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By Amulya Ganguli The belief that Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb mocked Miss World 1997, Diana Hayden, because of her brown skin – “Even Diana Hayden got it (the crown). See, everyone is laughing!” – isn’t quite right. Perhaps this idea gained ground because of...
Fresh petitions filed challenging Section 377, IPC – The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union Government on a petition filed by Keshav Suri, Executive Director of Lalit Hotels, seeking to quash Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’),which criminalises sexual acts between men. The Court...
By O.P. Sabherwal The 125th death anniversary of Karl Marx is at hand, recalling the words of Frederick Engels, “The greatest living thinker (has) ceased to think”. The critics may go wild, but the BBC forum listing the ‘greatest of the millennium’ at the turn of the century,...
By P. Sreekumaran A firm resolve to forge a broad front of left, secular and democratic forces to take on the fascist forces led by the BJP-RSS combine; a concerted effort to strengthen the party’s organizational muscle and a welcome move to induct a younger brand of leadership...
Sushil Kutty Lots have happened in the last two days. Major Rohit Shukla neutralized terrorist ‘Tiger Sameer’ in the Kashmir Valley. Lalu Prasad Yadav fled an AIIMS ward to his Ranchi cell. Google put a google-doodle to mark international workers day. And Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on...
By Nantoo Banerjee It feels good to note the Union Law and IT Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad’s recent tweet on India’s praise-worthy progress in industrial production. The country has emerged as one of the world’s top producers of steel, mobile phones, electricity and automobile. It mentioned that India...
By Amritananda Chakravorty Last week the ongoing tussle between the Supreme Court and the Central Government over the appointment of judges took a particularly acrimonious turn, when the Centre on April 26, returned the name of Justice K.M. Joseph, Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, to the...
By Gyan Pathak Psychology of crime in India has been changing at a very fast pace outsmarting our overall crime control strategy. The strategy we adopt always becomes outdated in the changed situations in the society. The government and its agencies responsible to control crime tend to stick...
By Barun Das Gupta General elections are scheduled to be held in Bangladesh by the end of this year, though the poll schedule is yet to be announced by the Election Commission. As in the previous elections, so in the coming elections, too, the main battle will be...
By K Raveendran It has been a season of extraordinary handshakes. Clips of President Donald Trump and French President Emmnuel Macron shaking and grabbing each other’s hands vigorously and landing kisses on the cheeks have been flashed on TV screens across the world. North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un...
By Harihar Swarup Knowing well that its impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India (CJI), Dipak Misra, will be rejected by Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, the Congress went ahead with the motion. Expectedly, the motion was rejected by the Vice-President and now Congress proposes to go to the Supreme...
By Sushil Kutty The Japanese tea-drinking routine is by far the more elaborate. It overawes with ceremony. Modi and Xi just stood at a table next to a lake in Wuhan and sipped the brew from tiny China cups. This after Modi poked his nose into ceramic jars,...
By Dr. Arun Mitra The recently held campaigners meet of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate organisation, the ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons), at Geneva has appealed to the world leaders to have a wake up call of the threat the nuclear weapons pose today. Their...
By C.J. Atkins Make time for Marxism. That’s the advice Chinese president and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping gave his members this week. On Monday, while presiding over what Xinhua News Agency described as “a group study session of the Political Bureau,” Xi stressed the importance of The...
By Sushil Kutty The two big world news that’s caught the attention of the remote today are North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un getting a shot at giving himself a sheen of respectability and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s lifetime President Xi Jinping sitting down to diagnose...
By Nitya Chakraborty The call for more united action of the Left parties with special focus on the reunification efforts of the CPI and the CPI(M) was the highlight of the 23rd congress of the CPI which began its session at Kollam in Kerala on April 26.The deliberations...
By Subrata Majumder A perpetual border settlement between India and China is untenable. Then, why not use economic engagement to soothe the relation. Against the backdrop of US trade war against China, Prime Minister Modi’s reciprocation to Beijing’s urge for amelioration of ties is a timely step for...
By Aditya Aamir To wake up to the headline ‘Tragedy in Kushinagar’ doesn’t give anybody ‘Kushi’. Add to that the number ‘13’ and ‘superstition’ drops anchor. Last heard, ‘13’ was still an unlucky number. And 13 children died in Kushinagar when their school bus was blown off the...