By Arun Srivastava What a coincidence! On July 13, while Justice Amrita Singh of Calcutta High Court was telling the lawyer of the State Election Commission, Kishore Dutta, that the lust for pecuniary gain and a job for five years was at the back of huge amount of electoral...
By Sushil Kutty Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma speaks in a different tongue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s. On the one hand, Modi goes out of his way to woo Muslims with targeted welfare schemes; on the other, the Assam Chief Minister makes it a daily habit to...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Meta’s groundbreaking ‘Threads’ caused a seismic shift in social media, generating unparalleled excitement. Positioned as the ultimate challenger to Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg disrupted the online networking landscape by introducing Threads which is increasingly perceived as a clone of Twitter. This clash between industry giants has...
By K Raveendran The government has announced plans to monetise the huge domestic gold holdings from time to time, each subsequent version seeking to correct the drawbacks with the previous plans. But the hard fact is that none of these achieved even a fraction of the desired results. Indian...
By James M Dorsey A recent 27-year, four million-tonne liquefied natural gas (LNG) Qatari export agreement with China, the longest in gas export history, highlights different Gulf state approaches to navigating big power rivalry between the People’s Republic and the United States. Widely seen as giving China a grip...
By Dr Arun Mira Much is being talked about making 100 cities throughout the country as smart cities. Focus of smartness is on digitalization, beautification, high rise buildings, big flyovers, wide spaces for cars to run on the roads, luxury parks etc. Little is being said about issues that...
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Several thousand people from West Bengal had fled to neighbouring Bangladesh areas and Assam during the prolonged spell of violence that marred the recent Panchayat elections in the state. While the exodus went unreported in the Bengal mass media outlets, Assam Chief Minister Mr Himanta...
By Nitya Chakraborty The second conclave of the opposition parties is now scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on July 17 and 18 to take forward the decisions arrived at the first Patna conclave of 16 parties held on June 23. The Bengaluru conclave hosted by the Congress Party...
By D. Raja “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved,” declared Dr Ambedkar nearly a century back to a gathering of over 3000 women in 1927. This statement made by Dr Ambedkar still remains a good yardstick to gauge the...
By Binoy Viswam People used to call Manipur the Jewel of India. Later, the government also borrowed that word to decorate their advertisement hoardings. The history, culture and arts of Manipur were evolved through periods of time in which the people played their due role. Meiteis, Kukis and Nagas...