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Non-Implementation Of Pending Government Assurances In Parliament Is Now Normal
By Chinmay Bendre The Budget Session of Parliament began on January 31 and will continue till April 6. While taxation policies continue to be a top concern for the aam aadmi in the Union budget, this article examines the Union government’s track record of upholding assurances given in the...
Strong Kerala Economic Recovery Despite Odds
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is no mean achievement. Despite the heavy odds against it, Kerala’s economy has registered a strong recovery in 2021-22 with the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) posting a 12.01 per cent. What is remarkable about the feat is that the recovery has come after...
Starting As An Ambitious Army Officer, Pervez Musharraf Died A Lonely Man
By Tirthankar Mitra Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf died far away from the land of his birth-India and the country he journeyed to there from-Pakistan. Not mincing words, one has to accept that he will not be mourned in either of the two countries. Musharraf along with Ayub Khan...
West Unlikely To Stop Fuelling Russia-Ukraine War Soon
By Nantoo Banerjee The Russia-Ukraine war will complete a full year on February 23, this year. And, there is no sign of the war coming to an end any time soon. In fact, the armed conflict between the two East European neighbours is becoming deadlier by day. As of...
BJP’s Reverses In Legislative Council Elections In Nagpur Is A Bad Omen For Ruling Alliance
By Sushil Kutty After the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government was forced out by the breakaway Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena in June 2022, revenge has been exacted. The BJP has been defeated in the Nagpur legislative elections. But while some are calling it a “major electoral setback for...
Shocks That The Indian Economy Faced Since 2014
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Under normal circumstances, comprehensive and wide-ranging reforms undertaken in the economy during the last eight years, would have accelerated India’s growth. But that was not to be. The ‘culprit’ is India’s balance sheet stress caused by the credit boom in previous years. This scapegoat for...
Nitish Kumar Is A Victim Of Trust Deficit Amongst His Coalition Leaders
By Arun Srivastava Within a week of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s vow that he “would prefer to die instead of having an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) once again”, rumour of prime minister Narendra Modi offering a very senior position in his cabinet to Bihar chief...
BJY Has Improved Rahul’s Image To The Congress Supporters But That Is Not Enough
By Harihar Swarup Since his 3,506-km Bharat Jodo Yatra ended on January 30 in Srinagar, it is time to assess its impact. Rahul Gandhi has shown incredible stamina, a will to complete what he embarked on, instead of, running abroad halfway—which he was known for. The Yatra also showed...
China Reopening Changing Market Dynamics Impacting Importers
By K Raveendran With China slowly reopening after it abandoned the zero-Covid policy, global markets are bracing up for an industrial inflation, denoting higher industrial material prices. Already signs of importers of Chinese goods and materials having to dish out more for their requirements are visible, according to analysts....
Union Budget 2023-24: Kerala Again Cold Shouldered
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It has become a nauseatingly unredeemable tale of rejection and rebuff for Kerala. True to pattern, the State has once again been given the cold shoulder in the Union Budget. None of the demands made by the state have been accepted. The only silver lining...
