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Bangladesh Is Looking Beyond China For More Economic Assistance
By Ashis Biswas Bangladesh has not gone the way of 35 other low/middle income countries in the world that have run into debt traps, while accepting funds for China-sponsored development projects. Unlike other governments, Bangladesh authorities have not shrunk from scrapping major Chinese road/rail infra projects on grounds of...
The West, Not Russia, Is Responsible For The War Danger In Ukraine
By John Wojcik The world is fearful of possible war once again. This time the hotspot is Ukraine, with the accompanying crisis there and the fact that two of the adversaries, the U.S. and Russia, are the two largest nuclear powers on Earth. Obviously not good! But there is...
Punjab Needs A Totally Renovative Growth Strategy For Coming Years
By Harihar Swarup Lately, Punjab politics has been making headlines, not always for the right reasons. The security lapse during the prime minister’s visit and the infighting within political parties signal that all is not well in the state. At the same time, all parties have made the betterment...
India’s MSME Sector Needs Big Boost In 2022-23 Budget For Job Generation
By Nilanjan Banik At 8:30 am every day, 3000-odd labourers begin their work at a hot rolling steel plant in Jind, a small dusty town in Haryana. Hot rolling steel is used as an intermediary for making steel utensils. Although, the large steel plants have become mechanized, the hot...
Put Healthcare Sector At The Core Of Budget 2022-23
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With uncertainty continues even after two years of COVID-19 crisis, India needs to replace its adhocism with a strong healthcare system, since inter-linkage of the healthcare sector to other sectors of economy has sufficiently proved. When the health sector is week, the whole economy crumbles...
Centre Is Again Weakening Federal Principles By Unilateral Action On IAS Rules
By Sushil Kutty IAS officers don’t grow on trees. Both the Centre and states want them. Now, the Centre says it is facing a shortage of IAS and that the states are refusing to relieve IAS officers for central deputation. So, the Modi Government will amend IAS rules and...
A Thousand-Fold Abuse Of Free Speech Better Than Its Complete Denial
By K Raveendran The postulation about freedom of expression by the nineteenth century British politician, Charles Bradlaugh, is particularly relevant in the Indian context today when the Modi government is doing everything possible to deny such right to the citizens in the name of sedition. Bradlaugh’s relevance goes up...
Left Parties Resolve To Stop BJP’s Return After Uttar Pradesh Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: CPI national Secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan told IPA that his party will contest 45-48 seats in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. List of 32 candidates was released and remaining would be decided later on, he added. The CPI leader said that his party would make all...
OTT Platforms Contain Many Interesting Items For Viewers In Covid Era
By Papri Sri Raman It is a cold winter day, even a rainy day. What do I watch to get over the depression of just being there and not being able to get out of this ‘two years of lockdown’ phase? I know, your answer will be crime, of...
Massive Protests Are On Against Centre’s Bid To Sell Public Sector CEL
By Satyaki Chakraborty The move by the Modi Government to sell the public sector Central Electronics Limited (CEL) to a private company has led to widespread protests in the country. Retired directors and senior scientists of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have written a letter to...
