By Tirthankar Mitra The results of Pakistan election held on Thursday make it clear that it has been a vote for the underdog . It is also a vote against the Establishment meaning powerful Pakistan army.. Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) headed by an imprisoned Imran Khan has emerged on top....
By Girish Linganna Pakistan’s national elections held on February 8 have resulted in a hung parliament, meaning no party has enough seats to govern alone. A coalition government will need to be formed, and an immediate priority will be seeking financial assistance from the IMF. Despite strong opposition from...
By Anjan Roy Bestowing Bharat Ratna on former prime minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao, is a partial correction of neglect and, often, heaping of indignities on him. Well into his twilight era after his prime ministership, Rao used to lead a forlorn life in a bungalow on Man Singh Road,...
By K R Sudhaman The Himalayan states, which have had comparatively less economic development due to various issues including security, have done reasonably well under Prime Minister Narendra Modi if one went by budget allocations in recent years. The Interim budget on February 1, 2024 is no different. The...
By James M Dorsey US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has found a hardened political landscape as he tours the Middle East for the fifth time since the Gaza war erupted. The war has toughened Israeli and Palestinian positions. At the same time, Saudi Arabia appears eager to...
By Girish Linganna The Indian Navy is currently conducting its largest-ever deployment in the Gulf of Aden and Western Arabian Sea. This mission operates independently of the US-UK military campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. An unprecedentedly large Indian Navy fleet of 12 warships is now operating in...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak ‘White Paper’ is a document containing information about pressing issues before the government explaining their plans before their introduction. It is therefore absurd and ridiculous for a government to issue a white paper, after a delay of 10 years while it slept, at a time...
By Sushil Kutty The Bharatiya Janata Party’s hunt for new regional alliances for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls has taken it to Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party and the Badals’ Shiromani Akali Dal even as Jayant Chaudhary’s Rashtriya Lok Dal looks like the best bet, a likelihood that Akhilesh...
By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of the floor test of the NDA government in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in their first meeting since the Janata Dal (United) president dumped the Opposition INDIA bloc and joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) last month,...
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Is RLD President Jayant Chaudhary under tremendous pressure to join NDA Or he wants to bargain with Akhilesh Yadav for a favourable seat sharing for Lok Sabha polls? On January 19 Akhilesh Yadav announced seat sharing with RLD while giving seven seats in Western UP...
By P. Sreekumaran It indeed was a Red Letter Day in the history of Indian politics. Jantar Mantar in the National Capital saw on Thursday, February 8, a capital expression of anger against the Union Government’s attempts to undermine cooperative federalism and its “discriminatory fiscal policies”. The protest, organized...
By Prabhat Patnaik The BJP government holds that truth is what Modi says; if evidence points otherwise then evidence must be wrong and should be suppressed. Modi says that India never had it so good as during the last decade of his government; but since official statistics contradict him,...
By Dr. Soma Marla For the past two weeks, farmers in various European countries have been staging enraged protests against the denial of reasonable prices for their produce. In France, seven important motorways leading to Paris are under the blockade placed by the farmers. They camped around the capital...
By Girish Linganna The Houthis in Yemen are very clear about wanting to get back at the West. This is because of the airstrikes led by the US that have been hitting their missile and drone launching areas. In return, these actions were a reaction to over 30 attacks...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The world of esports is rapidly turning numerous young players to millionaire status every month. Over the last five years, India’s online gaming sector has experienced substantial growth. Today, several esports players in India have achieved millionaire status, thanks to their extensive subscriber base and...
By P. Sudhir The Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, the entire cabinet and all the MLAs and MPs of the Left Democratic Front sat in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on February 8. The sit-in was to highlight the central government’s discriminatory attitude to Kerala and the...
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...
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...