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By K R Sudhaman India has now surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation with 1.43 billion people, the latest United Nations data says. China now has a population of 1.42 billion, making it the second most populous country. It may be an elation as India has...
Dibrugarh Town Is On High Security Alert As Amritpal Singh Is In Jail
By Ashis Biswas The state of Assam, especially the Dibrugarh town has been drawing big attraction now as the Sikh secessionist leader Amritpal Singh has been lodged in this jail alongwith the other pro-khalistani Sikhs who were arrested earlier. The town is totally under the control of the security...
Sudan’s Internal War Has No Signs Of Ending As UN Remains Helpless
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The ongoing conflict in Sudan has intensified further, leading to countries sending in emergency planes to evacuate diplomats and their citizens. American fighter planes reportedly carried evacuation of diplomats throughout Monday night. The situation in Sudan is rapidly deteriorating, and the world is watching with...
RSS Is Strongly Opposed To Adoption Of Caste Census At National Level
By Arun Srivastava RSS which claims to be the nation’s conscience keeper and beholder of the highest order of morality utterly lacks moral conviction to explain the reasons for its strident opposition to the caste census which basically aims at ascertaining the correct socio-economic position and to reflect on...
Once Again, The Rioters In 2002 Gujarat Massacre, Go Scot-Free
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The acquittal of all living 67 accused in a Special Court in Ahmedabad has clearly showed that the riot victims of Naroda Gam massacre have been served injustice in place of justice. As the case stands now, prosecution has miserably failed in producing evidence against...
More Fund Transfers To The Working Poor Can Boost Growth In Ailing Indian Economy
By Prabhat Patnaik Government officials never tire of repeating that India is currently the fastest growing major economy in the world. What they never mention is the fact that India had witnessed perhaps the sharpest absolute drop in GDP among the major economies of the world in 2020-21 because...
Suspension Of Earlier Land Reforms Measures Has Adversely Affected Rural India
By Dr Soma Marla In India, landownership is crucial for the upliftment of the rural poor. Even after seven decades of independence from British colonialism, the rich landed sections occupy vast tracts of land while the small and landless, who form 80 percent of the farmer community possess only...
China Dominates Global Wheat Market With Its Record Stocks In 2022-23
By Amitabha Sen The World’s second largest economy, China is currently holding more than half of the global wheat stocks leaving much behind the combined stocks of the US and the European Union’s 27 member states. If excluded China, the global stocks can take care less than two months...
Congress Demands Caste Census, Opposition United To Take On BJP
By Rahil Nora Chopra In an attempt to bring back the politics of social justice before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have raised the demand that the Union government should go ahead for a caste census with immediate effect....
Nepal Prime Minister’s Coming Three Day Visit To India Has Special Significance
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” is set to embark on a three-day visit to India starting on April 28, 2023, in what is seen as a significant step in strengthening bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries. So far, India-Nepal relations have either...
