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From Mahmoud Khalil To Umar Khalid, Dissent Is Suppressed By Authoritarian Regimes
By Deeksha Dwivedi The recent arrest of Mahmoud Khalil in the United States, an active member of Columbia University’s protests against the ongoing genocide in Gaza, takes me back to 2016 when student political leaders Umar Khalid, Kanhaiya Kumar and Anirban Bhattacharya were arrested by the Delhi Police on...
Greenland Election Results Give No Relief To Trump In Realising His Ambition
By Huw Paige NEW YORK: In the last few months, the phenomenon of fake news has come to Greenland. Ads posted on Facebook, Greenland’s main social network, variously suggested that two prominent politicians had either been sued by the Bank of Greenland or physically attacked, or that Elon Musk...
Bangladesh Opts For China-Pak Axis To Boost Its Economy By Reducing Dependence On India
By Nitya Chakraborty Sidelined by the Trump 2.0 administration and rebuffed by India, Bangladesh interim government is exploring all avenues to rejuvenate the country’s ailing economy by expanding its trade and investment relationship with Pakistan and China. The objective is to reduce the dependence on India in major areas...
Mutual Funds May Not Be The Right Choice For Investment Now
By Nantoo Banerjee India’s popular brand ambassadors Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni engaged to promote the “Mutual Funds Sahi Hai” campaign by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) may soon lose their own brand image substantially as recent investors in mutual funds are losing heavily with...
Tamil Nadu’s Confrontation With Centre On Language Issue Is Spreading Too Far
By Kalyani Shankar On Thursday, Tamil Nadu underwent a significant cultural transformation by replacing the official rupee symbol with the Tamil letter ‘ரூ’ in its budget document. Pronounced ‘roo,’ this letter represents the Indian currency in the Tamil language and also embodies the region’s rich cultural heritage. Chief Minister...
BJP’s Win In Haryana Local Body Elections Raises Political Concerns For Congress
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP’s winning 9 of the 10 mayoral seats has raised significant political concerns for the Congress. One seat was even won by an Independent, which is even more concerning for the Congress necessitating the party to review the loss critically and impartially to know why...
In The Name Of Hinduism, RSS And BJP Are Spreading Communalism And Superstitions
By Dr Arun Mitra In our country with diverse beliefs and traditions coexisting, the promotion of rational thinking and scientific temper is extremely important. Superstitious beliefs, blind practices and rituals are an impediment to the path of development. Scientific temper is not merely knowledge of science, but it is...
Russian Goods Flood The Chinese Markets Giving Boost To Moscow’s Exports
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: It’s a paradox of sorts. While Chinese goods flood the markets globally from watches to pens to electronic gadgets and EVs and luxury goods, China is facing a deluge of Russia made goods in its markets taking the local citizens by craze. Reports...
Ranjini Srinivasan Is A Symbol Of Student Power In U.S. Against Trump’s Diktat
By Sushil Kutty Ranjini Srinivasan was the Indian face of anti-Trumpism and anti-Israel in Columbia University where she was a doctoral student of Urban Planning till she had to “self-deport” after the Trump administration revoked her US visa. Srinivasan fled to “friendly Canada” from the “unfriendly shores” of Trump’s...
Barbaric American Attacks On Yemen Risk A Major Middle Eastern War
By Ben Chacko LONDON: US bombers killed at least 31 people in Yemen at the weekend, mainly women and children in residential areas. With Donald Trump, there is none of the pretence affected by previous presidents that strikes seek to avoid civilian casualties. “We will use overwhelming lethal force...
Europe’s ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ Risks Catastrophic Escalation In Conflict
By Sophie Bolt LONDON: As Trump brutally hammers out a settlement for Ukraine and Russia, he’s also been hammering Europe for vast, cold-war levels of military spending. And European leaders seem very keen to oblige. Along with Keir Starmer’s so-called peace plan for a 30,000-strong European army, France’s Emmanuel...
Starlink Entry: Modi Pushing Personal Diplomacy To Beyond National Interests
By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proclivity for favouring friends has become an enduring characteristic of his leadership, a trait that has shaped both his domestic and international strategies. His approach to governance, often criticised for prioritizing personal and political loyalties over broader national interest, is once again...
Anti-US German Mood Helps Chancellor Designate Frederick Merz To Consolidate
By Nitya Chakraborty Germany, the strongest economy of Europe and the nation facing big onslaught from the United States President Donald Trump in his second term, is finally getting back its mojo to carve out a strong independent position distancing from its longtime ally the U.S. Despite the spectacular...
IMF Bats For Early Implementation Of Labour Codes In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak There is a pressing need to create quality jobs for India’s growing population, and advancing difficult factor and product market reforms, complemented by continuing efforts to streamline regulations and address skill mismatches could reinvigorate private investment and increase formal employment, says International Monetary Fund (IMF)....
Manipur Faces Fresh Challenge Of Influx Of Refugees From Myanmar, Bangladesh
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Even one instance of burial of one victim of violence can serve as a commentary on the ethnic strife-scarred Manipur, which witnessed a fresh bout of violence – though short-lived – on March 8 as the administration under President’s rule proceeded to implement Union...
Trump’s Tariff Hike On Steel And Aluminium Will Have Little Impact On Chinese Industry
By Kunal Bose Analysts are in consensus that steel exports by China will remain elevated in the current year too as the country’s property market faces weak recovery prospects and investment in infrastructure projects is experiencing moderate growth. The two sectors have more than half the share of China’s...
Fringe Hindutva Outfits Tried To Create Communal Tensions During Holi In Uttar Pradesh
By Arun Srivastava Muslims live under the increasing threat of Hindu fundamentalism is explicit from what happened yesterday in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Hindu zealots enjoying patronage of the RSS and Narendra Modi resorted to all kind of manoeuvres to foment violence. The gangs of Bajrang...
Stalin Rallies Opposition Against Population-Based Delimitation Move
By Rahil Nora Chopra Chief Minister MK Stalin has called for a joint action committee meeting in Chennai on March 22 to mobilise and strengthen the support of like-minded parties against the population-based delimitation exercise. Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) gave his consent to attend the meeting, after...
