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By Tomás Leighton Chile, an important nation of Latin America is going for the Presidential polls on November 21 this year, the outcome of which will be very crucial for the political future of both this country and the region as a whole. The left movement in the other...
Supreme Court Order On Pegasus May Lead To Narendra Modi’s ’Watergate Moment’
By Nitya Chakraborty The Supreme Court order on Wednesday morning appointing an expert committee to look into the allegations of unauthorized surveillance using the Pegasus software is nothing but a Watergate like moment for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP led NDA government. The observations made by...
A Complete Washout For Modi Govt In Pegasus Snooping Case
By K Raveendran The Modi government has taken the honourable Supreme Court, the 1.3 billion people of this country and all lovers of democracy on a ride by refusing to answer one simple question: whether it used to spy on its own citizens in the name of national security....
Amarinder Singh’s Proposed New Party Will Add To Confusion In Punjab
By Sushil Kutty Amarinder Singh is stuck on a name for his newly launched nameless political party. There may be christening in another 48 hours after 12 noon October 27. At least that’s the impression the captain gave when he held forth on drones and BSF and BJP, the...
Narendra Modi’s Digital Health Mission Has No Regulatory Framework
By Sidra Javed On September 26, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) under which a citizen shall have the option to obtain a digital health ID. A digital health ID is a unique ID and will carry all health records of a person....
COP 26 Conclave Must Do Away With Vague Promises
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Emissions Gap Report 2021 released just a few days ahead of COP26 clearly shows the vagueness of promises by countries and lack of transparency, clearly defined rules and target for actual reductions in emissions. As the pressure on India is being increased by the...
Aung San Suu Kyi Is The Symbol Of Democratic Resistance Against Coup In Myanmar
By Harihar Swarup Myanmar has been again in turmoil with the country’s democratically leader Aung San Suu Kyi was ousted in an army coup in February this year. Myanmar’s junta has said that it would not engage in talks with coup dissidents, including members of Aung Suu Kyi’s ousted...
Congress-RJD Clash In October 30 Bypolls Is A Jolt To Opposition Unity Efforts
By Nitya Chakraborty In Indian politics, the ground situation changes very fast. That is apparent now as in just two months since the holding of the meeting of the 19 opposition parties on August 20, hosted by the then interim president, but now hands on president of the Congress...
Assembly Election Scenario In Punjab Has Changed Drastically In Two Months
By Kalyani Shankar What is the big picture in poll-bound Punjab after the exit of the former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh? The emerging scenario is that Punjab will face a multi-cornered fight. In that event, no party or a coalition is in a position to get a majority....
Doubling Of Climate Change Efforts Required At COP 26
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As the Twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) is nearing, all eyes are set on India, the fourth largest greenhouse gas emitter of the world, the first being China, second United States, and the third the European Union. It is because...
BJP And Congress Engaged In A Bitter Fight In Madhya Pradesh In Bypolls
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: In the midst of hectic electioneering for four by-polls – one for Lok Sabha and three Vidhan Sabha – Congress suffered serious setback when one of its legislators joined the BJP. He is the 27th Congress legislator who has left the party after March 2020...
Aparna Sen’s Six Decades In Bengali Cinema Has Been A Great Journey
By Papri Sri Raman If one were to describe Aparna Sen and her work, there is just one Bengali phrase that comes to mind: Bhalo Kharab Meye (The good bad girl). This is the title of a 1993 play, for which Sen won the Best Actor award from Kalakar...
Five Lessons Coronavirus Taught Us For Tackling The Climate Crisis
By Marc Vandepitte Since the 2002 outbreak of SARS, a coronavirus, scientists have repeatedly warned us of a new pandemic. In 2016, the World Health Organization placed coronaviruses in the top eight viral threats, requiring more research. There was no research because Big Pharma had no profit forecasts at...
Changing Prescription Drugs To OTC May Be Dangerous
By Nantoo Banerjee Otrivin Oxy, a fast relief adult nasal spray over-the-counter (OTC) drug marketed in India by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the world’s sixth largest pharmaceutical company by revenue, seems to have become very popular among those suffering from severe nasal congestion. Its 10-second TV ad is quite compelling. The...
Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Launch Puts China One Step Ahead Of USA In Military Balance
By Anjan Roy China has upended the global strategic and military balance with two launches of its hypersonic glide vehicles in course of two months this year. The reports about the successful launch of these vehicles had jolted America and its entire military top hierarchy out of a slumber...
Job Crisis Forces Modi Govt To Set Up Panel On New Employment Policy
By Satyaki Chakraborty The burgeoning employment crisis in the country has forced the Narendra Modi Government to think of framing a new employment policy for ensuring maximum generation of jobs in the coming decade and accordingly a panel is shortly going to be set up. The panel will take...
Bizarre Twists And Turns Of Aryan Khan’s Narcotics In Cruise Case
By Sushil Kutty The Aryan Khan Cruise Case is getting curiouser and curiouser. So much so, Sherlock Holmes would have given up in disgust, maybe inclined to jump off a cliff descending to a rocky bottom where the breakers strike with ear-splitting raucous. Meanwhile, the “Wounded and wronged Prince”...
BJP And Samajwadi Party Working On Alliances Before Uttar Pradesh Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Major political parties of Uttar Pradesh are looking for alliance partners to enlarge their area of influence to achieve success in the coming state assembly elections in February/March 2022. Ruling BJP is working very hard with the support of the entire Sangh Parivar to retain...
