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Amit Shah’s Visit To Madhya Pradesh Focuses On BJP’s Preparations For 2023 Polls
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Barely nine hour visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah has helped to boost Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s prestige in his party and also in the politics of the state. In the course of his speeches at various programmes in Bhopal Shah paid...
The Importance Of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar In Bihar Politics
By Arun Srivastava Two decades back Lalu Prasad Yadav had stopped the Rath Yatra of L K Advani and now, once the protégé of Advani, the Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar is contemplating to stop the victory chariot of Narendra Modi. But there is vast difference between the two....
The State Is Punishing Lives, Not Just Deviant Behaviour Of The Accused
By Murali Karnam and Udit Singh Earlier this year, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of a convict to an imprisonment sentence of 30 years without remission. The court observed that the convict was denied fair opportunity to defend himself during the trial. While justifying the commutation, it...
French Far Right Has Lost In Presidential Polls But It Has Emerged Stronger
By C.J. Atkins For the third time in 20 years, the anti-immigrant far right has been blocked from winning the French presidency at the last minute, leaving many breathing a sigh of relief. But with Marine Le Pen scoring the highest total ever for the extreme right—41.5% against incumbent...
Union Government’s Price Indexes Are Not Reliable
By Nantoo Banerjee Indian consumers are reeling under high inflationary pressures. The costs of food, clothes, housing, transportation, medicine and healthcare have all gone up by 50 to 60 percent or even more since the middle of last year. The high fuel prices are impacting the prices of almost...
Chinese Yuan Gets Prominence In Global Trade In Wake Of War In Ukraine
By Subrata Majumder China was eager to introduce Yuan as reference currency for Rupee-Rouble rate. According to Global Times, official media of China, “India was reportedly considering Chinese Yuan a reference currency to settle the Rupee-Rouble trade”. Owing to sharp depreciation of Russian Rouble due to Ukraine invasion by...
Bulldozer Is The New Weapon Of The Ruling Hindu Right In India
By Amulya Ganguli Sharad Pawar was not revealing a state secret when he accused the BJP of creating a communal situation in the country. Ever since the hijab-halal-azaan row in Karnataka and elsewhere, the BJP’s intention of raising the communal temperature has been obvious. However, the purpose is unclear....
Nitish Kumar May Be Bracing For A New Turn In His Political Life
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The last one week has triggered a range of speculations regarding the direction in which Bihar politics is moving which included the claim that chief minister Nitish Kumar will be moving to play a greater political role in New Delhi and the counter claim that...
Medium And Small Enterprises May Soon Get Kisan Credit Card Type Facility
By K R Sudhaman MSMEs which formed the backbone of India’s industrial development, exports and job creation, may soon get credit card similar to Kisan credit cards to deal with their credit woes that is presently stunting the economic growth. This follows repeated recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing committee...
Bengal CPI(M) Gets A Chance For Emerging As Second Party Behind Trinamool
By Ashis Biswas Despite flickering signs of a revival of lost support for the CPI(M) in West Bengal , observers are not yet sure that the party is about to turn the corner in the short term. By no means unsympathetic to the CPI(M) or the Left in general,...
