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By Francesca De Benedetti Forget the “cordon sanitaire” against the far right. Today, European neoliberalism is defended by a cordon into which such forces have already been integrated. The European Union’s future is being built well before citizens actually cast their votes on the first weekend of June: the...
By Girish Linganna Six months have passed since the beginning of Israel-Hamas war on October 7 last year, but instead of agreeing to the UN ceasefire plan, Prime Minister Netanyahu has expanded the confrontation to Syria by bombing the Iranian embassy in Damascus. On April 1, an alleged Israeli...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The last 10 years of PM Narendra Modi’s rule have made education too costly, and employment too scarce. Youth from the majority of households in the country just can’t afford quality education. Youth unemployment has reached at unprecedentedly high level, for millions it was a...
By Sushil Kutty As Prime Minister Narendra Modi dreams of “400 paar”, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party have made their final pitches, hoping to strike pay-dirt, i.e., Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet his Waterloo come June 4, 2024. Congress released its bombshell manifesto and AAP trained...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPI candidate V S Sunil Kumar, who is contesting from Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency, is sitting pretty. As the campaign is on for the polling on April 26. The sweet scene of victory is very much in the air. The other three CPI candidates, Annie...
By Arun Srivastava Three Congress leaders have just deserted their party within three days, ostensibly because they were feeling dejected. One of them, Gaurav Vallabh, said that he was not ready to listen to the instructions from the party leaders and insinuate that Sanatan Dharma was undesirable. All the...
By Harihar Swarup “Hamare Liye Maha tension ho gaya hai” (For us, it is a matter of great tension).” This was a Baramati resident speaking with great feeling. For the Lok Sabha battle for Baramati has become a high profile, and in many ways a visceral, Pawar versus Pawar...
By K Raveendran The year 2024 is set to mark a pivotal moment in the electric vehicle (EV) revolution. Driven by environmental concerns, tightening regulations, and technological advancements, the EV market is experiencing explosive growth, transforming the transportation landscape on a global scale. At the forefront of this transformation...
By Girish Linganna The latest findings from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) show that India was the largest buyer of military equipment globally from 2019 to 2023. This marked a 4.7% increase in its defense procurement compared to the five years prior. Notably, while Russia has been...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Cryptocurrency giant Binance faces a tangled legal mess in Nigeria. The company is accused of serious offenses, including money laundering and tax evasion. Nigerian authorities in a formal chargesheet in the Federal Court alleged Binance facilitated the movement of at least $35 million in illegal...
By James M Dorsey Muhammad Manassara walked in late February into a gas station near the West Bank settlement of Eli. Armed with an automatic weapon, Manassara killed two people before he was shot dead by the owner of a restaurant at the station, the site of the killing...
By Yamazoe Taku TOKYO: The Fumio Kishida government of Japan has just decided to allow the export to third countries of next-generation fighter jets which Japan will co-develop and co-produce with the U.K. and Italy. This outrageous decision follows the lifting of the ban on the export of lethal...
By Satyaki Chakraborty North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) turned 75 on April 4 this year marking a journey with many twists and turns in both cold war and post-Soviet period. When NATO was formed in 1949, its Cold War apologists claimed that its mission would be to repel “Soviet...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak We in India teach contemporary politics to our Class 11-12 students, who are considered grown enough to begin understanding what is happening in the political arena of the country. India gives voting rights at the age of 18, and hence certain level of understanding of...
By Sushil Kutty Age has made a difference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. He stands “surer” at the podium than on the eve of the 2019 campaign. But, 10 years on the trot, and age hasn’t taken the edge off Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaigning style. The Prime Minister’s...
By Rahil Nora Chopra Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh concluded his 33-year-long parliamentary innings in the Rajya Sabha, just as former Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi enters the Upper House of Parliament for the first time. Meanwhile, the Congress used Manmohan Singh’s retirement from the Rajya Sabha as an...
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Laliteshpati Tripathi, great grandson of former chief minister Kamlapati Tripathi India block candidate contesting on TMC ticket from Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency is all set to challenge BJP in this prestigious constituency in eastern Uttar Pradesh.. Known for exclusive carpets all over the world Bhadohi...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak ‘India is Rising’ – Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes on telling people during his election campaigns and giving guarantee for a Developed India by 2047. However, the latest World Bank report on ‘Job for Resilience’, the latest South Asia Development update, a twice-a-year regional outlook...