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World Air Quality Report Unmasks Modi Government’s Incompetence

By Dr. Gyan Pathak World Air Quality Report 2021 has unmasked the Modi government showing its ugly face which has been masked since April 7, 2015 by a so called flagship scheme to monitor air pollution in the country with the launch of National Air Quality Index. Despite the...

Mar 23 · >

K C Venugopal, Eyes And Ears Of Rahul Gandhi, Is On Hot Seat In Congress

By Harihar Swarup In the opaque ecosystem of the Congress, to be eyes and ears is as big a compliment as it gets. That’s what K C Venugopal is, party insiders say. The AICC general secretary in-charge of the organization is to Rahul Gandhi what the late Ahmed Patel...

Mar 23 · >

Central Agencies In League With BJP To Create Rift In MVA Coalition

By Sushil Kutty The Modi Government will not topple Maha Vikas Aghadi. Not when it’s plagued with indecisiveness, and Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut cannot with his utterances dissuade the Modi Government from targeting MVA ministers and legislators, members of the extended Thackeray family. Not as long...

Mar 23 · >

Rising Defence Budget Is Making The World A More Dangerous Place

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Earlier this month, China announced a 7.1% increase in its defence budget to about $230 billion. The news generated concerns in relevant quarters in India. China maintains the highest number of active military personnel in the world and its defence budget is the 2nd largest...

Mar 23 · >

UAE Versus Indonesia: Fight Between Democratic And Autocratic Islam

By James M Dorsey Indonesia has emerged as a primary battleground between democratic and autocratic visions of Islam in the 21st century. The battle pits Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the world’s largest civil society movement with 90 million followers and powerful ministers in Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s cabinet, against Abdullah...

Mar 23 · >

Arvind Kejriwal Is Young, He Has Time In His Favour, He Should Work For 2029

By Kalyani Shankar Will the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal emerge as a challenger to  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress Party, or both? No doubt winning Punjab will encourage him to spread his Aam Admi Party’s wings to other states, but can he achieve his ambition? It may...

Mar 22 · >

Ensuring Price Stability In Economy Must Be RBI’s Prime Focus

By Anjan Roy The Reserve Bank governor, Shaktikanta Das, has reiterated that the primary objective of the monetary would continue to be price stability. In an environment of unprecedented uncertainty and flux, maintaining stable price line could be a daunting task. All principal variables which would critically determine the...

Mar 22 · >

Kerala Opposition Intensifies Stir Against SilverLine

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Clouds of confrontation have thickened over Kerala’s political sky with the Opposition deciding to intensify the agitation against the SilverLine project and the Government equally determined to go ahead with the project. An unfazed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has signalled his government’s intent to go...

Mar 22 · >

Tamil Nadu Budget Shows The Model To Shun Fiscal Profligacy

By K R Sudhaman It really goes to the credit of Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan in crafting this year’s state budget in a manner to reign in on fiscal deficit at difficult covid times without burdening the common man with more and new taxes. There is...

Mar 22 · >

Future Of Students In Post-Pandemic India Still Uncertain

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The COVID-19 pandemic has “severely affected” the education system in India, however, Modi government has failed so far to take proper remedial response in the post-pandemic grim situation that has taken all level of education under its grip. The response so far is much less...

Mar 22 · >
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