By Sushil Kutty Congress leader Dr. Ajoy Kumar tweeted “Morbi bridge collapse is an ‘Act of Fraud’. God’s message to Modi ji”. New Twitter owner Elon Musk wouldn’t object, he is a free speech absolutist. But even he wouldn’t approve of “likes” garnered for being glib about 134 killed,...
By Arun Srivastava The political developments are not shaping up in consonance to the desires of Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar. While he wants that Bihar should strive for bringing the opposition parties on a common platform, allies of his Mahagathbandhan are not putting so much...
By Olavo Passos De Souza On Sunday, October 30, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva achieved a historic victory over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. In the closest race since the restoration of Brazilian democracy in the 1980s, Bolsonaro became the first incumbent to ever lose reelection. The...
By Nitya Chakraborty In a development of historic significance for Latin American politics, the Brazilian voters on Sunday, October 30, ousted far-right President Jair Bolsonaro after just one term and elected the leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by a narrow margin. The Presidential runoff between the...
By Nantoo Banerjee Reserve Bank Deputy Governor T Ravi Sankar is absolutely right to say that there is no alternative to the internationalisation of Indian Rupee (INR) despite the domestic monetary challenges it will pose. The use of INR in cross-border transactions is expected to mitigate currency risks for...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Early this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 75 Digital Bank Units (DBUs) to mark 75 years of Independence. These brick-and-mortar digital banks one each in 75 districts of India aims to take the benefits of digital banking to every part of the country –...
By Sushil Kutty Some days you’re the bug, some days you’re the windshield! Of late, the Bharatiya Janata Party is the bug plastered all over India’s windshield. Before the ‘Bridge over River Machchhu’ in Morbi collapsed, there was ‘Operation Lotus’ going completely wrong in Telangana, making Chief Minister K...
By Arun Srivastava Except jabbing his jumlas and narrating his “man ki baat” that too once in a month, Narendra Modi is not known to be upfront in his expressions and usually refrains from conveying his thoughts and ideas to the people of the country. But whenever he speaks,...
By Tirthankar Mitra Poised to emerge as ruling dispensation of West Bengal an year ago before state Assembly polls, state BJP hopes fell flat thereafter. And now the party finds itself to be a house divided with intra party squabbles, so far under the wraps is now in the...
By K Raveendran Violations and atoning for them are in the DNA of Google and its owner Alphabet. Google had to pay penalties of Rs 2,274 crore within the space of a week, in two orders issued by the Competition Commission of India for misusing its dominant position in...