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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is heartening news for Kerala’s economy. The dark predictions about an imminent economic collapse made by incorrigible Government-baiters and doubting Thomases have been proved to be what they are: patent falsehoods. The facts speak for themselves. The data are self-explanatory. The news that makes...
Saudi-Israeli Deal Would Be A Gamechanger, But Not For Discussed Reasons
By James M Dorsey A Saudi-Israeli agreement to establish diplomatic relations involving enhanced US commitments to Gulf security could be a game-changer for great power rivalry in the Middle East. To be sure, US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu face formidable obstacles in paying the...
Soumendu Roy Was A Master Cinematographer Collaborating With Satyajit Ray
By Tirthankar Mitra Size matters, so do strength. But it was something more than these physical attributes which helped Soumendu Roy, the most appreciated film cameraman after Subrata Mitra, having carried a heavy Mitchell camera on his shoulders and run in the sets of Pather Panchali cameraman of Bengali...
BJP In A Big Dilemma After Choosing Union Ministers For Assembly Polls
By Arun Srivastava With the constituents of INDIA launching their drive for smooth seat sharing, the mainstream media, in collaboration with the media cell of the BJP, has launched fresh endeavour to recreate the image of Narendra Modi of being a strong and decisive administrator and an astute politician....
PM Narendra Modi’s Political Postures Signify His Stakes Very High
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh have turned into a decisive political battlefield. The way Prime Minister Narendra Modi is posturing and positioning himself now, signify it, as well as his very high stakes, as if it would be do or die battle for him, since...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Is Now A YouTuber With 17.9 Million Subscribers
By Sushil Kutty Now we have a YouTuber Prime Minister. How many heads of state world over are YouTubers? Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlike other world leaders. He can be as high and mighty as another. He can be as ornery and common as another. But this Prime...
Rahul Bats For Caste Census Again, Says Women’s Bill Will Benefit
By Rahil Nora Chopra In a bid to reframe the politics of social justice before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has brought the OBC question to the forefront of national discourse by maintaining a sharp focus on it during his speech on the Women’s Reservation...
Narendra Modi Government Is Planning To Use Forest Lands For Profiteering By Corporates
By Prabhat Patnaik The Narendra Modi government, ever solicitous of corporate interests, has launched a plan whereby real estate developers and other corporates will be allowed to destroy large swathes of India’s forest cover for starting projects that rake in profits. It is amending the Forest Conservation Act to...
Can Narendra Modi Convert Nijjar Killing Into His Balakot Moment In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls?
By Girish Linganna As the BJP gears up for the 18th Lok Sabha elections, slated for early 2024, there’s speculation about whether Khalistan will become a central campaign issue for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It’s worth noting that Modi secured a resounding victory in the 2019 elections for the...
A Great Visionary, Swaminathan Transformed India From A Food Begging Nation To Exporter
By Tirthankar Mitra Green is stated to be the colour of envy, but it was the colour of life to Mankombu Sambasivam Swaminathan, architect of Green Revolution which metamorphosed India’s image from a begging bowl to a bread basket. A nonagenarian, M S Swaminathan was full of beans and...
Wednesday Republican Presidential Debate Was Completely Nuts
By Luke Savage In the pre–Donald Trump era of yonder, Republican presidential debates were usually dull and predictable affairs with occasional moments of comedy provided by cartoonish figures like Herman Cain. Last night’s GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, managed to replicate this...
Western Nations, Especially USA Are Known For Their Double Standards
By Sushil Kutty The Nijjar killing is now a row. After India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar called out Canada’s hypocrisy and the United States’ double standards, Canada sought to balance with “We cannot bend rules” for anybody. This at the United Nations General Assembly. India’s External Affairs Minister...
INDIA Constituents Are Well Placed In Bihar And Jharkhand Focusing On OBC
By Arun Srivastava It is undeniable that Bihar is India’s most economically backward state. The primary reason for pushing Bihar into the quagmire of extreme poverty and poor socio-economic development squarely lies on the upper castes of the state, who treated the state as their vassalage. The principal factor...
44 Year Old Barbara Figueroa To Lead Chilean Communist Party In Coming Battles
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Communist Party of Chile, a coalition partner of the left wing government of the country headed by President Gabriel Boric took a major step in rejuvenating the party at its meeting on Sunday by electing the fire brand trade union leader Barbara Figueroa as the...
Majority Of Indians Are Anaemic, Lack Adequate Nutritional Foods
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It is a fact, which even Prime Minister Narendra Modi can’t deny, that majority of Indians, especially women aged 15-49 years (57 per cent) and children aged 6 months – 5 years(67 per cent),and also men aged15-49 years (25 per cent), don’t even have enough...
Narendra Modi Government Has Been Eroding The Constitutional Values In Last Nine Years
By Krishna Jha In the five-day session of the Parliament, which was unusual, the themes taken up were certainly not manageable in just five days, but they were all clinched in both the houses. The last session of the Parliament had concluded only on August 11 and coming session...
Bidhuri’s Hate Speech In Parliament Reflects Overall Mindset Of BJP Members
By P. Sudhir Hate speech against Muslims, which has become rampant in society, has now invaded parliament. On the last day of the special session, which was held in the new parliament building, the BJP member of parliament from Delhi, Ramesh Bidhuri, used the most foul and crude anti-Muslim...
80 Per Cent Of Hate Crimes Related To Muslims In India Took Place In BJP Ruled States
By Girish Linganna A recent report by Bloomberg indicates that the ruling party in India, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and associated organizations were responsible for a significant portion of hate speech incidents targeting Muslims in the first half of the year. The report, released by Hindutva Watch,...
