By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was a classic example of commendable conflict resolution in the face of extreme provocation. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government’s efficient handling of the explosive situation averted a confrontation with Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan. The confrontation came about when the Governor refused to...
By Nadia Urbinati The Communist Manifesto, first published on February 21 in 1848, doesn’t suggest that we should imagine the future. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels tell us that the future is harbored within things themselves, and that is why it is rational to desire it. So it makes...
By Sankar Ray Nearly four years before the martyrdom of Abul Barkat, Abdul Jabbar, Rafiquddin Ahmad, Abdus Salam and Shafiur Rahman on 21 February 1952, polymath Syed Mujtaba Ali, linguist and Bengali litterateur predicted dismemberment of Pakistan. At a meeting of Sylhet Sahitya Sangsad (Sylhet Literary Council on 30...
By Nantoo Banerjee Business is rarely risk free. So are bank loans. There is nothing unusual about non-performing loans or assets. They exist in every economy. But, when business promoters collude with bank management to manipulate loans in their personal favour, they become a matter of serious concern. And,...
By Nitya Chakraborty The non-BJP chief ministers belonging to the regional parties have become most active in the ongoing phase of the state assemblies elections getting the smell of a weakened BJP after the results are out on March 10.Telangana chief minister K C Chandrasekhar Rao has emerged as...
By K R Sudhaman At a time when India’s goods exports surged towards $400 billion mark and services exports $250 billion mark this financial year, it is really a welcome development that India has signed a comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement (CEPA) with United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is expected...
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP is under tremendous pressure to save its hold over Awadh and neighbouring areas from Samajwadi Party and alliance in fourth phase polling on February 23. Since BJP had won maximum seats out of total 59 seats in 2017 in nine districts Lucknow, Hardoi, Lakhimpur...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav A harsh critic of cryptocurrencies is becoming a part of it today! In 2019, US President Donald Trump had said that he was not a fan of bitcoin and asked Facebook to seek a Banking Charter if it wanted its digital currency Libra to work...
By Madhulika In Bengaluru’s 80 workers have entered their third month of protest against Indian Telephone Industries Limited, one of the India’s largest public sector undertakings . The workers, many of whom, are women and belong to the Dalit community, have been on protest since December 1 of...
By Ashis Biswas Despite marginalising opposition parties to near extinction in the ongoing Bengal civic body polls, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) remains an acutely divided house. As in 2018, hordes of TMC dissidents angered over not securing nominations ,are fighting the 2022 elections too as ‘independents’, in many...