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RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Has No Answer To The Crucial Issues Of Indian Freedom Movement
By Krishna Jha It was the largest mass involvement in the world that was engaged in Freedom struggle in our country, except the rightist forces. They had no share in it. Nor did they have any share in strengthening the secular democracy borne out of the freedom struggle or...
Arvind Kejriwal Avoids ED Summons Knowing Well What Lies Ahead For Him
By Sushil Kutty Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is in a fix has put the Enforcement Directorate in a fix. Issued summons to present himself for questioning, Kejriwal has told the ED to take a walk, stating that he has to campaign for the Aam Aadmi Party of...
Samajwadi Party Determined To Contest 65 Seats In Lok Sabha Polls From Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: INDIA partners Samajwadi Party and Congress are claiming good number seats from Uttar Pradesh for 2024 Lok Sabha polls to strike hard bargain. UPCC president Ajai Rai surprised his party leaders as well as other partners of INDIA including Samajwadi, RLD and left parties when...
Prime Minister Netanyahu Working On Cleansing Programme In Gaza Strip
By Girish Linganna A recently leaked wartime proposal drafted by the Israeli government proposes to transfer the Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million populace to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The move has deepened Egypt’s long-standing fears that Israel wants to turn Gaza into Cairo’s problem and refreshed memories for Palestinians of their...
Former Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang’s Death Last Week Has Led To Deep Public Grief In The Country
By Anjan Roy In China, a dead man is always more dangerous than a living one. A death of a Chinese leader has brought on the country a realisation of a fork in the forest road. W.H. Auden had written a poem “Fork in the Road,” where he talks...
A Cease-Fire In Gaza Can End The War On Civilians, A ‘Humanitarian Pause’ Will Not
By Branko Marcetic As the Israeli government’s brutal war on Gaza continues into its fourth week, the United Nations and most of the world’s governments, human rights organizations, aid groups, and antiwar protesters have coalesced around a single demand: an immediate cease-fire. The Biden administration, on the other hand,...
Europe’s Social Democratic Parties Are Crumbling As Far Right Gains In Strength
By Nick Wright The last few weeks have seen big upsets on the left in France and Germany. The economic crisis that goes with Europe’s submission to the U.S. strategy of tension with Russia—with its openly proclaimed objective of limiting Chinese influence—expresses itself in a political crisis that has...
India, Bangladesh Drive Ties On Rail And Port Power
NEW DELHI: Expanding cross-border linkages in the Bay of Bengal region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday jointly inaugurated three India-assisted development projects in railways, power and port sectors. The three projects, Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link, Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line, and Unit–II of...
India Pitches For Loss & Damages Fund Ahead Of COP 28
NEW DELHI: Amid intense last-round discussions leading up to climate meet — Conference of Parties (COP) 28 — in the UAE, India is among the countries pitching for opening up loss and damages fund (LDF) for developing nations like itself and not limit it to small island and least...
Manufacturing PMI At Eight-Month Low In October Due To Decline In Demand
NEW DELHI: Heightened cost pressures and a decline in demand in the consumer goods sub-sector saw manufacturing activity fall to an eight-month low in October. During the month, the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell for the second consecutive month to 55.5 from 57.5 in September, the latest survey released...
PE/VC Investments Up 60% In September: EY
MUMBAI: Private equity and venture capital (PE/VC) investments rose 60% on a YoY basis in Q32023 and touched $13.6 billion, said consulting and audit firm EY India in its latest PE newsletter. However, they were 5% lower than 2Q2023. The number of deals in 3Q2023 was lower by 18...
India Has Significant Amount Of Dry Capital For Startup Ecosystem: VCs
MUMBAI: India has a substantial amount of dry capital, and companies can still raise funds even during a funding slowdown in the Indian startup ecosystem, said experts at the India Fintech Awards (IFTA) 2023 panel in Mumbai. “There is no funding winter. If you look historically, 2023 as opposed...
Why RSS Wants The Lok Sabha Election Moved Ahead Of Schedule
By Arun Srivastava RSS approach and discernment of the elections, particularly the Lok Sabha polls, has undergone significant paradigm shift after the Modi-led BJP government coming back to power in 2019. While the BJP win in 2014 Lok Sabha elections primarily owed to the failures of the Congress party...
Apple Alerts Opposition Leaders, Journalists Of ‘State-Sponsored’ Attacks
By Sushil Kutty There was Pegasus, now it’s Apple and if Pegasus was a winged horse, the nearly half-eaten Apple is a mobile phone by another name. The one similarity is that both come under “Snoopgate”, in other words surveillance without the target’s knowledge. And the target remains India’s...
Urban Warfare In Gaza Poses A Gruelling Challenge For Israel
By Girish Linganna The conflict in Gaza is taking a devastating toll on civilians. According to the Gazan health ministry, the death toll has exceeded 8,000 people, with over 3,000 of them being children. This number of child casualties surpasses the annual child death toll from all wars in...
Festive October Witnessed Fading Output, Demand, Employment
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Deceleration in India’s manufacturing sector growth was the worst in the last eight months since February this year, reflecting fading of output, demand, and employment generation in the country. It is particularly ominous, since it’s a festive season and the first month of the busy...
Global Hunger Index: India’s Abysmal 2023 Ranking Is A Huge Concern
By Dr Arun Mitra It is a matter of worry that at a GHI score of 28.7 in the Global Hunger Index Report 2023, India ranks at 111 position out of the 125 countries surveyed. In comparison, our neighbours’ performance is better with Sri Lanka at the rank of...
Wealth-Driven Buying By Indians Boosts Gold Performance And Outlook
By K Raveendran The World Gold Council is reporting that India’s economic strength is yielding wealth-driven buying of gold. This is such a distinct trend that it is expected to contribute to the precious metal’s long-term performance. In China, the other major gold market, economic and geopolitical uncertainty is...
