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By Sushil Kutty After Partition, some Muslims remained in India, choosing not to go to Pakistan. Since then, Indian Muslims never tired of stating “we remained in India out of our own choice”. Today, after 78 I-Days, they say, “Ye Desh Kisi Ka Baap Ka Nahi hai!” It would...
BRICS A Ray Of Hope For Peace And Just International Economic Order
By Dr Arun Mitra The declaration of the recently ended 16th summit of the BRICS (now expanded BRICS) has several points for which the developing and least developed countries have been aspiring for many decades. Even though colonization through direct military control by the erstwhile colonial powers has largely...
Trump Vs. Harris In The Final Hours Of The 2024 Presidential Election
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The American Presidential Election 2024 has come to its final moments, with polling slated to take place in less than 24 hours. It’s either Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party or Donald Trump of the Republican Party who will be the next US president, arguably...
New CJI Sanjiv Khanna’s Tenure May Be Marked By Continuity Rather Than Contrarianism
By K Raveendran The tenure of Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is set to succeed Justice D Y Chandrachud as the new Chief Justice of India, is too short to become a pivotal phase and as such promises more continuity than breaking new ground. At the same time, his nuanced...
One Third Of Persons Globally Are In Unpaid Care Work, In India 54.1 Per Cent
By Dr. Gyan Pathak One third of the working-age persons of the world aged 15 or older outside the labour force in 2023were engaged in unpaid care work, while in India they were 54.1 per cent, the new estimates presented in the ILO Statistical brief revealed. The share of...
BJP All Set To Restructure Party Organisation, Name A New Head
By Sushil Kutty Rajya Sabha MP and BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi addressed a presser on Saturday, November 2, and wound up the proceedings with “Pradhan Mantri ki jo soch hai, wohi Bharatiya Janata Party ki bhi soch hai.” Trivedi’s inadvertent disclosure of who lords over the BJP, lock, stock...
RSS Leaders Keenness To Discuss National Issues With Rahul Gandhi, Has No Basis
By Arun Srivastava Saffron ecosystem apparently has been pursuing two sets of parallel strategies towards Rahul Gandhi. While proponent of one intent is as usual Narendra Modi who has revived his old style of accusation against him and is not tired of saying that ghost of hatred has entered...
Melinda Gates Is The Icon Of Women Empowerment And Fighter For The Cause Of Deprived
By Kunal Bose When two individuals – a woman and a man – take the vow, they understandably do so in the hope of sharing common interests apart from remaining faithful to each other till death do them part. The global experience is that contrary to their original pledge...
Donald Trump’s Diwali Greeting Is Music To Narendra Modi’s Ears
By Nitya Chakraborty Republican candidate Donald Trump’s Diwali message, just four days before the crucial November 5 presidential elections in USA, has enormous significance, which goes beyond the possible impact on Hindu-Americans voters on the polling day. The content of the message will have big impact on Bangladesh politics...
Trump Or Harris — Voters Of Seven Swing States Will Have Decisive Role In Electing
By Debabrata Biswas from Boston Exactly three days before the November 5 polls, the question who is going to win the 2024 presidential election in the USA is vexing the country as well as the outside world. All kinds of prognosticators – poll stars, academics or International odd makers...
Ugly Face Of Politics On Healthcare And The Reality Of Ayushman Bharat
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Delhi and West Bengal on October 29 for not joining Ayushman Bharat scheme, and expressed his concern that senior citizens in these two states would not be able to avail themselves of free treatment under the expanded scheme which he...
Kerala By-Election Scene: CPI-M Has Edge In Chelakkara, Palakkad
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the last date for withdrawal of nominations over, the picture has become clear in the three by-elections from Kerala. The CPI(M) has a clear edge in Palakkad and Chelakkara assembly constituencies while it is no cakewalk for Priyanka Gandhi in the Wayanad Lok Sabha...
BSP Chief Mayawati Accuses Both Congress, BJP Of Anti-Dalit Politics
By Rahil Nora Chopra An interesting and twisted scenario is unfolding in Uttar Pradesh (UP) as Mayawati leads the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to contest all nine assembly seats in the upcoming by-polls on 13 November. While BSP was not able to win a single seat in the recently...
Bengal BJP Facing Internal Dissensions In Madarihat Assembly Bypoll
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Considered to be a saffron stronghold in Bengal, the state BJP is not finding Madarihat Assembly segment part of Coochbehar Lok Sabha constituency to be a cakewalk in the November 13 by election. Rahul Lohar, the BJP nominee is faced with Gorkha dissent after Jitman...
Limited Storage Capacity Threatens India’s Rice Management Efforts
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav By November 1, India’s rice stock is projected to reach a record high of 30 million tons, marking the highest level in two decades. Managing such a substantial stockpile presents significant logistical challenges. To reduce this surplus, the government has implemented various measures in recent...
Latest Periodic Labour Force Survey Reveals Grim Unemployment Scenario In India
By Sanjay Roy The recent Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Annual Report 2023-24 suggests signs of improvement in labour force participation rate and worker population ratio compared to past years but at the same time underlines some structural problems in employment in recent period. There had been a steep...
Fresh Western Sanctions Against Myanmar Junta Welcomed By Opposition
By Roger McKenzie LONDON: Opponents of Myanmar’s military dictatorship gave a warm welcome on Thursday to the latest sanctions imposed by the European Union, Britain and Canada on individuals and entities supplying aviation fuel and equipment to the Myanmar junta.. This followed a warning on Tuesday from a United...
November 5 Polls To Witness Closest Fight For White House Between Trump And Harris
By Kalyani Shankar DALLAS (USA): The U.S. Presidential election on November 5 is of immense significance, as it will determine the next tenant of the White House and shape the future of the United States an also its relationship with the other countries of the world.. Whether USA will...
