By Lan Lavery Two weeks before polling day on December 12, I went on a tour of seats across north and Midlands, from Middlesbrough to Carlisle via Blyth and finally down to Crewe and Cheshire. They are all very different places, with different traditions, landscapes and political...
By D. Raja After a charged debate, the constituent assembly of India settled for a “jus soli” approach to citizenship. The first Home Minister of the Republic and a key contributor to the debates in the Constituent Assembly, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel while arguing for a broad based,...
By P. Sreekumaran Monday, December 16, witnessed a highly significant political event in the State capital. The momentous day saw the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front(LDF) and the Congress-headed United Democratic Front(UDF) staging a joint rally, a rare occurrence, to protest against the new Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA). ...
By Arun Srivastava Even before home minister Amit Shah could meet and convey to Bangladesh foreign minister, A.K.Abdul Momen, his government’s resolve of sending back of the illegal migrants living in India, Momen made it known to the global fraternity that he was willing to take back his...
By Bill Meyer TORONTO: One of the most progressive films at the Toronto International Film Festival this year was a National Film Board of Canada documentary, This Is Not a Movie, celebrating the work of lifelong foreign correspondent Robert Fisk. For more than 40 years, he’s reported on...
By Nantoo Banerjee India’s fuel refining and marketing business, largely controlled by public sector enterprises, faces a big shake up following the government policy to induce foreign oil companies to invest big in refining and retail. Among those global giants keen to set up facilities in India...
By Ben Chacko As Soon as the scale of Labour’s shattering defeat began to emerge on December 12 night, pundits began to push the line that this was not just about Brexit but about Jeremy Corbyn, and more broadly the Labour Party’s significant shift towards socialism under...
By Varun Agarwal ON December 6, 2019, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind while addressing the National Convention on Empowerment of Women for Social Transformation, stated that “Rape convicts under (the) POCSO Act (The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012) should not have the right...
By Amulya Ganguli It is rare for well-meaning outsiders to tell India what it stands for. But this is what has been happening for some time. For instance, after cancelling a trip to India in the wake of the passage of the citizenship (amendment) bill in parliament,...
By Sagarneel Sinha Any region that has been protesting from the very beginning against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019, which is now an act, is the north-east region — mainly Assam, Tripura and Shillong in Meghalaya. Already, 4 have died in the Assam protests while in Tripura, there...
By Harihar Swarup The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has become law – having sailed through Rajya Sabha comfortably, though the NDA government does not have majority in the upper house; it was already passed by Lok Sabha – alarmingly fast, especially with the President of India’s lightning quick assent...
By Awanish Somkuwar Everyone likes the taste of corn flakes and popcorn but a few know that the crop offers even more. Few know that the Corn City Chhindwara has the highest production of maize in Madhya Pradesh. The entrepreneurial spirit of maize growers of Chhindwara will be...
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court decision not to entertain the plea by two activist women seeking entry to the restricted Sabarimala temple for the time being and leave it to the larger 7-member bench that is slated to consider the whole gamut of issues relating to religion...
By Nilanjan Banik Kaushik Banik is a happy person these days. He is a software developer. After toiling hard for months to get a job, he finally found an alternative, thanks to the Upwork, an online digital job platform. His hourly wage rate is $35 dollars. There...
By L.S. Herdenia Several protest programmes are being held against the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the just enacted Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Bhopal. Perhaps the most unique and massive among the protests was held on 12th December. More than five thousand persons attended...
By Dr. Arun Mitra Interesting statement has been given by the BJP Member of Parliament Shri Ganesh Singh speaking Sanskrit language on a daily basis boosts the nervous system and keeps Diabetes and Cholesterol at bay. Earlier too similar statements have been given by some political leaders. The...
By Arun Srivastava The results for the 2019 general election of both the countries, India and Britain, have many similarities. Just before the results were announced, an impression had gained ground that Congress would substantially improve its position and India will have a hung parliament. Similar feeling also...
Principle of the power to enact constitutional change resides with the State of J & K, emphasized in Article 370 hearings: Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran took the five-judge bench through case law to emphasize the constitutional principle – the power to enact – resides in its ultimate form with...