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Hunger In India Remained A Major Concern In 2022
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Hunger in India remained a major concern throughout 2022 due to slow recovery from the economic downturn after the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. True, as PM Narendra Modi drumming up, India became the fifth largest economy of the world, but his jubilation conceals...
Prachanda’s Negotiation Power Makes Him Nepal Prime Minister
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepal’s most prominent global face, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has become the new Prime Minister of the former Himalayan kingdom. In a swift political development on Sunday, he broke away from the ruling alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with the rival...
China Is Discriminatory In Treating South Asian Nations On Loan Repayments Issue
By Ashis Biswas Nepal has been taking so far a hard look at an impressive range of connectivity projects in the High Himalayas promised by its richer, powerful northern neighbour China, as part of its global Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) programme Nepal’s new found caution about accepting major...
India’s China Policy Has Remained Too Ad Hoc All Through The Year 2022
By Sushil Kutty India’s foreign policy is baked in the red hot sun beating down on the Great Gangetic Plains and can be encapsulated in “India will bend over backwards” to give the impression it never quarrels with other countries. Not with United States. Not with Russia. Not even...
Grinding India: Bilawal Is Certainly Partisan But The Issues Are Worrying Other Nations Too
By Amitabha Sen Blitzkrieging India and accosting Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the Pakistani n Foreign Affairs Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, with foul and churlish words has produced anger, and chain reaction thereafter. His counterpart Dr S. Jaishankar back-volleyed by smearing attack...
West Bengal Congress Badly Needs Left Cooperation To Make State Yatra A Success
By Tirthankar Mitra Come Wednesday, Congress leaders in West Bengal will step out on a march of Bharat Jodo Yatra whose success hinges on the participation of Left party activists in it. The fact stares the state Congress leadership in the face that the numbers lie with the Left,...
Narendra Modi Blew The Whistle For Lok Sabha Poll With G20 Presidency
By Harihar Swarup Nine assembly elections will take place between February and December 2023 stretching from Telangana to Tripura. Collectively these polls will be the last chance for opposition to test the mettle of the incumbent BJP before the May 2024 general elections. Any realistic assessment of the next...
2022 That Began On Optimistic Note Ends With Ominous Signal Due To New Covid
By K Raveendran India’s 2022 began with hopes of a rebound from covid-induced downturn, which materialized to a large extent as the year progressed, but is winding down to a close with dark clouds beginning to appear on the horizon over threats of a return to the pandemic environment....
Global Economy Hit By Ukraine War In 2022 Is Entering Another Uncertain Phase In 2023
By Anjan Roy If any one thing defines 2022 it is Russia’s Ukraine war. Coming close on the heels of the covid pandemic, unleashed by China’s callus and lackadaisical handling of the initial outbreak, world’s woes are brimming over. Bad luck would not come alone, in the very closing...
Too Many Lives And Livelihoods Lost To Extreme Weather In 2022
By Dr. Gyan Pathak We have faced several dramatic weather disasters which claimed far too many lives and livelihoods in 2022. From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate disasters affected millions and cost billions, indicating that climate change has intensified this year, and in the next...
