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Many Questions Remain Unanswered Relating To Inclusion Of Converted Into Dalits
By Sushil Kutty Why would those who converted from Hinduism to Islam and Christianity want to be classified as ‘Dalit’, when it was the Scheduled Caste status in the Hindu religious and social order what made them to convert in the first place? In fact, the strongest argument to...
Stakes Are Very High For BJP And AAP At Delhi Civic Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP and AAP have rolled out very competitive promises to the voters of Delhi ahead of the unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi polls scheduled for December 4, the result of which would be declared on December 7. Congress has alleged conspiracy in the delimitation process...
Food Crisis Accentuates In Sri Lanka Affecting 3.4 Million Poor People
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The UN agencies and NGOs working in Sri Lanka have warned that the food crisis in the island nation with 22 million people is worsening. In its June 2022 report, the UN said that at least 1.7 million people need immediate help. Early this week,...
Developing Nations Can Not Bear The Brunt Of Climate Change Costs
By Dr. Soma Marla Mia Mottly, Prime Minister of Barbados, speaking at the ongoing COP27 UN climate summit in Egypt attacked the rich nations for their historical criminal past for present climate crisis and demanded 1 trillion US Dollar compensation to low income countries to tackle natural disasters. The...
Private Greed Of Capital Vs Society’s Survival Forms The Real Debate At COP27
By Prabir Purkayastha COP 27 is underway in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt from November 6. Although the Ukraine War and the US mid-term elections have shifted our immediate focus away from how we are faring in our battle against global warming, it still remains a central concern of our...
After Calling For Caste Census, Nitish Kumar Endorses EWS Quota
By Rahil Nora Chopra Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has supported reservation for the backward castes, and openly endorsed a caste census as proportionate with the population across the country. He has also called for raising the 50 percent cap on quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other...
Many Progressives Have Won In Key Seats In The U.S. Midterm Elections
By Julia Rock Corporate media, industry-funded think tanks, and Democratic operatives were chomping at the bit to blame the party’s anticipated midterm election losses Tuesday on progressives and a prefabricated narrative about Democrats’ supposedly extreme brand. Then, the results began rolling in. It’s not clear yet which party will...
Governors Increasingly Blamed Of Derailing Governance In States
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It did not come as surprise when Delhi government led by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has now accused Lieutenant Governor Office in an affidavit in the Supreme Court of “Derailing” Governance in the National Capital Territory of India, as has been seen in several states...
Narendra Modi Seeks To Convert The Nation As A BJP Ground In Global Arena
By Sushil Kutty Do we get the sneaking feeling that the G-20 has been roped in to be part of the BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’; an opportunity to electorally cash in on the universal appeal of the lotus, which also happens to be India’s national flower? The Opposition is bristling,...
Centre Should Revise The Criteria For Defining Economically Weaker Sections
By Prakash Karat A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has, by a split verdict of 3 to 2 upheld the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment which provided reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) from within the general category. The CPI(M) had supported this constitutional amendment in parliament...
