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Nitish Kumar’s Decision To Retain Mandis, Is A Part Of Battle Against PM
By Arun Srivastava It has been a shattering blow for the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Even in his dreams he would not have imagined that a person like Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar who he has been keeping under his thumbs would raise his voice and challenge his authority....
Sick Industrial Units Are Not Getting The Benefits Of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code
By K R Sudhaman Industrial sickness is a common phenomenon world over but resolution of a sick industry is a very painful exercise in India despite periodical changes in legislations to expedite it. The main reason for it is lack of political will and the colonial mindset of bureaucracy...
Afghanistan Witnessed Progressive Changes In Its Socialist Years
By Marilyn Bechtel Since the horrific events of September 11, 2001, much has been said about the desperate situation of the Afghani people now crushed under the heel of the theocratic, dictatorial Taliban, and about the role of the Northern Alliance and other Taliban opponents who now figure in...
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Pegasus issue
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice before admission to the Central Government in a batch of petitions seeking probe into the Pegasus snooping controversy. The court will take up hearing on the petitions after 10 days, by which time the Centre has to give its response. The petitions...
New Electricity Bill Is Ill-Timed And Wrongly Designed By Modi Govt
By Nantoo Banerjee Whoever may be behind the preparation of The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021, the initiators have ignored a simple logic that India should first strive to generate enough electricity for its people before recasting its distribution policy. The aspect of cost of electricity to consumers should also...
Why The BJP Is Focussing On Partition On 75th Independence Day
By Amulya Ganguli Recalling the horrors of partition on the 75th Independence Day is not intended by the BJP to present a holistic picture of that simultaneously joyful and distressing time, but a means of stoking communal hatred. The BJP’s reason for trying to arouse primeval passion is not...
Stalin Govt’s First Budget Has Massive Stress On Health And Education
By K R Sudhaman What states in India could learn from the Tamil Nadu budget is the consistent high spending on school education and health. This is something that other states need to emulate if India were to eradicate poverty and create more jobs in the country. Of course...
MSME Sector Is No Priority, Not Even Mentioned By PM
By Dr. Gyan Pathak MSME sector is clearly no government priority. PM Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech did not even mention it. Indian entrepreneurs were praised, employment generation was talked about, vague assurances given for greatly boosting development of India, but the MSME sector is conspicuously absent from his...
Winning Assembly Elections In Uttar Pradesh Is The Prime Goal Of BJP
By Arun Srivastava These were two distinct different narratives, while the Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to nihilism and called to observe the Independence Day of Pakistan, August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day as the pain of Partition can never be forgotten but the same Modi on March...
The Game Is Over – Taliban Enter Kabul As Americans Rush To Airport
By Sushil Kutty The Afghan Taliban are in Kabul. And foaming at the mouth are Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo. Both blame President Joe Biden for doing a Vietnam on Afghanistan. Even the “helicopter picture” is ‘hu-ba-hu’, surreal! Throughout Sunday, August 15, India’s Independence Day, the Taliban were at...
