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Current Events May Be Showing Pakistan Heading For Greater Civil Unrest
By Manish Rai The dramatic arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan inside a courthouse in the capital Islamabad by security forces has escalated political tensions in the country to new heights. The chain of events that followed this arrest was somewhat hard to imagine in Pakistan. Khan’s...
Narendra Modi Govt Must Now Desist Using Governors As Its Pawns
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the light of the unanimous judgement of a constitutional bench of the Supreme court of India delivered on May 11, 2023on powers of Elected government of Delhi, Narendra Modi government must now desist from – usurping the legislative and executive powers of the states...
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Has Genuine Reasons To Remain Unattached
By Sushil Kutty Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who heads the Biju Janata Dal, can make a salutary contribution to the combined opposition’s goal of ousting Prime Minister Narendra Modi only if his party makes a clean sweep of Odisha’s Lok Sabha seats in 2024. That being said, Naveen...
Remembering Film Director Mrinal Sen On His 100th Birth Anniversary
By Nitya Chakraborty Mrinal Sen, the ace film maker who depicted both the political turmoil of Calcutta in 1960’s and 1970’s along with the selfishness and cowardice of the Bengali middle class through his 28 feature films, steps into his 100th year of birth on May 14 this year....
Opposition Unity To Solidify After Karnataka Results
By Rahil Nora Chopra Only after the declaration of results in Karnataka assembly polls, opposition unity is expected to acquire a definitive shape. The chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, has been working hard and moving across the country to meet the opposition leaders of various states to bring...
Uddhav’s Moral Victory Following Supreme Court Verdict Is Booster For MVA
By Tirthankar Mitra None of the sides who sought the Supreme Court verdict relating to the political upheaval in Maharashtra in June last year were pushed off the ledge by the apex court judgement. The Eknath Shinde government continues albeit with a question mark; Uddhav Thackeray has been provided...
Charles Darwin Gets Excluded From School Syllabus
By Dr. Soma Marla Several scientists, educators raised serious concern last week about NCERT removing theory of evolution from science syllabus in class X curriculum of CBSE. The letter said, “Understanding the process of evolution is crucial in building scientific temper”. And depriving students of this exposure is depriving...
Twin Tragedies Traumatise Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two tragedies in quick succession – a boat accident in Malappuram district which claimed 21 lives and the brutal murder of a house surgeon in Kollam district – have traumatised Kerala. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government has swung into quick action by ordering a...
Latest Poll Results In Chile Is A Wake Up Call For Latin American Left
By Satyaki Chakraborty The results of May 7 elections in Chile on the issue of Constitutional changes, have led to far right victory and big defeat for the Chilean presidency including the Left signalling a period of big turmoil in the political transition of this South American nation. The...
Imran Khan’s Arrest Shows The Rule Of Law Is Selective In Pakistan
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The sudden arrest of Imran Khan by Pakistan military has come as the final straw for the people who were at the receiving end of fundamentalism, terrorism, and a collapsing economy. Thousands of irate mob vandalized public properties and expressed their frustration against the country’s...
