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By Arun Srivastava Chanakya of BJP, Amit Shah has come out with the implicit advice to Rahul Gandhi to go to a higher court and challenge the verdict of the Surat court. This unsolicited advice coming from the iron man of the BJP has given rise to numerous conjecture...
Workers Unable To Live A Life Of Dignity Without Social Security
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The recently held Annual Development Partners meeting of the ILO’s Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for all has reiterated that the human right to social security is still not a reality for more than 4 billion people of the world who are...
Trump Has That Uncanny Power To Turn A Crisis Into A Big Opportunity
By Sushil Kutty Former United States President Donald Trump was to travel to New York from Florida following his indictment and the “charges in a sealed cover”. More than three years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had famously said ‘Abki Baar Trump Sarkar’ which fell through notoriously and resulted...
Unleashing Of An Iranian Tiger: Politics Over Tourist Attractions
By James M Dorsey A Gulf investor with an analytical and artistic bent, Ali al-Salim pinpointed the long-term challenges Saudi Arabia faces as it re-establishes relations with Iran. While most analysts focused on the immediate reduction of regional tensions and the possible opening for an end to the eight-year-long...
Trump Won’t Be Defeated In 2024 Polls Through Indictments Alone
By Ben Beckett On Thursday, Donald Trump was indicted in Manhattan. The charges related to the funding of a nondisclosure agreement he signed with the adult performer Stormy Daniels regarding an extramarital affair he had with her. It would be great if the charges derailed Trump, but as the...
World Is Keenly Watching What Narendra Modi Is Doing In ‘Mother Of Democracy’
By Sushil Kutty After the United States dived in, it was the turn of Germany to wade in. Rahul Gandhi’s “disqualified MP” status is bothering both democracies. What Rahul Gandhi’s London remarks could not do, his disqualification from the Lok Sabha did, make both countries sit up and react....
Global South Is Looking To India To Find Ways To Deal With Debt Crisis
By K R Sudhaman Global debt and recession are two major challenges afflicting many parts of the World, particularly the global south. India, which heads G 20 this year, has a great responsibility to work with member countries to find a solution to these problems. In this connection, India’s...
Relief For Kerala Chief Minister In CMRDF Case
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The verdict of Lok Ayukta Justice Cyriac Joseph in the case of alleged misappropriation of the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund (CMRDF) during Pinarayi Vijayan Government’s previous term from 2016 to 2021 has come as a big relief to the Chief Minister. Any adverse verdict...
Latest Collapse Of US And European Banks Is A Part Of Continuing Crisis Of Capitalism
By Dr. Soma Marla Recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has further led to the fall of Signature bank, Credit Suisse and now a major European German Credit Douche bank. This banking crisis has resulted from US Treasury’s recent interest rate hike. Cracks are appearing in US banking...
Congress To Hold Nationwide Protests Against Rahul’s Disqualification
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress has hit the streets. With a bang, the grand old party has announced a series of protest programmes as well as launched Jai Bharat Satyagraha, a massive Opposition action to register dissent against the disqualification of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi from the...
High Food And Energy Costs Are Taking A Toll, May Worsen
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Surging food and energy prices have fuelled inflation and hurt growth, says an IMP background note on the macroeconomic impact of food and energy insecurity prepared for G-20 currently chaired by India, and has called for an early and smart action. IMF has also called...
Karnataka Polls Will Help Both Congress And BJP To Assess Their Strength Before 2024
By Tirthankar Mitra While Assembly elections in Karnataka is a little over a month away from now, timeline of 2024 Lok Sabha elections is in April/May. But the election results of this southern state and several other states later this year will help BJP and Congress take stock of...
Bernie Sanders’s Interrogation Of Former Starbucks CEO Is A Good Beginning
By Liza Featherstone On March 29 morning, Sen. Bernie Sanders and his Democratic colleagues grilled Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks, and heard testimony from workers about the company’s extensive, illegal union–busting. It was a glorious spectacle, displaying the power of working-class organizing with allies in elected office to...
There Are Ten Valid Reasons To Appeal Against Rahul Gandhi’s Conviction
By Satyaki Chakraborty There are at least ten valid legal reasons for challenging the conviction of the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by the Surat Court as a consequence of which the Wayanad member of Lok Sabha was disqualified by the Lok Sabha secretariat on March 23 this year. The...
Karnataka Assembly Poll Is A Big Test For Both The Congress And The BJP
By Sushil Kutty The single-phase Karnataka assembly elections takes place on May 10. It is a largely 3-party race, with the BJP, the Congress and H D Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal (S) fighting it out in the full glare of domestic, national and international media. The Karnataka elections are the...
Tamil Nadu Politics Enters New Phase After Court Verdict Favouring EPS Leadership Of AIADMK
By K R Sudhaman After M G Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa, AIADMK, which was formed by MGR breaking away from DMK over issue of corruption during the leadership of M K Karunanidhi in 1970s, now has an undisputed leader in former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Edappadi Palaniswami, who became the...
Pakistani Christians Applaud CAA Legislation Of Narendra Modi Government
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: In an unexpected turn of events, a section of Christians living in Pakistan has issued its strong endorsement of the new citizenship legislation introduced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government in India. The small yet commonly persecuted Pak-based Christian community is hopeful that it...
National Resources Are Being Sold Cheap To The Industrialists By BJP Govt
By Krishna Jha Under the grim shadows of crisis spreading all over, and the general masses being at the receiving end, brutal offensive of plunder and destruction engulfs all sections of the society except the top few. Apart from the petty, small and middle strata, there are those at...
