ideas About Treatment Through Medical Education
By Dr Arun Mitra Unaware of the reasons of various happenings around, the ancient man attributed celestial causes to various natural events like rain, fire, earthquake etc. Thus they thought diseases to be a result of anger displayed by some super natural divine power. The remedy too was primitive...
Nitish’s Land Survey: Corruption Allegations From Tejashwi, Manjhi
By Rahil Nora Chopra Political temperature is in Bihar soaring high, as the Revenue and Land Reforms Department of the Nitish Kumar-led government conducts a land survey, covering 45,000 villages across the state. Former Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav is trying to draw political capital out of...
Elephant Culling In Zimbabwe Has Posed Many Ethical And Economic Questions
By Tirthankar Mitra Once dubbed a royal sport and then s decision of banning hunting in several countries seems to have rebounded if the decision of Zimbabwean government to cull it’s elephant population is anything to go by. It is in response to a severe draught highlighting the intersection...
Remembering Dramatist Sean O’Casey On The 60th Anniversary Of His Death
By Jenny Farrell NEW YORK: Sean O’Casey was the first English-speaking dramatist of international significance to emerge from the proletariat. His proletarian consciousness made his plays a significant part of Irish and international theatre history, securing their enduring relevance. O’Casey was not only a talented playwright but also a...
India Isolates Itself Completely From BRIC Partners On Israel Occupation Issue
By Nitya Chakraborty What is happening to Indian foreign policy during the third term of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi? Is India a vassal state to the United States in 2024 disconnecting all its political links with the country’s BRICS partners? On September 18, a day after our PM’s...
US Federal Reserves’ Jumbo Cut Is Having Global Impact On Stock Markets
By Anjan Roy September 19 is a big day for financial markets worldwide. The US Federal Reserve has at long last acted how the markets expected it to act. It cut interest rates. This is having global impact and already the stock markets are adjusting, as we have seen...
Largescale Killings Through Pagers Across Lebanon Signal A Big Danger To Humanity
By Sushil Kutty Since Wednesday India’s rightwing YouTubers are having a blast (no pun intended) making reels on pagers exploding on the persons of Hezbollah cadre, killing scores of them and maiming more of them, generally seen as a terror group but cast as an army of self-righteous “freedom...
Remembering Suchitra Mitra, Thespian Of Rabindra Sangeet, On Her Birth Centenary
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Time and place cease to exist when one hears any Rabindra Sangeet of Suchitra Mitra, even as her birth centenary is being observed. For she was not only an exponent, but also an interpreter of Rabindra Sangeet, which was manifest in her enchanting voice. The...
Why Britain Must Act Against Israel’s Attempts To Ignite Wider War?
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Following Israel’s murderous exploding-pager stunt in Lebanon, Labour’s Emily Thornberry is asking questions every Cabinet minister should answer. It is all very well for the Foreign Office to call for “calm heads and de-escalation” every time Israel bombs or assassinates people in neighbouring countries. Since...
Cabinet Okays ‘One Nation, One Poll’ And Host Of Proposals In Farm To Space
NEW DELHI: Soon after completing 100 days in office, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has taken a series of decisions that would have political and economic implications for the country. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared proposals in areas ranging from agriculture to moon and venus with a...
India’s Economic Growth Stands Out Globally, Says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said India is standing out globally in terms of economic growth and will continue to do so in the next few years. “We are much better off than many other countries; even advanced countries are struggling to grow. We are standing...
Indian Pharma Sector Set For 8-10% Growth This Fiscal: Crisil Ratings
MUMBAI: The Indian pharmaceutical sector is expected to see revenue growth of 8-10 per cent this financial year, driven by strong exports to regulated markets such as the US and Europe, a recovery in semi-regulated markets including Africa and Asia, and consistent domestic demand, according to a report by...
TRAI Moots Single Authorisation For All Telecom Services
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has also suggested one authorisation for satellite telecommunication, merging the VSAT and Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS) licences. As per the proposal, a unified authorisation will enable an entity to offer all kinds of telecom services including mobile,...
Banks’ CASA Ratio May Fall Further As Companies, Govt Cash Management Skills Improve: SBI Chairman
MUMBAI: The enhanced cash management efficiency of government and corporates could lead to a further moderation in banks’ low-cost current account and savings account (CASA) ratio, State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman, C.S. Setty, said. “The pre Covid-19 level of CASA ratio was 40 per cent, whereas it rose...
India Set To Kick Off Its First Offshore Mineral Auction: Mines Secretary
NEW DELHI: India is set to kick off its first-ever offshore minerals auction shortly, with 10 blocks up for grabs, Mines Secretary VL Kantha Rao said on Wednesday. “We are ready with 10 blocks on both the east and west coasts of India. These blocks will include sand, lime...
