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By Arun Srivastava Around two decades back, the RJD leader Lalu Prasad had quipped: “Nitish does not believe anyone. He does not trust his friends. He is like a snake who does not hesitate to bite his friends.” In the past he deserted many of his friends, which...
Kerala Theatre Over Governor’s ‘Politics’ Turns Nasty
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Petty politics over Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s stand on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) has plumbed a new low with Leader of the Opposition(LOP) Ramesh Chennithala seeking Khan’s recall. Kerala’s political pitch has, to put it in cricket parlance, turned nasty with...
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Justice Ravindra Bhat Recuses From Sc Bench
BY Nishant Sirohi After recusal of the Justice S Ravindra Bhat from hearing the case, the Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a curative petition filed by the Central Government in 2010 for direction to the Union Carbide Corporation to pay enhanced compensation of over Rs...
Trump Team Conducts Theatre Of The Absurd In The Capitol
By John Wojick Donald Trump’s legal team is shifting its defense of the president to an argument that even if he is guilty of everything charged in the articles of impeachment, neither he, and nor president for that matter, can be removed for either abuse of power or...
Will Union Budget 2020 help Reboot the Sliding Economy?
By Kalyani Shankar All eyes will be on the annual general budget for the year 2020, which will be presented this week. The budget session is all set to begin with the customary President’s address to the joint session of Parliament on January 31. The session is important...
Modi Government’s Worst Week In Credibility
By K Raveendran The Modi government would be completing 300 weeks in office next month. But its 296th week that has just been completed will be considered probably its worst, which saw a slew of adverse reports squeezed into the seven days, making it an unmitigated public...
Modi-Shah’s Policies Have Shattered India’s Image Abroad
By Arun Srivastava The Minister of External Affairs, Jaishankar has tried to display his loyalty to his boss Narendra Modi by conveying his dislike to the European Union’s move to debate six resolutions in its parliament on January 29 and 30. In his perception, EU cannot do it...
Now It’s Time For The Public To Reclaim The Republic
By Nachiketa Desai SEVENTY years after the people of India gave themselves a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic, the youth from university campuses and women in towns across the country are up in arms to reclaim the republic from a fascist regime out to impose a Hindu...
Bolton’s Bombshell Explodes Main Trump Defense Argument
By John Wojcik A bombshell news report that has emerged is game over for President Trump – at least as far as facts are concerned. What Republican senators trying him now for high crimes and misdemeanors do about it, however, is an entirely different matter. The explosion...
After Painful NRC, Assam’s Regionalism Faces Internal Challenge
By Ashis Biswas Has regionalism run its limit in Assam? Four explosions on Republic day 2020 after a prolonged spell of relative peace and stability certainly breathed new life into the question in Assam’s context. The secessionist wing of the ULFA, which operates from abroad, has claimed responsibility....
Need Clarity On Plan And Non-Plan Spending
By Nantoo Banerjee Going by the government’s annual spending trend, the size of the 2020-21 union budget scheduled to be presented in Parliament on February 1 may be close to Rs. 31,00,000 crore. The large expenditure budget is unavoidable despite the grim picture on the revenue front...
India’s Economic And Diplomatic Woes Multiply
By Amulya Ganguli It isn’t only the economic slump which is a cause of concern, there is also reason to be worried about how India’s diplomatic ties with countries far and near are deteriorating. To take our neighbours first, the chances of a rapprochement with Pakistan...
Is India Capable of dealing with a Health Catastrophe?
By Nilanjan Banik Mr Chen was having cough and running temperatures. The family member mistook the symptoms for any other ordinary viral fever, until the time he started complaining about breathing difficulties when he got admitted in a hospital. Mr. Chen died on 22nd January from pneumonia and...
Was this Republic Day Mocking ‘We the People’?
By Anand Teltumbde The Republic Day symbolized aspirational metamorphosis of India, into a sovereign, democratic republic as the Constitution proclaimed. It conjured up images of Indian people who were self-governing, who decided to give themselves a democratic republic. Two more words “secular and socialist” were added to this...
Arvind Kejriwal-Led AAP Remains The Hot Favourite In Delhi
By Harihar Swarup Ask a man on the street or people living in posh localities, who they would vote for in the coming Delhi elections and their prompt reply would be—“Arvind Kejriwal”. It appears a wave is building up for Kejriwal and, on his party, the Delhi...
Roadmap To Make India A 5-Trillion-Dollar Economy
By Nilanjan Banik and Buddhadeb Ghosh The Budget is all about allocation of resources towards social sectors such as education, health, infrastructure, and agriculture. Ideally, the government should spend/allocate funds toward any sector, in a fashion, which requires the most. Take for example the agriculture sector. There are...
In a Season of Impetuous Lawmaking, Whither Nuclear Safety?
By Sonali Huria Since returning to power last year with an overwhelming majority in the 2019 general elections, the Modi-led government has passed a series of legislations in rapid succession without any credible dialogue both within and outside Parliament – amendments to the Protection of Human Rights Act,...
Senator Adam Schiff Makes Valid Point On Trump Impeachment
By John Wojcik With the words “If right doesn’t matter we’re lost” the chief House impeachment manager, Rep. Adam Schiff, D., Calif., ended a day of testimony in the Senate chamber yesterday where lawmakers proved conclusively to anyone listening that President Trump is guilty of abuse of power....
