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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of a strong Centre had taken its toll. Opposition ruled states were kept fund starved that crippled the abilities of stated to do good for their people’. The opposition political parties labelled this as “breach” of federal principle of the...
Modi’s Electoral Mission Is To Divide The Dalits Along Class Lines
By Arun Srivastava Innumerable empty promises, lies and plagiarizing the ideas of others notwithstanding, Narendra Modi has now embarked on the boulevard to appropriate the phrases and idioms already in vogue and featuring prominently on the political agenda of other parties. This time, the phrase, which Modi has hijacked...
Rahul Gandhi’s Charge That Narendra Modi Is Not An OBC Has Serious Portent
By Sushil Kutty Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra Thursday, February 8, entered Chhattisgarh via Odisha where he had corrected the BJP’s propaganda that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was an OBC and let it out in the public domain that Modi was, in fact, a “Teli” of...
Indian Services Sector Is One Of The Most Restrictive Areas, Says OECD
By K R Sudhaman Renowned economist and former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan feels India’s strength is in services sector particularly IT and software and the country needs to capitalise on it, but latest OECD report suggests that services trade is one of the most restrictive in...
Indian Economy Is Marked By Low Wages, Falling Demand And Unemployment
By Krishna Jha On the claim that country’s manufacturing has a strong base, stands the structure that shambles down every time there is a quake. But then it is only a claim, reality is at the roots that keep facing continuous erosion. So far as claims are concerned or...
Russia Assures India To Deliver On Time Powerful S-400 Surface To Air Missiles
By Girish Linganna Russia has taken special steps to deliver the powerful S-400 system to Indian Air Force dismissing all allegations by the western sources that the supply will be inordinately delayed.. In line with the country’s initiatives to strengthen its air defence capabilities, the Indian government and Indian...
Vietnam Is Aiming To Emerge As A Developed Country In Two Decades
By Tirthankar Mitra Vietnam’s name was part of a slogan of a radical Left political outfit in Kolkata in the late ’60s and early ’70s.But the nation which was embattled with mighty America has now turned over a new leaf. It is making a steady progress towards prosperity whose...
India Has Enough Reasons To Get Worried At Docking Of Chinese Vessel In Male
By Girish Linganna The anticipated docking of a Chinese scientific vessel in the Maldives this week has heightened tensions among Beijing, Delhi, and Malé. The ship Xiang Yang Hong 3 is officially visiting the Maldives to change its crew and stock up on supplies, which is a completely harmless...
BJP’s Communalisation Of Politics Of Uttar Pradesh After Ram Mandir Makes INDIA Bloc Task Difficult
By Dr. Gyan Pathak From Mughalsarai in the East to Ghaziabad in the West, Uttar Pradesh presents an unprecedented political puzzle. Hindu communal posturing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath since January 22 opening of Ram Temple at Ayodhya has caused a sudden rise of...
Fear Of Modi’s ED Makes Mamata Oppose Rahul, Deride India In Public
By Arun Srivastava West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems to be in a pickle. As per political grapevine, nearly 14 more ministers, legislators and senior leaders of her Trinamool Congress are in the waiting list of Narendra Modi-led pre-poll vendetta, to be arrested by the ED over the...
Replacement Of All Combustion Cars By Electric Vehicles Turning Out To Be A Pipe Dream
By K Raveendran Despite the steady growth of the electric vehicles worldwide, the awareness that it is well-nigh impossible to replace over a billion combustion cars with EVs in the foreseeable future is increasing. This is leading to calls for ‘more realism and less ideology in energy policy’. Many...
Germany, Croatia And Israel Are Offering Jobs To Youth From South Asian Countries
By Ashis Biswas Suddenly it’s raining thousands of jobs for unemployed youths and not just in Russia/ Ukraine war zones or in Israel/West Asia: Germany and Croatia are also on a major hiring spree. The good news for South Asia is that these countries are looking to recruit substantially...
Pakistan Army Acts Against Imran Khan’s PTI On The Eve Of February 8 Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra The conviction of former Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan Niazi together with his erstwhile Cabinet colleague Shah Mehmood Qureshi seems to be following a pattern quite familiar in the country of their birth. The decision of the court announced almost on the eve of the general...
Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur Worked For Social Justice Till His End
By Harihar Swarup Last week was the birth centenary of Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur whose relentless pursuit of social justice created a positive impact on the lives of crores of people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Bharat Ratna award to him coinciding with his birth centenary. Modi said...
Qatar’s Mediation In Gaza War Threatens To Boomerang On A Possible Resolution
By James M Dorsey Qatari mediation in the Gaza war threatens to become a double-edged sword. Demonstrators gathered this week at Qatari diplomatic missions in Washington, New York, and Ottawa to express frustration with the Gulf state’s failure to achieve an Israeli-Hamas agreement on a second round of prisoner...
Leftwing Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders Is Again Trying To Stop US Aid To Israel
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON: This time Democratic senator Bernie Sanders is pulling no punches. The carnage the Israeli military has inflicted upon civilians in Gaza is so appalling that he wants to cut off all U.S. military aid to Israel—offensive and defensive. And that stand flies directly in the...
Opposition’s Points Raised During Debate On ‘Motion Of Thanks’ Unanswered
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Since the Presidential address in the Parliament is supposed to summarise the government’s achievements and intentions followed by meaningful debate, in which opposition raises points of concern, the Prime Minister is expected to address them during his reply to the ‘Motion of Thanks’. However, in...
CJI Chandrachud’s Observation On Chandigarh Mayoral Polls Exposes BJP
By Sushil Kutty Was the manner in which the Chandigarh mayoral election conducted a symptom or the disease itself, a crooked system at play? The country’s top court has spoken – the previous week’s mayoral poll in the Union Territory was openly tampered with by a seemingly biased Presiding...
