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By Girish Linganna Early on during its wildcat strike on Israel on October 7 last year, Hamas carried out coordinated drone attacks on Israeli watchtowers and security cameras designed to blindfold the Israel Defense Forces’ surveillance of Gaza, making it easier for its armed assailants to infiltrate Israel and...
For India, Any Escalation Of Israel-Iran War Is Bad For The Country’s Economy
By Girish Linganna As the polling for the 18th Indian Lok Sabha elections began on April 19, New Delhi is closely monitoring the growing conflict between Iran and Israel. The situation in the Middle East is creating risks for energy, security, and trade that could affect India, now the...
Oil Market Nerves Calmed After Israeli Retaliation Pushes Prices To Weekly Peak
By K Raveendran A sudden spike in the oil price in the wake of Israel’s retaliatory missile attack on Iran seemed to have upset the calculations of a relative stability in the crude oil market, but the unexpected development, both in terms of the retaliation and its market impact,...
To Protect Democracy, Trust In Election Commission Is Imperative
By Arun Srivastava While pushing the EVM button, the voters who turned up in large numbers at the polling booths in the first phase of the Lok Sabha 2024 elections, overwhelmingly showed their choice and preference for the INDIA bloc and especially Congress. However, they were fairly sceptical of...
Will It Be The End Of Modi Raj Or Fixed Poll Outcome?
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday tweeted the BJP had received a “great response” in the first phase of polling in which 60 percent of the electorate voted. It is news Prime Minister Modi considers 60 percent “record numbers”. Modi-bhakt journos did not share the same...
M K Stalin Superbly Led DMK Led INDIA Front In Its Poll Battle In 2024
By Harihar Swarup Tamil Nadu with 39 seats went to the Lok Sabha polls in the first phase on April 19. The DMK supremo chief minister M K Stalin is fully confident in sweeping the polls in 2024 just like 2019 Lok Sabha polls. It was Stalin and Stalin...
Women Not Getting Their Due Despite PM Narendra Modi’s Big Talk
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It is irrefutable fact that women are not getting their dues in India, though we have been hearing PM Narendra Modi’s big talks of women welfare under his premiership. Now in a bid to attract women voters he has assuring a new chapter in rise...
Fourth Bitcoin Halving Event Is A Historic Moment In The Industry
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The historic fourth Bitcoin halving event came at 00.09 UTC on Saturday (05.39 am IST on Sunday) when the Bitcoin network posted its 840,000th block. The highly-anticipated moment embarks the cryptocurrency industry on a new phase when mining rewards for minting new blocks on Bitcoin...
Maryam Nawaz Has Set The Right Tone For Improving India-Pak Relations
By Tirthankar Mitra Post a tumultuous national election in Pakistan, a diplomatic overture from this western neighbour towards India was being awaited. And now that it has come, even though from an unlikely quarter, it is welcome. For even though it is not from the Pak foreign minister, the...
Bangladesh Makes Decisive Moves Against Kuki-Chin Armed Struggle
By M A Hossain The Bangladesh government has garnered significant experience in countering insurgency activities in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT). Through operations like ‘Operation Dabanal’ the Bangladesh Armed Forces have effectively neutralized separatist armed groups. After the peace treaty, to date, ‘Operation Uttaron’ has aimed to uphold law...
True De-Escalation Requires A Halt To U.S. Weapons Shipments To Israel
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: De-escalation” is probably the most repeated word in television news broadcasts and newspaper commentary columns over the past 48 hours. But is anyone doing any actual de-escalating? Israel bombs an Iranian embassy, killing more than a dozen officials. Iran strikes back, causing minuscule damage...
Congress Is Set To Perform Well In Lok Sabha Polls In Karnataka
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Congress is well set to win majority of the 14 Karnataka Lok Sabha seats that are scheduled for poll in the second phase of Lok Sabha election on April 26. . For the BJP, the campaigning in this southern state is showing acute factionalism and...
Tight Contests In First And Second Rounds Of Electoral Battle In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava If the mood of the common people is any indicator, it can safely be said that the Bihari voters do not appear to have rejected the five pillars of justice (nyay patra) of Rahul Gandhi. But of course, what has badly struck the people is the...
What Else Will An Aam Aadmi Chief Minister Want, If Not ‘Mangoes’?
By Sushil Kutty Diabetic Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is feasting on mangoes is an Enforcement Directorate discovery. Call it investigation. The ED has the reputation of a high rate of conviction and Kejriwal carries high levels of blood sugar. The Enforcement Directorate has been snooping into Kejriwal’s tiffin...
Election Of Communist Cariola As President Of Chilean Parliament Is A Big Boost For Left
By Satyaki Chakraborty In a historic development in Chile, a young Communist Party Deputy Karol Cariola was elected as the new President of the 155 member chamber of deputies on Monday after winning by 76 to 75 votes in a gruelling fight between the combined Left and the Right....
CPI(M) Has An Edge Against The Congress In Most Of The Lok Sabha Seats In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no mistaking it. The Left Democratic Front(LDF) has a clear edge in the election campaign for the Lok Sabha from Kerala. No wonder, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is seeing a pro-LDF wave in the State. Almost all pre-poll survey have also predicted LDF...
Will Rahul Gandhi Also Contest From Amethi Lok Sabha Seat?
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress leader Rahul Gandhi classified the Lok Sabha elections as a battle between two ideologies — INDIA bloc fighting for the Constitution on one hand, and the BJP-led one which wants to abolish the Constitution and democracy on the other. Maintaining the suspense on the...
Big U.S. Worry Over Reports Of Russian Capability In Testing Nuclear Weapon In Orbit
By Girish Linganna On February 14 this year, Washington D.C. was filled with discussions about a potential Russian space weapon. Mike Turner, who leads the House Intelligence Committee, called on the White House to release information about this weapon, describing it as a significant threat to national security. Reports...
