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By K Raveendran Curiously, the Hamas attack and the Israeli reprisal coincide with the 5oth anniversary of the first oil crisis, which plunged the world into an oil shock of unprecedented proportions, causing energy prices to skyrocket and leading to fuel shortages, particularly in the United States. And by...
Modi Factor Is Not A Decisive Factor In Poll Bound States
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The political pulse felt by the majority of analysts in the five poll bound states – Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana – suggests that “Modi Factor” has failed to emerge as decisive aspect so far. Rather, the roles of BJP’s state leaders have...
Israel-Hamas War Is Going To Have Some Impact On The Coming State Polls
By Sushil Kutty Voting for elections to the assemblies of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram are to take place from November 7 to 30. Counting of votes will be on December 3 and by evening of the day, the results will be plain to all and sundry...
Decoding The Origin Of The Hamas-Israel War Through Tumultuous Past History
By Anjan Roy Not unexpectedly, Israel-Hamas war has sparked off a battle of words and ideas between two mainline political parties in India. The prime minister’s statement on the Hamas attack as a terrorist act and full support to Israel came face to face from criticisms from the Congress....
Hamas Offensive Against Israel Was Aimed At Putting Palestine Issue To Global Attention Again
By Debabrata Biswas from Boston, USA The Hamas attack, unprecedented in scale and scope, is the deadliest offensive that Israel has faced in 50 years. In the surreptitious attack what Hamas called Operation Al Aqsa Storm / Flood, Hamas more than 900 Israelis have been killed since now and...
Gun Wins Against The Olive Branch In Middle East Once Again
By Matein Khalid Once again, the gun has vanquished the olive branch in the Middle East. The dawn assault by masked Hamas gunmen who infiltrated Israeli towns, villages and kibbutzim across the Gaza border and went on a rampage of indiscriminate killing against civilians asleep in their homes and...
A M Naik Transformed The Construction Company Larsen & Toubro Into An Indian Multinational
By Harihar Swarup What is common in Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, the light rail transit system in Mauritius and Abu Dhabi International Airport Complex? They were built by Larsen & Toubro. Founded in 1938 by Danish engineers Henning Holck-Larson and Soren Kristian in the then Bombay , the company...
Climate Change Has Affected Tea Production In Assam And North Bengal
By Ashis Biswas Major tea growers in Assam, facing a smaller crop yield this August, fear that there could be an overall 10% drop in production over a 12 month period. Among major reasons for the decline in output are changing climatic patterns characterised by increasingly hot weather and...
Slovakia’s Poll Result Reflects Declining Living Standards, Ukraine
By Jakub Bokes Slovakian national election was comfortably won by Smer (Direction), the populist social democratic party of former Prime Minister Robert Fico, with the centrist pro-European party trailing five points behind. The announcement of the results was followed by “unease in the West,” as international media reported the...
PM Modi’s One-Sided Reaction On Hamas-Israel War Has Ominous Portent
By Nitya Chakraborty It is now a full-fledged war between Palestinian militants and Israel. In the last four days, nearly two thousand have been killed. All indications point to further escalation involving the other militants friendly with Hamas on the one side, and big assistance to the far-right Netanyahu...
Chhattisgarh Has Become Most Politically Sensitive State
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Chhattisgarh has turned into the most politically and administratively sensitive state among the five going to poll in November 2023, as it is reflected in the decision of the Election Commission of India to conduct polls in two phases – first on November 7 and...
BJP To Use Hamas Attack On Israel A Weapon To Combat Caste Census
By Arun Srivastava On Saturday, the rightist ecosystem put out a post; ‘What Israel is facing today, India suffered between 2004-14”. The post also mentioned; “Yesterday, Israel faced a dastardly terror attack, just like Mumbai was targeted 26/11/2008. Israel has declared war and their military has struck back. What...
In The Three Hindi Speaking States, BJP’s Campaign Focus Is On Hindutva
By Sushil Kutty Not mentioning “Hamas” in the Congress Working Committee resolution on the Israel-Hamas confrontation in the Gaza Strip is bothering the Congress as it shapes up for the assembly elections in five states. The election commission has spoken about the election deadlines and both the leading parties...
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Scindia Loyalists Get Nominations In BJP’s Fourth List
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: The day poll programme for five states including Madhya Pradesh was announced speculation about chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also ended. The BJP leadership finally assigned his traditional seat to him. As already known¸ polling in Madhya Pradesh will take place only on one...
Major Political Parties Now Using Kanshi Ram To Woo Dalit Voters Before Lok Sabha Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: After BR Ambedkar, major political parties are busy appropriating BSP founder Kanshi Ram to win over crucial dalit voters for 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh., For the first time, the death anniversary of dalit icon Kanshi Ram on October 9 became major event...
Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Reserves Dip By 50 Percent In Last Three Years
By Ashis Biswas Among India’s regional neighbours, the Sri Lankan economy has shown signs of recovery in recent months, with Colombo repaying the $51 million Bangladeshi emergency loan it had received when its financial crisis was at peak. This remarkable turnaround which needs to be sustained over the long...
INDIA Constituents Are Ready To Use Caste Census As A Weapon Against BJP
By Kalyani Shankar Does India need a caste census? If conducted, Will it bring positive or negative consequences? There is debate over this issue. The issue is controversial due to differing opinions on potential benefits or drawbacks. Opinions vary, with some acknowledging its long-standing presence and others expressing concern...
Narendra Modi Is The BJP Mascot In All Poll Bound Five States In November
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With announcement of Vidhan Sabha Elections in five states – Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana – by the Election Commission of India today, the pre-election campaigns end with the Model Code of Conduct for the political parties and their leaders coming into operation....
