By Arun Srivastava The politics in Jharkhand has taken a curious turn with the chief minister, Hemant Soren trying to burnish his relation with the Governor and the judiciary consistently busy adopting an aggressive stance towards the BJP and Modi government. Only a couple of days back Hemant was...
By Aastha Malipatil Very recently the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, while addressing the two-day Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) on various internal security issues, for the State Home Ministers, Home Secretaries and Directors-General of Police and Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), at Surajkund, Haryana, emphasised the need to formulate...
By Khosrow Golsorkhi For more than a month now, anti-government protests have been spreading throughout Iranian society — in the streets, on university campuses, at high schools and middle schools, in front of coffee shops, on the metro and other public transit, and most recently among workers in the...
By Nantoo Banerjee India, accounting for a meagre 2.4 percent of the world surface area, over 18 percent of the current world population and only three percent of global manufacturing output, should focus more on production than free trade agreements (FTA). The matter is relevant as the United Kingdom...
By Sushil Kutty Bharatiya Janata Party President Jagat Prakash Nadda must have hit bed Sunday evening with a satisfied smile, but not as wide as the one ‘K’ for King Chandrashekar Rao must have had on his lean face. Stand Nadda and Rao shoulder to shoulder and it will...
By Arun Srivastava Winning the Gopalganj seat in the latest assembly by poll in Bihar is purely a consolation gift for the BJP. In Gopalganj, BJP’s candidate Kusum Devi won by a slender margin of 1794 votes, defeating RJD’s Mohan Prasad Gupta. Kusum Devi received 70,053 votes and Mohan...
By Nilanjan Banik and Guido Cozzi By the end of this century, planet earth may not be a liveable place, with the average temperature rising at least 2.5 Celsius higher than what it is now. This is according to the latest published UN Climate Change Report. With the climate...
By L.S. Herdenia The Indian Journalists Union has expressed serious concern over persistent attacks on media and the shrinking space for independent media in the country. In a resolution passed at the two-day plenary session at Chennai last week, the union appealed to the democracy loving people in the...
By Mark Gruenberg In a massive pre-election push to the November 8 midterm in USA, the Poor People’s campaign has contacted 5.5 million low-wealth and poor registered voters who could deliver the GOP a massive defeat on Election Day. The organization headed into the final weekend before Election Day...
By K Raveendran Soaring international gas prices in recent weeks have caused much concern in consumer countries like India, but the latest trends indicate that power prices may be reversing course. Although Indian gas prices, particularly in terms of supplies for vehicles as well as cooking, have remained moderated,...