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By Arun Srivastava Two decisions by Narendra Modi granting big financial bonanza to Bihar denying the special category status to the state which was the main demand of the chief minister Nitish Kumar and the withdrawal of the ban on the RSS members to work in government services, are...
India Emerging As The Most Attractive Destination For Global Cement Manufacturers
By Kunal Bose Like in so many other industries, China dwarfs all other cement producing countries in capacity and production. And that is not going to change any time in future either. The other Asian nation India endowed with rich limestone deposits spread in various parts of the country...
Union Budget 2024-25 Once Again Gives Kerala The Cold Shoulder
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is once again an unremitting tale of wilful neglect and political bias. The first Union Budget of the Modi Government 3, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has once again given short shrift to Kerala’s wish list. Not that there were huge expectations from...
West Bengal’s Potato Decision Escalates Tensions With BJP Ruled Govt
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s ongoing feud with the BJP is well-documented. Over time, their rivalry has escalated from verbal sparring to impactful policy decisions. Recently, the West Bengal government’s directive to restrict the movement of potatoes out of the state had immediate consequences...
Uttam Kumar — The Superstar Of Bengali Cinema Is A Craze Even 44 Years After His Death
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: The skies had opened when Uttam Kumar, an icon to Bengalis in every part of the globe passed away on July 24, 1980. Cutting across the generation gap, his fans poured into the streets on that day as the news of his being summoned to...
Nirmala Sitharaman’s Coalition Versus Federal, Political Versus Economic Budget
By K Raveendran Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stepped up to her budget rostrum in the Lok Sabha with a resolute demeanour, a symbolic gesture marking the unveiling of what many had anticipated as a transformative federal budget for the fiscal year 2024-25. Yet, what unfolded before the nation on...
Kamala Harris Has The Capacity To Unify Democratic Party Ranks Against Trump
By Kalyani Sankar The United States could elect its first female President in 248 years. As America celebrated its birthday on July 4, it’s important to note that the country has never had a woman as its head of state. Hillary Clinton almost won the Presidency but ultimately failed....
Union Budget 2024-25 Makes Clever Move For Next Generation Reforms
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Taking lessons from the outcome of Lok Sabha Election 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government has made a clever move for the next generation of economic reforms in the Union Budget 2024-25, which forms the core of the budget though mentioned as the last...
Modi Govt’s First Budget In Third Term Is Macro-Economically Sound
By Anjan Roy Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget presented to Parliament on July 23 is a deeply political statement post the polls, containing though sound economic logic as well. As it is by now amply clear to the public, the Union finance minister, has laid out a development budget for Bihar...
Adityanath Playing Aggressive Hindutva Card For Ten Assembly By-Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP played aggressive Hindutva card by asking the shopowners of districts from where kanwariya yatra is taking place keeping by-elections for 10 assembly seats in the state in mind . Although Supreme Court has stayed the order of...
Madhya Pradesh BJP To Hold Special RSS Camp For Former Congressmen
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh units of both the BJP and the Congress have decided to initiate massive reforms in their respective organisations. The BJP has been asked by the RSS to apprise Congress leaders, who have joined the BJP, of the saffron party’s style and culture....
Protest Songs Thrive At Four Day Woody Guthrie Folk Festival In Okemah
By D.L. Lang OKEMAH (USA): The revolutionary spirit of Woody Guthrie permeates his birthplace of Okemah, Okla., where the 27th Annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival was held July 10-13. There attendees celebrated Woody’s 112th birthday, and modern musicians added their voices to the folk canon. A sense of camaraderie...
Economic Survey 2023-24 Cautions On India’s Growth Story
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Economic Survey 2023-24 does present a rosy picture of India’s growth story and recognizes the short-term prospect as good, but does not fail to flag several areas of concern that require clear forward-look vision for better prospect in the long term. It underscored the pressing...
KCR: Yet Another Once-Influential Leader Struggling For Relevance
By Kalyani Shankar The Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi, formerly the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, sets itself apart from other declining political parties. Led by the ambitious K. Chandrasekhar Rao, or KCR, the party’s national expansion has been marked by setbacks, including its failure to retain power in Telangana. This fate is...
War Of Dominance Between Modi And Bhagwat Acquires Curious Shape
By Arun Srivastava The battle for dominance between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, believed to be the protégé of the Modi-Shah duo, is only the prelude; the ‘big fight’ is between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for the...
70-Hour Work Week Detrimental To Both Health And Productivity
By Dr Arun Mitra The CEO of OLA, Bhavnish Aggarwal has endorsed a 70-hour work week call given by the Infosys founder Narayana Murthy some time back. He argues against the concept of work life balance saying that enjoyment of work naturally fosters happiness. Both of them are of...
Biden Leaves The Stage, Now Kamala Harris To Face The Trumpet
By Sushil Kutty President Joe Biden has stood down and, in his stead, Vice President Kamala Harris will be Democrat candidate for the President’s post. And if she beats Donald J. Trump in November, Kamala will be laughing all the way to the White House. Harris’ defining tone is...
Nirmala Sitharaman Has Onerous Task Of Balancing Irreconcilable Interests And Pulls
By K Raveendran Come July 23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the first-year budget of Prime Minister Modi’s third term. Finding herself at a pivotal juncture, she is tasked with crafting a budget that appeases coalition partners, addresses public discontent, and sustains economic growth, and her role...
