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Madhya Pradesh Assured Of Massive Investment At The Global Summit
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh has been assured massive investment both by foreign and domestic investors in the course of two day Global Investment summit (GIS) held at Indore. Leading business houses of the country and also from abroad. The sectors that were assured investment include chemicals...
Cabinet Reshuffle Likely In Bihar Next Week
By Rahil Nora Chopra There is a possibility of Bihar Cabinet reshuffle after January 14, when the ongoing Kharmas period, considered inauspicious as per the Hindu calendar, ends. Meanwhile Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has categorically ruled out the possibility of appointing another deputy, other than Tejashwi Yadav, ending...
Free Food Supply Is Fine But Why Cut Ration Entitlement To The Poor?
By Dr. Soma Marla On December 23, 2022, the Union government announced that it would discontinue the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) from January 1, 2023 and provide ration free of cost. This was hailed as a ‘historic’ decision. But in reality this in no way compensates...
Far Right Rioting In Brazil On January 8 Against Lula Has Isolated Bolsonaro
By Andre Pagliarini The trashing of Brazilian government buildings by reactionary zealots on January 8 looks to be a political disaster for the country’s right wing. It is still early, but one indication that the coup attempt will not ultimately boost the anti-Lula opposition, as some have worried, is...
Supreme Court Has A Greater Role To Save Joshimath
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Joshimath has been sinking for months, but could grab attention of the governments at the Centre and the State only recently that too after the subsidence started dangerously manifesting itself. Warnings served in 1976, 2001, and 2013 were grossly ignored. Human greed continued to explore...
Open Offer To Foreign Universities To Set Up Campuses In India Is Not In National Interests
By Binoy Viswam ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ of RSS-BJP mould has decided to open its doors before foreign universities to “come, see and conquer” India. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has published the ‘proposed regulations for establishing and running campuses of foreign higher education institutions’ in the country. Now any...
Indian Universities Need To Break Out Of Text Book Education
By K Raveendran There is one thing common among the Indian CEOs of global IT giants: all of them completed their higher education from a leading foreign university. Such exposure decidedly put them into the big league and the corollary is that the lack of a foreign degree is...
Contraction Of GDP In One-Third Of Global Economy In 2023 Is Ominous
By Prabhat Patnaik The IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has now openly admitted that the year 2023 will witness the slowing down of the world economy to a point where as much as one-third of it will see an actual contraction in gross domestic product. This is because all...
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi Is Just Following The Tradition Under Modi Regime
By Sushil Kutty From Jagdeep Dhankar to Ravindra Narayana Ravi, Narendra Modi’s governors specialize in terrorizing state governments with chief ministers for target practice. Show the Dravidian stock of Tamil Nadu ‘Get Out Ravi’ posters and they will spit, and stomp on them in bottled fury. If nobody isn’t,...
Sinking Of Land At Joshimath Is A Fallout Of Reckless Construction Activities
By D. Raghunandan It appears that nothing short of a total disaster will convince authorities, especially under the present government, that reckless development without addressing environmental or social issues, does not lead to progress. The unfolding tragedy in Joshimath, considered a holy town for being the gateway to the...
