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By K Raveendran Increased demand for containers on the China to India route and revival of leasing rates ex China along with resilient intra-Asia trade are keeping the region’s container trade stable. But Container prices in Southeast Asia have notably dropped by over 15 percent over a 90-day period...
With Right-Wingers In Charge, The European Union Is No Pivot Of Democracy
By Kevin Ovenden LONDON: There was widespread relief at the underperformance of Spain’s far-right Vox party in last month’s general election. The centre-right also failed to meet expectations, leaving no bloc easily able to form a government and the likelihood of a second election later this year. Boasts from...
BJP Gambles For Chhattisgarh And Madhya Pradesh Elections
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has released its first list of candidates for Vidhan Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh on August 17, almost two months earlier than the expected date of announcement of elections. BJP’s central leadership has taken a simplistic view of the complex phenomenon called...
TDP Supremo Chandrababu Naidu Has Lost His Bargaining Power With BJP
By Sushil Kutty Whether Telugu Desam Party head Chandrababu Naidu has a role in national politics in 2024 will depend on whether he is in the NDA or not. Naidu insists he will have a role and if talk of the TDP joining hands with the BJP is true,...
AAP, Congress Face Off Over Seven Delhi Seats For Lok Sabha 2024
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Delhi unit of the Congress is in a bind, with its own party leaders putting the blame on it for not being able to effectively counter the ruling AAP on important issues. The grand old party is all set to give its Delhi unit...
Left Wing Luisa Gonzalez Is Still Ahead In Prez Election Race In Ecuador
By Satyaki Chakraborty Just forty eight hours before the Presidential elections in strife torn Ecuador on August 20, opinion polls are favouring the Leftist candidate Luisa Gonzalez as the leading one in the race as 13 million voters exercise their franchise on Sunday. Gonzalez is the only woman candidate...
Opposition Parties Back At CM Bashing In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others. If they do, they will get it in the neck. That is the fate which befell Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan, who raised charges against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter, Veena. In his attack...
Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA In A Quandary Over Supreme Court’s Bail Terms
By Sarah Thanawala “If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you,” wrote German philosopher Freidrich Neitszche in his book Beyond Good And Evil. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) seems to have discovered the meaning of the quote recently. On July 28, a division...
Will China Succeed In Brokering Peace Between Palestine And Israel?
By Ramzy Baroud It is feasible for China to continue playing an important role in mediating Middle East conflicts. In fact, it already has. In the case of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, however, mediation is hardly the issue. Even before Beijing successfully managed to achieve reconciliation between Saudi...
Prime Minister’s Red Fort Address Was A Pitiable Show By A Failed Politician
By Binoy Viswam The month of August calls upon every Indian to recall the unfading saga of great struggles and heroic sacrifices. This is the month that brought the long-awaited freedom to our people. Our long-drawn freedom struggle was an unparalleled one where various streams of struggles, from Satyagraha...
Congress-AAP Alliance Move In Delhi Suffers Teething Troubles
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The National Capital Territory of Delhi drew political attention of the entire nation on August 16, due to a very short-term problem that occurred in the early stages of the opposition INDIA alliance, which can be termed as only teething troubles. A ‘news hype’, a...
China’s Consumer Demand Decline Helping India In Getting More Foreign Investment
By Subrata Majumder Consumer demand in China plunged into deflation, reflecting onslaught on consumer price. Its consumer price index fell by 0.3 percent in July, 2023, year -on-year basis, demonstrating failure of Xi Jinping’s new policy to retrieve the economy, which was dented by zero -COVID policy and domestic...
Narendra Modi’s Tenth Independence Day Speech Was A Display Of Toxic Politics
By P. Sudhir Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Red Fort speech on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day had all the hallmarks which have become typical of his Independence Day speeches of the past years. There were the boastful claims of how, since 2014, India has made tremendous progress...
India Alliance Partners Must Show Maturity While Talking Of Seat Sharing
By Sushil Kutty So, ‘INDIA’ is vacillating. Home Minister Amit Shah says Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get his wish, a majority and a third term. This, when all that INDIA has to do is prevent India from voting for Modi. The Congress should get its leadership role in...
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Is Best Suited To Lead India Alliance Against BJP In His State
By Arun Srivastava Truncated and bereft of a distinct political dimension, the Jharkhand state Congress has prevailed on its central leadership to go ahead with its electoral preparedness. State Congress leaders are resorting to this strange move even after aware of the basic fact that the party cannot challenge...
Progressive Arevalo Maintaining Big Lead Before August 20 Prez Election In Guatemala
By Satyaki Chakraborty Just three days before the crucial Presidential elections in Guatemala on August 20, a new public opinion poll released ahead of Guatemala’s presidential race indicates that former dark-horse candidate progressive Bernardo Arevalo is heading into the polling day with a substantial lead. Arevalo, a candidate for...
Dhupguri Bypoll Result Is Crucial For The Congress In Deciding On Its Bengal Strategy
By Tirthankar Mitra Come September 5, Dhupguri in West Bengal together with six other state Assembly segments in other parts of the country, will go for by-polls. But the by-election in this north Bengal constituency will be a field trial of sorts for the INDIA coalition as Congress is...
PM Narendra Modi Plays Cat And Mouse On Sedition
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been playing cat and mouse for quite some time now. On June 28, 2023, while addressing party workers in poll bound Madhya Pradesh, he had categorically threatened the opposition calling them a bunch of corrupt leaders whom he vowed not...
