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Making SC Tharoor’s ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’

Aditya Aamir   Congress Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor is wasting time digging up fossilized lexicon like the worthless and of no value ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification’. A Hindu horde is marching on Thiruvananthapuram, his parliamentary constituency, and momentous things are set to happen. There might even be ‘mob violence’ which some...

Oct 12 · >

Smog: Time To Act And Save Health

  By Dr Arun Mitra   Unprecedented high levels of air pollution in north India during the months of October and November in 2017 raised serious alarm in the society as well as the government. This is because health is directly related to clean air quality besides clean drinking...

Oct 12 · >

British Indians Face A Full-Blown Brexit Crisis

By Arun Srivastava   Brexit with an uncertain future is not a politically and economically correct proposition for India. In the wake of David coming out with the proposal of holding a referendum, apprehensions were expressed on the future of Indians living and working in Britain and the relation...

Oct 12 · >

Forest,Land Rights Key Issues To Determine Tribal Votes

  By Raju Kumar   BHOPAL: During election campaigns, developmental issues get relegated to the background as issues of more currency, irrespective of their significance, such as casteism, regionalism, religion, personal accusations etc. take centre stage. Unless the affected people make special efforts to keep their issues alive, their...

Oct 12 · >

It’s Business Versus Politics For Ramdev This Time

By Rahil Nora Chopra   Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will not campaign for BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections as the guru-turned business tycoon fears that his campaigning for the ruling party may harm the interests of his business empire should BJP fail to make it a second...

Oct 11 · >

Trade War Triggers Relocation Of Production Bases

By Subrata Majumder   The global trade war between US and China may prove to be a boon for India and South East Asian countries. The turmoil has triggered relocation of the production bases from China to other emerging nations like India and South East Asia. With the trade...

Oct 11 · >

Far-Right Presidential Candidate Is Ahead In Brazil

  By Emile Schepers   In the first round of Brazil’s general elections, which took place on Sunday, October 7, Jair Bolsonaro, of the Social Liberal Party or PSL, an extreme right candidate with fascist leanings, came shockingly close to winning the presidency of this country of 208 million...

Oct 11 · >

Organic Distrust Growing Between Sexes

By Aditya Aamir   Dissecting #MeTooIndia is dicey. It’s still the tip of the sword but might morph into a weapon of choice in the hands of the righteous avenger. Any woman with a grudge can lend it to misuse. Even otherwise, #MeToo by definition is anti-male, and the...

Oct 11 · >

Supreme Court Direction On Rafale Deal Rattles Modi Govt

  By Nitya Chakraborty   The Supreme Court’s Directive to the Modi Government on October 10 asking it to provide the details of the decision making process on the Rafale deal to the Court in a sealed cover by October 29, has rattled the Modi Government. The Prime Minister’s...

Oct 11 · >

LDF Government Suffers Loss Of Face

By P. Sreekumaran   THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has suffered a huge loss of face over its decision to cancel the approval for setting up three breweries and a liquor blending and bottling plant in the state.   The government has itself to blame for the massive...

Oct 10 · >
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