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Narendra Modi’s Meeting With US President Biden Was A Big Flop
By Binoy Viswam Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the US was celebrated by large sections of Indian media controlled by the vested interests of corporate houses. Some of them even went to the extent of claiming that in this 6th visit also Prime Minister Modi has conquered...
Modi’s US Visit Proves That He Has No Intention To Preserve Strategic Autonomy
By Prakash Karat The Modi visit to the United States had three major events. The first in-person meeting with President Joe Biden; the meeting of the leaders of the Quad countries; and the speech at the UN General Assembly. The kept media in India have painted the visit in...
OFB Is Broken Into Pieces Purportedly For Self-Reliance
By Dr. Gyan Pathak From October 1, 2021, India will do away with its 246 year old Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). There will be seven new smaller Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) in its place. Modi government is purportedly doing this under ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) programme. Critiques say...
Changing Congress Faces Storms Both Within And Outside
By Sushil Kutty The Congress is in choppy waters, battling several storms. The Gandhi family is under assault from within and without. Political opponents of the Congress are gunning for the Family from without, and Congress leaders, unhappy with remaining without power, are hitting out from within. They want...
Long Term Implications Of Assam Eviction Violence
By Ashis Biswas For once, opposition parties have got it right, when it comes to condemning the brutal killing of two persons by Assam police at Dholpur, Darrang district on September 23 during an official eviction drive against illegal settlers. Congress leader Kapil Sibal called for the government to...
BJP Govt In Assam Has Made A Mess Of Eviction Drive In Darrang District
By Sagarneel Sinha The ongoing eviction drive in Assam turned violent when the police team was attacked by a large mob with sticks resulting in the death of two persons, which included a 12-year-old, due to police firing in Dholpur falling under revenue circle of Sipajhar of Darrang district....
Troubling Headwinds From Global Oil Markets Hitting India
By K Raveendran Surging oil prices are causing concern not just in India, but all world capitals. Brent crossing $80 per barrel is disconcerting thought even for central bankers and investors, which saw market values being eroded. Crude prices currently are at the highest levels since the start of...
Principles Of Land Acquisition Must Not Be Violated By Centre
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Modi government has been violating the principles of land acquisition in the country. Lands of the ryats acquired in the name of ‘national interest’, are now being maneuvered in favour of ‘private interest’. It is nothing but land grab from the public by the state...
Punjab Congress Is Always A Hotbed Of Factions And Intrigues
By Sushil Kutty Punjab Congress continues to spring surprises. Ousted Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh left a week ago and everybody thought that’s the end of it. But no, Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu had to unbuckle that belief and give Capt. Amarinder Singh another opportunity to say...
Austrian Communists Emerge As Largest Group In Graz, Second City After Vienna
By Satyaki Chakraborty A new left wing wind is blowing in many parts of Europe and this has been reflected in the outcome of the national and local levels of elections in Germany, Norway, Belgium and now in Austria. On Sunday, voters of Austria’s second largest city after Vienna,...
BJP And Congress Gearing Up Campaign For Bypolls In Madhya Pradesh
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: October 30 will witness trial of strength between Bhartiya Janata Party and Congress – two major political parties of Madhya Pradesh. On that day, voters of one Lok Sabha constituency and three Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the state will exercise their franchise. The date of...
Kamla Bhasin’s Death Is A Big Loss To Women Movement In India
By Harihar Swarup Poet, author and a pioneer of the woman’s rights movement in South Asia, Kamla Bhasin is dead after a short but spirited battle against liver cancer. She was 75. Bhasin remained committed to the causes she fought for until the very end, participating in an online...
Donald Trump Really Instigated Coup In Capitol Hill On January
By John Wojcik Thanks to the work of the congressional committee investigating January. 6 and journalists connected with the Washington Post and other outlets, we now know that an actual coup was underway before and on January 6 when the Capitol came under siege from right-wing mobs. The conspiracy...
The Why And Wherefore Of Sudheeran’s Resignation
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The resignation of senior Congress leader V M Sudheeran from the State unit’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC) and the All India Congress Committee (AICC) constitutes a major setback for the party in Kerala. The seriousness of the crisis can be gauged from the failure of...
Rahul Gandhi Infusing Young Blood In Congress By Inducting Kanhaiya, Jignesh
By Sushil Kutty Former Jawaharlal University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar would henceforth be Congress neta not CPI ‘comrade’. Ditto Jignesh Mevani, ‘independent’ MLA from Vadnagar, Gujarat. The two will grace Congress ranks. Rahul Gandhi himself was at the forefront to welcome the two into the grand old party....
Taliban Regime In Kabul Battling For Diplomatic Recognition With No Success
By Sankar Ray The Talban are on the horns of a serious ideological dilemma. Their sympathisers from the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi to the Russian President Vladimir Putin and from the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud look...
Coalition Making Process In Germany After National Elections, Will Be Long
By Nitya Chakraborty The German voters gave a decisive rebuff to the ruling centre right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the national elections on September 26 as the party of the present chancellor Angela Merkel got only 24.1 per cent of the votes as against 25.7 per cent by...
The Curious Story Behind Google Turning 23 This Week
By Devasis Chattopadhyay The Google Doodle showed that the organization turned 23 on September 27. Is that really so? How interesting. Fascinatingly, even before Google was incorporated in 1998 as a formal corporate entity, the idea of the Doodle was born when Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders...
