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BJP Is Making Rahul Gandhi The Hero Of Opposition Camp By Disallowing Him To Speak In Lok Sabha

By Sushil Kutty The Narendra Modi government will not let Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to speak in Parliament till he gives in to the government diktat. Forget Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, he stands no chance against the government. And as for the rest of the BJP, including those...

Mar 17 · >

Indian Economy Is Showing Rising National Income With Decline In Social Welfare Of People

By Arun Kumar India’s per capita income, representing the average income of an Indian citizen, has risen from INR 79,000 in 2013–14 to INR 1,71,000 in 2022–23 — an increase of 116 percent. Therefore, some claim that incomes have more than doubled in India since the present ruling dispensation...

Mar 17 · >

Conditions Of Working People Will Be Worse Under ‘Hindu Rate Of Growth’

By Prabhat Patnaik For a large part of the dirigiste period, the gross domestic product of the Indian economy grew at a rate of around 4 per cent per annum or less, which, though an improvement compared to the colonial era that had witnessed virtual stagnation, was not very...

Mar 17 · >

US, UK and Australia’s Nuclear Submarine Deal Is Aimed Against China

By Prabir Purkayastha The recent Australia, US and UK 368 billion dollar deal on buying nuclear submarines has been termed by Paul Keating, a former Australian PM, as the worst deal in all history. It commits Australia to buy conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines which will be delivered earliest in the...

Mar 17 · >

Civil Aviation Programme In India Is A Victim Of Low Budgetary Allocation

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Civil Aviation sector in India remains a victim of low budgetary allocation as well as improper plans and implementation by the Narendra Modi led government at the Centre that claims about its good governance and performance. It has been revealed in an assessment of the...

Mar 17 · >

Land To The Landless: CM Nitish Bolsters Mahagathbandhan Vote-Base

By Rahil Nora Chopra Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the seven-party alliance of Mahagathbandhan, led by Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar, is planning to give land to landless people to construct houses. In addition, the ruling alliance in Bihar is also planning a special survey of those...

Mar 17 · >

United States Share Of Global Arms Exports Is Highest At 40 Per Cent

By Roger McKenzie The U.S. share of global arms exports has risen to 40%, according to a report published Monday. The U.S. has long been the world’s leading exporter of military equipment, but its share of the deadly trade grew by 14% between 2013–17 and 2018–22, says the report...

Mar 17 · >

Central Agencies Have Been Reduced To Modi’s Anti-Opposition Weapons

By Prakash Karat Heralding a new offensive against the opposition by the Modi government, there has been a spate of activities by the central agencies – particularly, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). In the past two weeks, the CBI summoned for questioning Manish...

Mar 16 · >

Battle For Karnataka: BJP’s Struggle For Survival Amid Infighting

By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi, known for his histrionics, trying to equal the record of Jawaharlal Nehru, by becoming the prime minister for the three successive terms, simply by reactivating the dormant Sangh sympathisers and modules to ensure his victory During his never die campaign in Karnataka, during the...

Mar 16 · >

Five Per Cent Of Global Cocaine Users Are In India

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Five per cent of global cocaine users are already in India, and hence the surge in the global cocaine supply is a matter of great concern. Cocaine is being trafficked through new hubs and expanded criminal networks which led to its dramatic comeback following an...

Mar 16 · >

K Kavitha Misses Date With ED, Citing ‘Setback To Health’

By Sushil Kutty Did Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha make a mistake by missing her March 16 date with the Enforcement Directorate? Till as long as the ED was summoning Kavitha and subjecting her to long hours of relentless questioning, eight to nine hours per session at least,...

Mar 16 · >

Two American Banks’ Collapse Underline Of US Financial System

By Krishna Jha The world was shocked as the news came that two top American banks — both Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank —collapsed in a series. So far, the explanation has been that it was only traditional bank runs. It was also added that in an unexpected...

Mar 16 · >

Supreme Court’s ECI Verdict Is Jurisprudentially Unsound

Dr. Harish B. Narasappa Many observers have hailed the Supreme Court’s decision in Anoop Baranwal versus Union of India as a judgement that strengthens the independence of the Election Commission of India (ECI). A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court held that the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner...

Mar 16 · >

Biden Upsets Greens, Native Alaskans With Willow Oil Project Approval

By Mark Gruenberg During his campaign for the presidency, Joe Biden may have promised “no more drilling on federal lands, period,” but that pledge is now out the window. Belying his reputation as the “green” president, Biden has upset progressive lawmakers, environmentalists, and an Inuit group in Alaska by...

Mar 16 · >

US Right-Wing Is Using East Palestine Disaster To Stoke Racism

By Akil Vicks In the weeks since the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, conservative pundits have managed to turn the conversation to their favourite topic: wokeness. In their view, the lack of media attention and federal emergency response from the Biden administration is proof that American elites...

Mar 16 · >

Blunt Tool Of Interest Rate Hikes: Case For A Relook

By Anjan Roy One swallow does not make a summer, the old proverb goes. But even a single swallow can give some hopes for a return to better times. A softer trend in the wholesale prices, as revealed in the latest figures, had ignited demands for a softer stance...

Mar 15 · >

ChatGPT Response To U.S. Bank Failures Discounts Impact On Indian Banks

By K Raveendran A question to ChatGPT whether a Silicon Valley Bank-type bank failure could happen in India produced a very reassuring answer. While noting that any bank, including SVB type bank, can fail due to various reasons such as mismanagement, fraud, economic turmoil, etc, ChatGPT believes the Reserve...

Mar 15 · >

TMC Govt Under Pressure To Hold Student Union Election

By Tirthankar Mitra The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal seems to be in a minefield of troubles after sweeping to power in the summer of 2021 for the third time in succession. Now, it is confronted with the demand to hold students union elections, which comes in the...

Mar 15 · >
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