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Modi Govt is Still Silent on Akbar

  By Aditya Aamir   The lesser known ‘MJ’ has quit his job post-MeToo accusations, but the more famous ‘MJ’ continues to maintain a wall of silence to multiple accusations of #MeToo surfacing against him online. Maybe, it’s because journalist Mayank Jain’s employer Business Standard decided to act, set...

Oct 10 · >

NRC Row’s Hostile Anti-India Fallout In Bangladesh

By Ashis Biswas   After Nepal, it could be the turn of Bangladesh to see a revival of anti-Indian political forces and fresh tensions against the minority Hindu community over the NRC controversy in Assam. Sentiments in Bangladesh have been aroused in recent times over repeated contemptuous references by...

Oct 10 · >

UNCTAD Report Rings Warning Bells On Global Economy

By K R Sudhaman   The UNCTAD’s 2018 Trade and Development is an eye opener that all is not good with the global economy and hyper-globalisation pursued for some time now has only widened inequality. In case of India bad debt of banks is threatening financial stability.   The...

Oct 10 · >

Rivals Step Up Tempo Of MP Poll Campaign

By L S Herdenia   BHOPAL: Congress has received a big boost with the Sadhus and Sants of the state assuring the party of support. A delegation led by Mahendragiri Maharaj Dandewale and Mahant Ramdas paid a visit to PCC chief Kamal Nath at his residence on the day...

Oct 9 · >

Where is the ‘Grand Alliance’ to take on Modi-Shah in 2019?

  By Kalyani Shankar   Will there be a ‘Grand Alliance’ of the opposition ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls? As of now, many opposition parties including the Congress feel that it could only be a post-poll arrangement. For instance, the NCP chief Sharad Pawar has told a news...

Oct 9 · >

#Metoo Traces Ice Cube To MJ Akbar

By Aditya Aamir   “We will get you all one day,” wrote the woman journalist, starting her write-up with “Dear Male Boss.” Yes, this is the freshest face of the #India’sMeToo movement, a campaign that’s snowballing across Bollywood and in media-spaces all over the country, putting media in a...

Oct 9 · >

Winds Of Change In Post-Poll Maldives

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Oct 9 · >

Indian Polity Moves To Peril Under Modi Rule

By N Sundaramurthy   Inequality and income disparities are growing. Rich are becoming richer. ‘Barclay’s Hurun India’ has published the ‘Rich list for 2018’. It is a list that carries the names of individuals with net worth exceeding Rs.1000 crore. The wealth of India’s top 100 richest people has...

Oct 8 · >

Mayawati Is Playing Politics Of Opportunism

By Arun Srivastava   Arithmetic is not the determinant of the political permutation and combination. It has many indices and the most vital has been the political awakening of the people, in this case the Dalits and mahadalits of the Hindi heartland. Some columnists recall the political maneouvering of...

Oct 8 · >

Hindutva Camp’s Unease With The Supreme Court

By Amulya Ganguli   It began with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s advice to the Supreme Court judges in 2015 to be wary of the “five-star” activists who tried to push their social reforms agenda through the courts via public interest litigation. The advice was in keeping with the growing...

Oct 8 · >
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