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Governor Of Hindu-Majority Bali Puts Indonesia In A Tight Spot

By James M Dorsey A refusal by the governor of Hindu-majority Bali to host an Israeli soccer team at this May’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup puts the Indonesian government, football association, and foremost Muslim civil society movement on the spot. Wayan Koster’s refusal threatens to lead FIFA to deprive...

Mar 29 · >

Rahul Gandhi’s Political Future Depends On Many Imponderables Before 2024 Polls

By Kalyani Shankar Is Congress leader Rahul Gandhi politically finished after the recent court verdict and his subsequent dismissal from Parliament? Is it an advantage or a setback for him and his party? It is too early to predict as it is an evolving story. But experience says that...

Mar 28 · >

A Contemporary Indian Narrative Of The Times Of Narendra Modi

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The contemporary Indian narrative of the times of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is full of confusing signals for the common men. On the one hand PM Narendra Modi and his government in all their appearance has been trying to be truthful, doing justice, and virtuous,...

Mar 28 · >

Assembly Poll Campaign Picks Up In Karnataka As BJP And Congress Are In Battle-Mode

By Sushil Kutty Things are moving fast in Karnataka where assembly elections will be held in April-May, a matter of a few weeks. In the latest, after the BJP announced the scrapping of the 4 percent quota for the Muslim minority, the Congress vowed to restore it if it...

Mar 28 · >

Central BJP Leaders Focusing On Madhya Pradesh To Retain Power After Assembly Poll

By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: BJP is resorting to virtual ‘ghero’ of Madhya Pradesh. Besides several small leaders, two stalwarts of the party chose to visit Madhya Pradesh almost at the same time. While home minister Amit Shah visited Chhindwara, stronghold of Kamal Nath for more than four decades,...

Mar 28 · >

Israeli Supreme Court ‘Reform’ Aims To Approve Erasure Of Palestinians

By Gershon Baskin At the demonstrations for saving Israel’s democracy, I carry a sign that says, “There is no democracy with occupation.” It is not very popular, and at every demonstration, some people feel compelled to tell me that it is not in the right place. My answer is...

Mar 28 · >

Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer Has Started A War Against British Left

By Ben Chacko British Labour  Party’s  national executive (NEC) is due to consider a motion in Keir Starmer’s name on Tuesday confirming that Jeremy Corbyn will not be endorsed as a candidate for the party at the next election. Nobody will be surprised at this long-trailed development. From Corbyn’s...

Mar 28 · >

Punishment To Rahul Gandhi May Have Been Disproportionate To His Offence

By Nantoo Banerjee The punishment meted out to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by the Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him by a BJP MLA over his “why all thieves have Modi surname” remarks may have been considered by many as disproportionate to his sin...

Mar 27 · >

Congress Should Not Confuse Legal Coalition On Rahul As Political Alliance

By Nitya Chakraborty There has been a sudden change in the political mood of the country, especially among the non-BJP opposition parties after the conviction of the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by the Surat Court and consequent disqualification of Rahul as Lok Sabha member from Wayanad constituency of Kerala....

Mar 27 · >

Honduras Giving Recognition To Communist China Is A Major Event In Latin America

By Satyaki Chakraborty The decision announced by the Honduras Government on Saturday recognizing the People’s Republic of China as the only China and snapping all diplomatic ties with Taiwan signals the emergence of independent foreign policy by the left wing regime elected only early last year after decades of...

Mar 27 · >