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Bengal Poll Campaign Issues Show There Is Nothing Unique In The State
By Anjan Roy Many a myths about Bengal and claims of uniqueness have been blasted during the current campaign for the assembly elections. Bengal lived a conceited life of uniqueness from the rest of the country- a claim purveyed y the Leftists for over three decades. The main of...
Vietnam Elects New Leaders To Boost Growth And Welfare
By Amiad Horowitz Vietnam has elected a new government, and although many Americans might not pay much attention to Vietnamese politics, there are significant reasons for them to do so—especially now. With one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Vietnam has become an important trade partner with...
U.S. Decision On Troops Pull Out From Afghanistan Has Put India On Backfoot
By Barun Das Gupta US president Joe Biden has announced that his country’s full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will be completed by September 11 this year, bringing to an end a 20-year long war which has cost the American taxpayer $2 trillion and taken a toll of 2,312 US...
Urban Poor And Migrants Need Greater Assistance During Covid Surge
By Gyan Pathak Daily spikes in incidents of COVID-19 infections, caseloads on health facilities, active cases, and deaths have been worsening every day since the first week of February 2021, and so the more and more stringent containment measures are being put in place to control the outbreak day...
BJP Transmuting Bengali New Year Into Hindu New Year During Polls
By Arun Srivastava The most auspicious and poignant cultural identity of the Bengalis, the Poila Baisakh ,which heralds the beginning of the Bengali new year has become the victim of the evil machination of the RSS and BJP. April 15 was the day and the Bengalis, throughout the world,...
Joe Biden’s Rescue Package Is One Of The Most Ambitious Programmes In USA
By Prabhat Patnaik US President Joe Biden’s $1.9trillion rescue package is one of the most ambitious measures to revive the US and, with it, the world economy. Coming on the heels of Trump’s $2trillion package last year and a further$900 billion package announced in December 2020, it seeks not...
ILL Planned Vaccination Programme Stumbles Amidst Shortages
By Dr. Somu The second wave of COVID-19 pandemic situation across the country is becoming alarming. With nearly 1.52 lakh new cases being reported daily (as on April 10) and the death toll mounting, health situation takes a turn for the worse. Amidst the deadly chaos, various states report...
Modi Government Is Trying To Grab All Natural Resources Of The Country
By Neeraj Mishra Amidst the din over farm bills, the BJP government (it should no longer be called NDA since there are no ministers from any coalition parties) has deftly manoeuvred the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2021 through both Houses of Parliament. It’s the BJP’s...
Akhilesh Yadav Is Playing Aggressive Dalit Card To Expand Support Base
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav played aggressive dalit card to win over Dalits by celebrating 130th Ambedkar Jayanti all over the state as “Dalit Deepawali.” Following directives from the national president, the Samajwadi Party leaders and workers celebrated Ambedkar Jayanti all over the state...
For Congress, Rahul Gandhi Is The Only Candidate For President’s Post
By Rahil Nora Chopra For quite some time now, there has been continued confusion on whether Rahul Gandhi was ready to take over the Congress president again, given that so far no other candidate has emerged for the post of Congress president. As of now, there is no clarity...
Election Commission Has Been Following Diktat Of Modi Government
By Prakash Karat The subversion of constitutional bodies under the Narendra Modi regime is proceeding apace. Nothing exemplifies this more than what has happened to the Election Commission of India (EC). The EC’s stand on the elections for three vacant seats from Kerala in the Rajya Sabha has brought...
Narendra Modi’s Rafale Deal Never Goes Into Oblivion
By Krishna Jha It is again Rafale at our door steps as the controversy lands in Supreme Court for the third time. Apart from other issues, question involves also the fact that the deal was made at 41.47 percent higher a rate than the one made earlier. Dassault claimed...
Kerala Minister Jaleel Gets The ‘Jab’ Of Resignation
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In politics, as in life, if you repeat mistakes ad nauseam, you end up paying a heavy price. It is once again a case of timing gone terribly wrong in the case of the CPI(M) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government. The latest lapse...
Bhima Koregaon Accused, Prof Shoma Sen Challenges Prosecution
By Satyaki Chakraborty An accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, Professor Dr. Shoma Sen, has petitioned the Bombay High Court challenging her prosecution under the stringent anti-terrorism Unlawful Activities (Prevention) (UAPA) Act. Sen, a former Head of Department of English at Nagpur University, alleged that that the case against...
Solar Costs Reverse A Falling Trend, To Hit New Projects
By K Raveendran Solar energy costs, which have been consistently coming down over the past several years, are suddenly reversing the trend, with the result that the cost of setting up solar farms is again going up. This is attributed to an increase in the cost of modules, shipping...
Labour Party On Decline Under The Leadership Of Keir Starmer
By Arun Srivastava A recent poll suggesting Labour could lose Hartlepool byelection has sent tremors through the party. A major section of the labour leaders, who played key role in installing Keir Starmer as the leader of the party feel that he has not been able to lead it...
Ending The United States’ 20-Year War In Afghanistan By September 11
By Karl Engels A war that never should have happened is finally coming to an end. By Sept. 11, 2021—twenty years to the day since the 9/11 terrorist attacks—the final U.S. troops will supposedly be leaving Afghanistan, according to an announcement coming from the Biden administration. It is the...
2021 Bengal Poll Has Some Similarities With 1987 Assembly Elections
By Nitya Chakraborty The current assembly elections in West Bengal are showing some similarities in tenor of campaigning and the participation of the Prime Minister as was evident in the 1987 assembly elections. But the actors are different. In 1987, Rajiv Gandhi as the Congress Prime Minister took it...
