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Prashant Kishor’s Win In Bankipur Bypoll Has Serious Implications For BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Jan Suraaj Party’s supremo Prashant Kishor’s win in Bankipur bypoll in Bihar is not an ordinary political event, since its impact is not likely to be limited in one constituency and is one state only. It will have far serious implications on the political discourse...
No End To Protests Against Islamabad At Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
By T. N. Ashok Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) is witnessing one of the gravest internal crises in its 78-year history. What began as protests over electricity tariffs, wheat subsidies and governance has snowballed into a broad-based political movement demanding genuine representation, electoral reforms and an end to Islamabad’s...
Democratic States Challenge In Court Trump’s New Tariff Under Section 301
By Satyaki Chakraborty A coalition of 25 Democratic-led US states has sued the US administration on Monday, alleging that the US president Donald Trump exceeded his legal authority by imposing sweeping tariffs on 60 trading partners and asking the US Court of International Trade to block the measures and...
U.S. Assistance To Shore Up Japanese Yen May Not Help In The Long Term
By Anjan Roy In a significant development in world’s major financial markets, the US Federal Reserve Bank has started buying the Japanese currency, the Yen. The development was first reported in the Financial Times of London last weekend. Subsequently, Reuters published a photograph of a note pad of Scott...
In Order To Defy BJP’s B Team Stigma, Trinamool Rebels To Campaign Against UCC
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: It is no secret that Trinamool Congress is a divided house with rebels led by Uluberia (Purba) MLA Ritabrata Banerjee while old faithfuls including Sovandeb Chattopadhyaya and Kunal Ghosh continuing to owe allegiance to Mamata Banerjee. Now both are competing for a place in the...
Do Celebrity Members Shine In Parliament Or Merely Add Glamour?
By T N Ashok For over seven decades, India’s Parliament has opened its doors not only to career politicians but also to eminent personalities from cinema, sports, literature, science and the arts. The idea was never to turn the Rajya Sabha into a hall of fame. Rather, the framers...
US Security Umbrella Over Gulf States Is Crumbling
By Nantoo Banerjee The U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be desperately looking for a graceful exit fast at least to save the U.S. partnership with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and also the massive financial cost of war. The financial cost of the Iran war already reached...
Ruling AAP Is Strongest In Punjab Before 2027 Assembly Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Before Legislative Assembly Election of Punjab to be held early in 2027, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have entered clearly as front-runner. Chief Opposition party Congress is undergoing a serious infighting, while Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP have still limited influence in...
India’s Young Women Power MNC Factory Revolution
By T N Ashok Women in the age group 18 to 30 are the rising work force in India representing the strongest demographic powering an unprecedented revolution of the fairer sex working at the shopfloor level in India, particularly the south, with aggressive hiring by MNCs for their quality...
Can The BJP Win Back The Trust Of Gen Z After The Passing Of Anti-Leak Bill?
By Kalyani Shankar The political scene in India is changing quickly, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing a key moment in its history. It needs to think about how to engage Gen Z. The ruling Modi government struggled with Gen Z, which launched an unexpected agitation that...
Kerala CM’s Flood Crisis Management Draws Strong Criticism
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan’s failure to effectively tackle the floods in the State, which has claimed 15 lives so far, has evoked strong criticism. That he failed to supervise the flood relief work by remaining in the State capital was bad enough. Worse was...
Bengal BJP State President Warns About Extortion Bid By BJP Cadres
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Amidst stern warning to Trinamool Congress regime extortionists, unearthing financial scams, trying to pull down allegedly illegal constructions including a TMC party office, the first BJP state government of West Bengal is nearing. three months in office. But just as the powers that be in...
Parents Of Indian Brides Are Hiring Private Eyes To Do Due Diligence On Grooms
By T N Ashok Indian parents wanting their educated daughters to be married off ask the grooms family or the brokers before fixing the marriage the oft repeated traditional ritualistic question: Do the horoscopes match? Today, in Maharashtra, another question has become equally important: Have you verified the bride...
When Parliament Goes Silent, Politics Switches On The Camera
By K Raveendran India’s political conversation appears to be acquiring a new address. It is no longer confined to Parliament House, party headquarters, election rallies or television studios. Increasingly, it begins with a mobile phone placed at a flattering angle, a carefully chosen background and the familiar instruction to...
Jantar Mantar Protests Have Widened Democratic Space For A Broader Movement
By Dr Arun Mitra The extraordinary student and youth upsurge witnessed across India in recent weeks has done far more than challenge the credibility of the country’s examination system. It has exposed the widening gap between the government’s claims and the lived reality of millions of young Indians. More...
Hamas Agreeing To Gaza Disarmament Deal Is A Positive Development For Regional Peace
By Asad Mirza Donald Trump has declared a “historic” deal for Hamas to fully disarm in Gaza, brokered by his Board of Peace. But Netanyahu calls it inadequate, Hamas ties disarmament to a full Israeli pullout, and Washington simultaneously readies fresh strikes on Iran – exposing how unsettled the...
Below Normal Rainfall In The Rest Of The Monsoon Is A Serious Concern
By Dr. Gyan Pathak When India is in the midst of the Monsoon season and the second half of it is just to start, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and India Meteorological Department (IMD) have predicted below normal rainfall ahead. It has brought a fresh concern for the country,...
