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Rahul Gandhi Has Vastly Improved His Stature In The Course Of Bharat Jodo Yatra
By Sushil Kutty Defending Rahul Gandhi’s ability to become Prime Minister of India, just like his great-grandfather, his grandmother and his father, is getting difficult and difficulter as the Bharat Jodo Yatra gets closer and closer to Srinagar’s famed Lal Chowk, the yatra’s final destination. The Hollywood movie of...
Economic Slowdown To Force Workers Into Lower Quality Jobs
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Global economic slowdown is most likely to force workers to accept lower quality jobs in place of decent works. It has already adversely impacted the global employment growth which has been faltering, and pressure on decent work has considerably increased. Pressure on decent working conditions...
BSP Supremo Mayawati Has Been Losing The Trust Of Dalits Through Confused Actions
By Arun Srivastava BSP chief Mayawati’s announcement that her Bahujan Samaj Party would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and other assembly elections all alone has not come as surprise. What has been really intriguing is her accusing the Congress and Samajwadi Party of spreading rumours about a “possible...
Congress In Kerala At War With Itself
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: He should have been hailed as a hero. Instead, he is being demonized by a section within the Congress itself. And his only ‘crime’? Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor is trying his level best to boost the fortunes of the Congress in one of the few...
BJP Plans Big To Combat Trinamool’s Contact Programme In Rural Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra An incident of an activist of a political party being roughed up cannot be an occasion of joy and jubilation for it. Yet a barely concealed cheer prevailed in the West Bengal state BJP after one of its leaders was allegedly beaten up by Trinamool Congress...
Neither Saudi Arabia Nor Market Concerns Can Dent Dubai Real Estate
By James M Dorsey If real estate is anything to go by, Dubai is snubbing its nose at Saudi efforts to replace it as the Middle East’s go-to business and expatriate hub. Saudi Arabia’s insistence that corporations doing government-related business in the country, many of which have their regional...
Peru’s Protesters Demand Resignation Of President Dina Boluarte Over Killings
By Oscar Apaza On December 7, Peru’s Congress was scheduled to vote on the impeachment of President Pedro Castillo. It wasn’t the first time. It was the third attempt at impeachment, one of so many mechanisms employed by Congress, elites, and the press to delegitimize Castillo and remove him...
Constitution Faces Its Most Vicious Attack Yet From Modi Government, BJP
By K Raveendran Vice-president Jagdeep Dhankar and law minister Kiren Rijiju are decidedly waging a proxy war on behalf of the Narendra Modi government. The Collegium happens to be just a prop and the real target is the Constitution, which the ruling party considers as a hindrance to the...
Economic Instability In Neighbouring Countries Is Worrying For India
By K R Sudhaman World Bank and International Monetary Fund might be gung ho about Indian economy, but emerging geo political situation in the neighbouring countries is a major source of concern and tottering economies in the sub-continent make the situation worse. India might be in a bright spot...
Acute Food Crisis In Pakistan Reaches Critical Proportion Leading To Anarchy
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav After months of struggling to bring the economy back in shape, Pakistan is finally close to the moment when its forex reserves will be completely drained and it would start defaulting on payments to its creditors. Its forex reserves currently stand at $5.5 billion which...
