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Home Ministry order reignites citizenship debate
By Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi and Ibad Mushtaq Since the past week, social media platforms have been abuzz with posts about how the Ministry of Home Affairs has acted upon the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, even though no rules have yet been framed. The reason – an order issued...
RSS, BJP bosses still clueless on how to deal with Yogi
By Arun Srivastava After losing the historic battle of Bengal and Narendra Modi’s image of invincibility lying completely shattered on the streets of Kolkata, the Rajput warrior of Uttar Pradesh, the chief minister Yogi Adityanath, has launched a blistering attack on the two commanders of the Saffron brigade, Narendra...
India’s Federal Democracy Is Under Attack Again
By Nantoo Banerjee The country’s fragile federal democratic system is under attack once again. This time, the Centre, hypersensitive about its supremacy over states, seems to have faulted the West Bengal government and its chief minister (CM) on political mannerism as she kept the prime minister (PM) waiting after...
Modi Is Now Vulnerable But Viable Alternative Is Still To Emerge
By Amulya Ganguli There are signs that the BJP expects to ride out the Covid-19 storm and remain ensconced in power at the centre and in some of the states for quite some time. As much can be discerned from railway minister Piyush Goyal’s assertion that the economy is...
Global Corporate Tax Proposal Is A Revised Version Of Indian MAT
By Anjan Roy Remember MAT, or the minimum alternative tax, that was proposed in the union budget years back in the UPA government days. The measure was conjured up by the then finance minister to bring some Indian corporate biggies under the tax which had avoided paying any tax...
Lakshadweep Is An Island With Unique Characteristics For Long Years
By Sushil Kutty The people of the Lakshadweep guard their ‘Muslimness’ like the British the Kohinoor! And, if there’s an ‘Indian’ law they love to hate, it’s the Special Marriage Act, 1954. Also, Mahatma Gandhi is persona non-grata in the archipelago as also Ganesha with his elephant head. There’s...
Future Of Afghanistan Following U.S. Withdrawal Of Troops Uncertain
By Sankar Ray The bellicose tradition of Taliban stops at new crossroads, the complete withdrawal of US troops from the Afghan soil by 9/11 this year, as per an agreement signed between the USA and the Taliban on 29 February, 2020. They are ostensibly peace-loving. Incredible as it may...
Bhima Koregaon: Marking Three Years Since The First Arrest
By Nihalsing B Rathod The morning of June 6, 2018, gave me a horrific memory that perhaps will never fade. Early in the morning, I received a phone call that police were at the house of Advocate Surendra Gadling again. The memory of the raid of April 17, 2018,...
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Poll In Early 2022 Is Big Headache Of BJP Now
By Harihar Swarup India’s politicians have shifted focus from the east and the south to the north. Even as the country battles the devastating second wave of Covid-19 infections, both political activity and political competition have intensified in states going to polls early next year. And nowhere is this...
Reiteration Of Home Truths By Court Shows Extent Of Our Vulnerability
By K Raveendran It was unusual for attorney general K K Venugopal the other day to remind the Supreme Court, though gently, that no matter what orders the court might pass, parliament has the powers to neutralise these. “I am sorry to say but Your Lordships can pass any...
RSS Strategy Session In Delhi To Save BJP’s Image Is Significant
By Arun Srivastava A section of liberals sympathise with the sentiment expressed by Narendra Modi on the death of the “kuch log” (some people) and even argue that it would be unfair to treat his tears as that of a crocodile. One ought not forget that it took nearly...
New Unofficial Census In Assam May Revive Ethnic Tensions In The State
By Ashis Biswas In Assam, old ethnic tensions over identity politics are set for a revival under a new format. Jana Gosthiya Samannay Parishad Asom (JGSPA). This new organisation is conducting what it calls a digital census for homegrown Assamiya-speaking Muslims only. The objective is: to identify/ separate native...
World Environment Day June 5 Is A Reminder For Actions For Climate Change
By Ajit Singh COVID-19 has disrupted the personal and professional lives of most people. More than three million globally have succumbed to the virus and across sectors, people have lost jobs and livelihoods. The pandemic has been the greatest human tragedy the world has witnessed in the last 100...
Patent Rights On Medicines And Vaccines Must Be Waived Off
By Dr Arun Mitra As the world is passing through serious crisis of COVID Pandemic, at present Vaccination seems to be the only answer to put a break to it. The process has to be carried out simultaneously at the global level if we have to achieve an...
Mexico Is Poised For Crucial Elections To Lower House On June 6
By Nitya Chakraborty Mexico is going to the polls on next Sunday June 6 to elect its 500 members of the chamber of deputies, the outcome of which will decide whether the present centre left President Lopez Obrador, known by his initials AMLO, will be able to go ahead...
Inconsistency Is The Hallmark Of Modi Government’s Covid Vaccine Policy
By Prabhat Patnaik India is facing an acute vaccine shortage. The impression that generally prevails is that this shortage is because while production capacity is slow to increase there has been a sudden spurt in vaccine demand since vaccination is now open for the 18-44group in addition to the...
Jobs Recovery To Be Slow And Working Poverty To Rise Sharply
By Gyan Pathak There will be a very slow jobs recovery with very high inequality risk from now onward until at least 2023 end, if employment and social trend in the first half of 2021 is of any indication. Though the global employment recovery is projected to accelerate in...
BJP, RSS Working On Damage Control Formula For Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BJP and RSS leadership is busy with damage control exercise for Uttar Pradesh in order to achieve Mission 2022. Realising that it could be tough challenge for BJP to retain UP especially after debacle in West Bengal, BJP high command sent senior leaders to Lucknow...
