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By Sushil Kutty Please nobody should complain. Especially don’t complain about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programmes and policies. Criticism is okay, but not complaints. PM Modi is extremely sensitive to “complaints”. Especially those from miffed and upset farmers, and those from the opposition parties. The farmers are opposed to...
Farmers Killing In Lakhimpur Kheri Gives A Big Jolt To Yogi Adityanath
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The killing of more than half a dozen farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri has hottened the political situation in Uttar Pradesh with all opposition parties hitting street putting Yogi Adityanath government on defensive. Senior opposition leaders including former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leaders were...
Right Wing Brazilian President Bolsonaro Facing Demand For Impeachment
By Satyaki Chakraborty Brazil witnessed massive demonstrations in all big towns across the country on Saturday demanding the impeachment of the far right President Jair Bolsonaro for his all round failure in protecting the lives of the citizens against covid and drastic fall in the living standards of the...
Opposition’s Present State Has Brightened Modi’s Acceptability Before Indian Voters
By Harihar Swarup The BJP is keenly watching the churn in India’s oppositional politics. BJP sees the implosion in the Congress. The battle within the country’s grand old party is between those who see a bleak future under current leadership and those who believe that the future of...
Supreme Court Shines Under CJI’s Uncompromising Approach
By K Raveendran The circumstances in which Supreme Court Chief Justice N V Ramana assumed office were not particularly happy. Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s complaint against alleged questionable conduct by Justice Ramana in the run-up to his assumption of office had created misgivings. But it is...
Intimidation, Reprisal, And Detention Of Activists In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Many cases were being reported anonymously to the UN Human Rights because of fear of reprisal from the governments across 45 countries including India. A new report presented to the UN Human Rights council have documented allegations of reprisals and intimidation against some 240 civil...
Poor Countries Are Suffering From Covid Vaccine Shortage
Dr Soma Marla By the end of September this year Western and many middle income nations have succeeded in vaccinating nearly 70 percent of their population, while countries like Haiti, Chad, Syria and others could reach merely two percent level. In India we vaccinated nearly 80 crores of population...
G-23 Leaders Miffed With Congress High Command Again
By Rahil Nora Chopra The G-23 group of leaders, who have been demanding reforms within the Congress party and reiterating their calls for change, have once again raised their reservations following the crisis in the party in Punjab as well as the exit of a senior leader from its...
Starmer Determined To Move British Labour To Centrist Position
By Arun Srivastava Now there is no ambiguity. The Labour Party under Keir Starmer will outright discard the left ideals and will be “back in business” with the sole mission of winning the Parliamentary elections. The goal set by Starmer makes it explicit that the party is not inching...
U.S. has spent $21 trillion for 20 years in its ‘war against terror’
By John Bachtell Since September 11, 2001, the United States, has spent a mindboggling $21 trillion on foreign and domestic militarization. Meanwhile, the entire Republican Party and a handful of centrist Democrats are trying to block or whittle down a $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill that covers the next...
Narendra Modi’s Meeting With US President Biden Was A Big Flop
By Binoy Viswam Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the US was celebrated by large sections of Indian media controlled by the vested interests of corporate houses. Some of them even went to the extent of claiming that in this 6th visit also Prime Minister Modi has conquered...
Modi’s US Visit Proves That He Has No Intention To Preserve Strategic Autonomy
By Prakash Karat The Modi visit to the United States had three major events. The first in-person meeting with President Joe Biden; the meeting of the leaders of the Quad countries; and the speech at the UN General Assembly. The kept media in India have painted the visit in...
OFB Is Broken Into Pieces Purportedly For Self-Reliance
By Dr. Gyan Pathak From October 1, 2021, India will do away with its 246 year old Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). There will be seven new smaller Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) in its place. Modi government is purportedly doing this under ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) programme. Critiques say...
Changing Congress Faces Storms Both Within And Outside
By Sushil Kutty The Congress is in choppy waters, battling several storms. The Gandhi family is under assault from within and without. Political opponents of the Congress are gunning for the Family from without, and Congress leaders, unhappy with remaining without power, are hitting out from within. They want...
Long Term Implications Of Assam Eviction Violence
By Ashis Biswas For once, opposition parties have got it right, when it comes to condemning the brutal killing of two persons by Assam police at Dholpur, Darrang district on September 23 during an official eviction drive against illegal settlers. Congress leader Kapil Sibal called for the government to...
BJP Govt In Assam Has Made A Mess Of Eviction Drive In Darrang District
By Sagarneel Sinha The ongoing eviction drive in Assam turned violent when the police team was attacked by a large mob with sticks resulting in the death of two persons, which included a 12-year-old, due to police firing in Dholpur falling under revenue circle of Sipajhar of Darrang district....
Troubling Headwinds From Global Oil Markets Hitting India
By K Raveendran Surging oil prices are causing concern not just in India, but all world capitals. Brent crossing $80 per barrel is disconcerting thought even for central bankers and investors, which saw market values being eroded. Crude prices currently are at the highest levels since the start of...
Principles Of Land Acquisition Must Not Be Violated By Centre
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Modi government has been violating the principles of land acquisition in the country. Lands of the ryats acquired in the name of ‘national interest’, are now being maneuvered in favour of ‘private interest’. It is nothing but land grab from the public by the state...
