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By Kalyani Shankar Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP are reassessing their 2024 Lok Sabha poll strategy to perform a hat trick. As the Opposition parties try to build a united platform against the BJP, it has become necessary for BJP to begin negotiations with its erstwhile allies...
India’s Grass-Root Democracy Is Under Threat From State Political Leadership
By Nantoo Banerjee It may be to the credit of the Indian National Congress and of Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao, who served as the country’s ninth prime minister from 1991 to 1996, for taking the initiative to pass the Constitution Amendment (73rd and 74th) Acts. The 73rd Amendment empowered...
Myopic Modi Eyes US Trip For ‘Peace In Ukraine’ As Manipur Burns
By Arun Srivastava History repeats. And this time it has repeated itself in Manipur. India’s northeastern state is ablaze, and only four days back the house of Union minister R K Ranjan Singh was burnt to ashes in full view of the security forces and state police. More than...
Just Released Film ‘Adipurush’ Is Undoubtedly A Saffron Friendly Project Gone Wrong
By Sushil Kutty The politics in the Ramayana is over after a few turns of the pages. Machinations of the ‘second wife’ which conspired to send Lord Rama into exile with wife Sita and brother Lakshmana in tow; thereby setting the stage for the most celebrated kidnap-cum-rescue dramas of...
Entire Top BJP Leadership Including PM And Amit Shah Are On Trial In Manipur
By Ashis Biswas During the past few weeks, Narendra Modi Government’s decisions and peace-promoting initiatives relating to the Manipur ethnic riots have only rekindled old controversies, instead of helping to defuse the volatile situation. Worse, most communities whether tribal or non tribal, now seem sceptical of the centre’s intentions...
Centre Must Take Up Action Plan Rather Denying Heatwave Deaths
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Deaths linked to heatwave conditions or exacerbated by it causing about 100 deaths within a span of few days in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar must be taken as wake-up call for India, for it requires urgently putting in place the heat action plan for health...
Samajwadi Party Has To Be More Flexible In Forming A Front Against BJP In Uttar Pradesh
By Arun Srivastava In the past too Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had experimented with several types of coalitions, in 2017 aligning with Congress and in 2019 luring the BSP of Mayawati, but none of the coalitions to defeat the BJP worked. Once again he has floated the idea...
Defying Economic Sanctions, Russian Economy Set To Grow In 2023
By Subrata Majumder Arguments, debates and surprises spun on Russia circumventing the fall out of US led western sanctions and hoping for a bounce back in the economy. About 37 countries have imposed sanctions on Russia since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russian economy shrank by 2.1...
Public Grievances Redressal Mechanism Has Made Some Forward Movement
By K R Sudhaman In a country, where corruption is rampant, one question that is often asked: is the public grievances redress mechanism effective. India may claim to be the largest democracy in the world with widespread freedom to question the authority when they go wrong. In reality, does...
Chicago’s Newly Elected Socialist Mayor Brandon Johnson Is A Big Hope For American Left
By Nick French He’s a political outsider running on a progressive platform who narrowly won a mayoral election against a well-connected, business-friendly, Republican-backed Democrat. His opponents are in hysterics. And now that he’s in office, he’ll have to face down a hostile political establishment, which will likely try to...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Is Under Attack For His Extremist Links
By Ashis Biswas From Manipur, the continuing ethnic strife far from being controlled, has currently impacted the political situation in neighbouring Assam: State Chief Minister Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma, regardless of his assiduously nurtured image as the region’s political strong man, is suddenly under acute pressure to explain his...
NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar’s Succession Formula Shows Who Is The Boss
By Harihar Swarup It was clear from the get-go when NCP chief Sharad Pawar decided to resign as the President a month ago. The three-day drama that saw Pawar take back his resignation as a gesture of deference to the party members now seems aimed at a predictable outcome...
Manipur Crisis Intensifies Despite All The Meetings Of The Home Minister
By Sushil Kutty Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi being kept in the dark on the Manipur killings? As it is, his countrymen have no idea of whether he reads newspapers. If he had, he would have squared off with at least one press conference in the nine barren years...
Overawed By AI, Companies Make Early Moves To Join It Rather Than Fight
By K Raveendran Even as the world weighs the ethical issues of the potential use of artificial intelligence, ironically disclaimed by even its originators, companies are treading cautiously, taking measures on one hand to cope with the implications of the increased use of the pathbreaking technology and on the...
Central Public Sector Jobs In India Are Being Made To Vanish Fast
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It is no secret now that jobs in India under PM Narendra Modi are being made to vanish fast from Central Public Sector Enterprises, and the secure quality jobs are replaced at faster pace with insecure jobs without social security coverage. The Central Public Enterprises...
Smaller Parties Looking For Alliance With Main Political Parties In UP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: For their own survival and better future smaller political parties and caste based groups of Uttar Pradesh are looking for alliance with bigger political parties for 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Recently Mahan Dal announced its unconditional support to BSP led by former chief minister and...
Indian Economy Is Showing Signs Of Buoyancy But There Is No Relief For Unemployed
By K R Sudhaman The Narendra Modi government seems to be on cloud nine after more than expected growth in the fourth quarter of 2022-23. There are certain warning bells in the macroeconomic fundamentals, which should not be ignored. Morgan Stanley is in all praise for Modi government for...
India Is Seeking High Value Semi Conductor Technology From US During PM Visit
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States, there’s hope for significant developments in defence, business, and technology cooperation between the two countries. The visit will be marked by discussions on sealing a big-armed drone deal, high-level meetings with CEOs of top American...
