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By W. T. Whitney Jr. “Sometimes there are revolutions but people keep on thinking the same way. But now we are seeing a peacetime transformation process and there is a change of mentality… I said yesterday that we are winning the battle against racism, classism, discrimination. This is not...
Another Biden-Trump Contest Is Likely In 2024 Presidential Elections
By Kalyani Shankar Will a potential Joe Biden versus Donald Trump presidential race happen in 2024 in the United States? It is the question after the two current and former presidents have thrown themselves in the presidential ring two years in advance. Democrats and Republicans are already preparing for...
Pre-Budget Consultations Make Finance Ministry Officials No Wiser
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The conclusion of India’s pre-budget consultations on November 28, 2022 have left the Union Ministry of Finance in such a worried state of mind that it lost its temper on the demand and boycott by the joint forum of 10 Central Trade Unions. A government...
Jharkhand Chief Minister Is Ready To Take The BJP Leadership Head On
By Arun Srivastava Last week Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren got a relief from the Supreme Court with it setting aside a high court order upholding the maintainability of a public interest litigation (PIL) for a probe against the chief minister in a mining lease case but Hemant is...
The Kashmir Files Film Might Be A Sort Of Propaganda But The Issue Is Real
By Sushil Kutty ‘Gaslighting’ is associated with ‘disorientation’. It is also closely related to “fake news”, and conspiracy theories. It is “the act or practice of grossly misleading someone or a group of people for one’s own advantage.” Like filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, who stands accused of gaslighting Indians into...
Mamata Government Faces Fresh Political Challenge In Darjeeling District
By Ashis Biswas In Darjeeling Hamro Party (HP) leader Ajoy Edward has revived the call for a separate Gorkha state in the North Bengal hills, accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of backing ‘dubious elements’ like Anit Thapa, current head of the Gorkha Territorial Authority (GTA). Mr. Edward while...
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra Getting Massive Response In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Despite being the BJP’s bastion, Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is getting a good response in Madhya Pradesh. The most enthusiastic welcome was accorded by Indore whose corporation is controlled by the BJP. Besides majority of MLAs and Lok Sabha seats is represented by...
Indian Navy Takes Up Initiatives For Security In Indo-Pacific Region
By Ashok B Sharma Indian Navy has become active in the Indo-Pacific Region following government’s focus in the region with emphasis on its Act East Policy. It convened a three-day Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2022 (IPRD 2022) in New Delhi from November 23, this year, in which there were participants...
Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro Scores A Big Political Victory
By Satyaki Chakraborty The struggling leftwing government in Venezuela led by President Nicholas Maduro scored a major political victory on November 26 when the government leaders reached a social agreement in Mexico city with the rightwing opposition of the country’s national assembly to create a fund managed by the...
India Must Spend Big On Sports To Build Global Reputation
By Nantoo Banerjee India may rank lowly at 104th position on the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) men’s table, dropped from 94th in 1996, its enthusiasm over the game is probably among the highest in the world. Over 300 million Indians, numbering close to the entire population of...
Central Trade Unions Boycott Finance Ministry’s Pre-Budget Virtual Consultations
By Dr. Gyan Pathak A joint forum of ten central trade unions — including, INTUC, AITUC, TUCC, SEWA, HMS, CITU, AICCTU, LPF, AIUTUC and UTUC —has decided to boycott the virtual pre-budget consultation with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on November 28, demanding a physical meeting with reasonable time to...
Shah 2002 Reference To Modi ‘Restoring Peace’ In Gujarat Is Ominous
By Arun Srivastava With the assembly elections in Gujarat reaching its last leg, the BJP Chanakya Amit Shah took to the trusted lane of communalism, this time with the precise goal to communalise the Gujarati youth. With this mission he even dug up the past and did not hesitate...
India’s Oscar Contender “Last Film Show” Is A Poignant Human Document
By Nitya Chakraborty I saw last week in Netflix Writer Director Pan Nalin’s latest film “Last Film Show”, ”Chhello Show” in Gujarati. The film has already been nominated by India as its Oscar contender for the 2023 Academy Awards Function scheduled in March. Only last week, Nalin’s film was...
BJP Leadership Has Staked Everything For Winning Assembly Polls In Gujarat
By Sushil Kutty Twenty-seven years of BJP rule and the Gujarat electorate is in two minds. To vote BJP, or not vote BJP? Also, there are happy people, and there are unhappy people, both lots linked to Modi, and Modi’s doings, past and present. Again, for the first time...
Chinese Supremo Xi Jinping Is Facing Biggest Challenge In His Tenure
By Anjan Roy As protests against Covid lock-downs and harassment of ordinary people getting louder and widespread, it is turning into a call against the Chinese nation’s supremo Xi Jinping This is the unprecedented new trend in Chinese society. China is facing waves of protests —something unseen and unthinkable...
It May Be Time To Lower Voting Age To Include ‘I-Gen’ Voters
By K Raveendran The 61st Constitution amendment of 1988 that brought down voting age in India from 21 to 18 had reasoned that the present day youth were literate and enlightened and therefore deserved the opportunity to give vent to their feelings. It was also observed that ‘they were...
Second Leg Of Indian Farmers Agitation Begins On November 26
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The first phase of farmers agitation of India was called off on December 11, 2021 after the three controversial farm laws were repealed fulfilling the chief demand of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha. However, the other demands including guaranteed Minimum Support Price (MSP) remained unfulfilled even...
Home Minister Amit Shah Finally Admitted BJP Role In Gujarat Riots In 2002
By Sushil Kutty It couldn’t have been slip of tongue. Was it a boast, or a dare? Perhaps, a warning, a straightforward reminder, to vote-bank to stay put because you don’t do that, and communal rioting will follow. Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statements spelled out that Gujarat 2002...
