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Present Sedition Law In India, A Colonial Legacy, Needs Immediate Relook

By Abhinav Chandrachud   The arrest of young environment activist Disha Ravi and the attempts by Delhi Police to apprehend two other activists, Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk, have once again brought the law of sedition into the spotlight.   Carrying a term of life imprisonment, section 124-A, which...

Feb 23 · >

Government Squanders Chance To End Job Aspirants’ Stir

By P. Sreekumaran   THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pinarayi Vijayan Government bungled badly, yet again, and squandered an opportunity to end the agitation of the job aspirants figuring in the Public Service Commission (PSC)’s rank list.   In protest against the Government’s failure to settle the issue amicably, the job aspirants...

Feb 23 · >

American Investors Are Upbeat In India About Business Prospects

By Subrata Majumder   While USA-based investors are euphoric about India, Japanese are morose. Both are major foreign investors in India. During pandemic, FDI from USA boomed. It increased by over 230 percent in the first half of 2020-21 – from US $ 2,151 million in April-September 2019-20 to...

Feb 23 · >

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Is Trying To Opt For Independent Policy

By Barun Das Gupta   India-Sri-Lanka relations under the presidency of Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be interesting to follow. It may be recalled that when Gotabaya became the president of Sri Lanka in November, 2019, there was palpable unease in the South Block. Both he and his brother Mahinda (former...

Feb 22 · >

Many Hydroelectric Plants In The Himalayas Are At Landslide Risk

By Nantoo Banerjee   The recent disastrous glacier outburst at Joshimath in Uttarakhand may have caused a big damage to life and property, including at least four hydroelectric projects in the region, but it is unlikely to slow down the government and industry’s bid to tap the massive potential...

Feb 22 · >

BJP’s Golwalkar Birth Anniversay Celebration Is Significant

By Amulya Ganguli   There are two probable reasons why the BJP is celebrating M.S. Golwalkar’s birth anniversary with such fanfare. In the last six and a half years of its rule at the centre, the party’s reticence on the saffron brotherhood’s most controversial ideologue was noticeable. In fact,...

Feb 22 · >

Over 240 Corona Virus Variants Have Surfaced In The Country

By Gyan Pathak   Surfacing of over 240 new corona virus strains across India has put the country under new threats causing a fresh surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths despite the inoculation drive being underway since January 16, 2020.  The disquiet on this account has greatly increased since...

Feb 22 · >

Resentment Against BJP Is Growing In Northern States Amongst Kisans

By Arun Srivastava   Usually the results of the panchayat and municipal elections do not reflect the real mood of the people. But miserable defeat of the party, rather absolute route, in the municipal elections in Punjab and incidents of villagers chasing and boycotting the state leaders in Haryana,...

Feb 22 · >

Bombay High Court Bail To Dr. Varavara Rao Will Have Big Impact On Others

By   Satyaki Chakraborty   The  Bombay High Court order on Monday granting six months medical bail to the 82 year old poet and Bhima Koregaon case accused Dr. P V Varavara Rao, is set to have a big impact on the other accused in the same case who have...

Feb 22 · >

India’s External Affairs Ministry Should Have Averted Twitter War On Protests

By Harihar Swarup   We are now witnessing the second phase of the farmers’ sit-in; the consistently peaceful protest was unfortunately and deeply wounded by the violent events on Republic Day at the Red Fort and Delhi Police has already made some headway in the investigation. The prime minister’s...

Feb 20 · >

India’s Energy Mix Will Be Unrecognizeable In Three Decades

By K Raveendran   Even as coal is coming back with a vengeance to peak India’s energy mix in the next 15 years, the country’s clean energy outlook is also brightening. As the government pushes ahead with green energy initiatives, an energy think-tank estimates that by 2038, however, all...

Feb 20 · >

AJP-Raijor Dal Alliance To Hurt Both NDA And Grand Alliance In Assam

  By Sagarneel Sinha   The upcoming assembly polls in Assam are primarily going to be a fight among alliances. The ruling BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) includes Assam Gana Parishad (AGP), United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and Gana Suraksha Party led by Lok Sabha MP Naba Sarania....

Feb 20 · >

Jaipur Literature Festival 2021 Eyes Ten Million Viewers

By Papri Sri Raman   The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown since March 2020may have wreaked havoc for the travel and the publishing industry, and been generally dystopian but lit fests all over the world have seen dramatic rise in attendances, says Sanjoy Roy, the curator of the Jaipur...

Feb 20 · >

Protests Against Privatisation Of Vizag Steel Plant Mount

  By B Tulasidas   The Modi government’s decision to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant has resulted in widespread protests from across the state of Andhra Pradesh. A relay hunger strike camp was staged by the Visakhapatnam Steel Conservation Struggle Committee (VSCSC) near the main gate on February 12. Dr...

Feb 20 · >

UN Report Slams U.S. Economic Sanctions Against Venezuela

  By W. T. Whitney Jr.   Belarusian lawyer and academician Alena Douhan, who in 2020 became the United Nations “Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures,” visited Venezuela from Feb. 1-12. She was there “to assess the impact of unilateral sanctions on the enjoyment...

Feb 20 · >

BJP’s Electoral Fortunes May Get A Jolt In Coming Assembly Elections

By Rahil Nora Chopra The widespread farmers agitation against the new agricultural laws passed by the Centre had its impact in the civic body Elections in Punjab where the ruling Congress recorded a landslide victory. Though Punjab is at the epicenter of the farmers protest and the results bear...

Feb 20 · >

Farmers Agitation Is A Big Challenge To Hindutva-Corporate Alliance

By Prabhat Patnaik   The farmers’ struggle represents a major step towards undoing the dominance of the corporate-Hindutva alliance that has characterised India in the last few years. The peasants, other petty producers like craftsmen, artisans and fishermen, have been among the worst victims of neoliberalism, which has progressively...

Feb 19 · >

Unemployment Rate Is Still Volatile, Recovery Not Satisfactory

  By Gyan Pathak   The despair on the job front has slowly been replaced by hope. The year 2021 has well begun. A significant fall in unemployment rate has been recorded in January, while employment rate rose though not so impressive. The gains can be consolidated, but would...

Feb 19 · >
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