By Sushil Kutty Sachin Pilot and his 18-19 musketeers are up the creek without a paddle. They have been given respite till July 21 to think over what they want – disqualification or rehabilitation? That’s because the Rajasthan High Court has told the Speaker of the Rajasthan Assembly...
By IPA Correspondent The Indian National Congress and eight other political parties — CPI, RJD, CPI(M), CPI(ML), RLSP, VIP, HAM, LJD — have written a memorandum to the Election Commission opposing the digital poll campaign, requesting the EC to ensure free and fair public participation as well as...
By Megha Katheria After a lot of drama, imprisoned poet and activist Varavara Rao, 79, was shifted to Saint George Hospital in Mumbai after testing positive for COVID-19. He has been moved from the Taloja jail prison hospital to J J Hospital in Mumbai last week. This was...
By C.J. Atkins It’s really no longer controversial to state that Donald Trump embraces the ideas and thinking of the racist right; he’s been brandishing his bigoted credentials since long before he was elected. But the recent adoption of explicit neo-Nazi and white nationalist imagery and symbols by...
By Prabhat Patnaik There is much self-congratulatory back-slapping among governments, the World Bank officials and many economists about the “decline in poverty” that is supposed to have occurred between 1990 and the onset of the recent pandemic. This decline is claimed on the basis of an International...
By Binoy Viswam The rightist forces committed to the ideology of fascism have always been keen to impress upon the minds of the young generation their own line of thoughts. The guiding principle of Hitler in this regard was “catch them young”. Once in power they do...
By Dr. Arun Mitra Three main precautions are suggested to prevent oneself from Novel Corona Virus infection. These include washing hands regularly, putting mask on face to cover mouth and nose, and maintaining ‘social distance’. All the conscious citizens in general are following these instructions as advised by...
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Unlike other opposition leaders, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has succeeded in mobilising her party workers to hit the roads of Uttar Pradesh and take on the ruling Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government like no other. In order to achieve Mission 2022 assembly polls,...
By Rahil Nora Chopra The canvassing for the coming Bihar assembly election has started via virtual meetings in the state. The RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav has demanded for polls to be postponed in Bihar and said that it is the responsibility of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to hold elections...
By Arun Srivastava A wide impression is gaining ground in the common Britons that Boris Johnson’s government is dangerously suppressing dissent and the mediocre, time-serving and sleazy survive as long as they blindly support the Prime Minister. This imprint certainly does not augur well for Boris Johnson...