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Bangladesh And Nepal Badly Hit By Power Shortages, Seeking Help From India
By Ashis Biswas Nepal and Bangladesh are feeling the negative impact of the uncertainties plaguing power generation and related operations in India, in the wake of the Ukraine war. Neither Nepal, nor Bangladesh can expect much relief from long power cuts until more supplies can be sourced from India...
IndiGo’s Ban On Kerala CPI(M) Leader EP Jayarajan Unfair
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indigo Airline’s three-week ban on CPI(M) leader E P Jayarajan from flying on the airline for his alleged unruly behaviour onboard a flight in which Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was travelling from Kannur to Thiruvananthapuram, is grossly unfair and unacceptable. A travel ban of...
Internationalising Rupee Is Unlikely To Stabilise The Currency
By Nantoo Banerjee The best way to stabilise the Indian Rupee is to contain inflation and imports. Simply put: the inflation rate should be below four percent and the country’s massive annual trade deficits need to be reduced to zero. The country should totally focus on making goods in...
Imran Khan’s PTI’s Massive Win In Bypolls Is A Big Jolt To Pak Ruling Coalition
By Sankar Ray A clear win in 15 out of 20 seats in the bye-elections to Punjab provincial assembly by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has unnerved the 13-party ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement.It indicates that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is not at all formidable in its home turf. It was thrashing...
Implementation Of Labour Codes Gets Complicated
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The implementation of the four labour codes gets complicated and there is no sign that Modi government will be able to roll these out. Hurdles are many in the way: All states are not yet ready with their rules; SP Mukherjee Committee will not be...
BJP Clear Winner In Civic Polls, But Congress Captures Scindia’s Gwalior
By L S Herdenia There are several highlights of the results of local body election announced on July 17. The first and most important highlight is the gain made by the Congress which captured Mayors post in three municipal corporations. The second is the humiliating defeat suffered by Jyotiraditya...
Food Items Increase, Not Petro Products Hike Contribute More To Inflation
By Subrata Maumder Pan India outrage is reaching its peak with the soaring inflation and government inability to control it. Angers were hurled against the government failure to rein in the oil products price hike and its impact on inflation. Inflation (measured by Consumer Price Index) increased by 6.34...
Frowning Hanuman, Snarling Lion – Symbols Of A “New” India
By Amulya Ganguli From an irate Lord Hanuman depicted on car windows to a snarling version of the age-old Asokan emblem, the signs of India discarding the old benign, Nehruvian era and entering an aggressive Hindu civilizational phase are all too evident under the new ruling dispensation. The architectural...
Opposition VP Candidate Margaret Alva Has Better Credentials Than Dhankar
By Sushil Kutty Congress leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge is emphatic that the Opposition’s Margaret Alva will by far be a better Vice President than the BJP’s Jagdeep Dhankar. Kharge should be forgiven for his loyalty to the Opposition’s cause. And the Opposition’s cause...
Russian ‘Conflict’ Diamonds Leave Kimberley Process Divided
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Diamonds are forever! That was a James Bond spy thriller released in 1971. And then, the Heart of the Ocean that got sunk in the ocean in the Titanic movie! It was a replica of the big blue 45.52-carat Home Diamond that’s worth $350 million,...
