By Arun Srivastava Making a strategic shift, from accomplishing its mission to create a “Congress Mukt Bharat” the BJP ironman Narendra Modi ably supported by his mentor RSS has embarked on the path to obliterate the opposition and particularly the regional parties from the political map of India. The...
By Rudrashish Chakraborty The day has finally arrived: today on July 31, my teacher, colleague and dear friend Mr Keval Arora superannuates after 44 years of an illustrious teaching career, all of which he devoted to Kirori Mal College. He has enthralled generations of students in the classroom with...
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Enthused by the success in Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha by polls, BJP is now making serious attempt to make dent in Yadav and Muslim support base of Samajwadi Party. It would be worth mentioning here that during last three polls, BJP concentrated in mobilisation...
By Harihar Swarup The BJP in Karnataka is leaving no stone unturned in achieving the permanent marginalization of Muslims in this once cosmopolitan state. A determined march towards realizing (more legitimacy and respectably than in 2018) to the BJP in 2023 has begun. The Bajrang Dal, Jangjaruti Samiti, and...
By Sushil Kutty It’s a month since the Maha Vikas Aghadi government fell and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took over replacing the Uddhav Thackeray alliance. They haven’t yet started governing Maharashtra in earnest as there is no ministry formation. The two appear...
By K Raveendran A global crisis in the supply of lithium and other components is hitting the Indian EV industry even harder than other major markets. Apart from the high costs of imports, the relative low size of the Indian market is also affecting the industry’s capacity to negotiate....
By Arun Srivastava After performing the Ashwamedh Agyna in Hyderabad only a month back, Narendra Modi and his lieutenant Amit Shah let their saffron horse to travel across the southern India to conquer the region, the duo has revived their old programme of “Look Northeast” by holding the national...
By Devasis Chattopadhyay Globally, most business and tech media, both online and offline (read print), for the past few days are discussing the muted and declining revenue of the Facebook parent Meta Platforms in the face of growing competition from TikTok. When I look at both these organisations, I...
By James M Dorsey I2-U2, the Indo-West Asian quad, has boasted its first success with the acquisition by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani of Haifa Port. The acquisition was announced days after an I2-U2 virtual summit during US President Joe Biden’s visit last week to the Middle East. The acquisition...
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Congress has alleged use of Police and administration in the election of office bearers of district Panchayat. It was adoption of these tactics that the BJP could capture 41 district Panchayats out of 51 for which elections were held. Congress could capture only 9....