By Nitya Chakraborty The U.S. Presidential elections on November 5 have assumed unusual significance in the shaping up of the future of Bangladesh which is presently ruled by an interim government headed by the Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus. In the last two weeks, hectic activities were on in...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In a countermove to INDIA bloc’s caste census promise, the ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra taking clue form BJP’s gain in Haryana has decided to take the OBC politics in the state to a new level on the eve of Vidhan Sabha elections likely to be...
By Anjan Roy When Ratan Tata bought the sick and besieged Jaguar Land Rover —iconically JLR— the company had fished out the voucher for the purchase of a Jaguar car by his father, Naval Tata, in 1923. European automobile industry bigwigs had then expressed their doubts about an Indian...
By Sushil Kutty People living outside Uttar Pradesh did not know that Jayaprakash Narayan, who countered Indira Gandhi’s authoritarian streak with mass appeal, has a place in Lucknow to remember him by – the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC). But it remains an incomplete monument and certain shades of...
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is advocating for a nationwide caste census to address the exclusion of approximately 90 per cent of the population from the system. He argues that this census is essential for effective policymaking, as it will...
By Arun Srivastava Constituents of INDIA bloc flexing muscles after Congress’ Haryana defeat and blaming it for the audacity to contest solo, has not come as a surprise. Indian politicians, irrespective of their party affiliations, are known for resorting to this practice to prove their indispensability and reiterate the...
By W. T. Whitney Jr. NEW YORK: Beginning on September 17, marchers proceeded north for 118 miles from Caracollo in Oruro department to La Paz, Bolivia’s capital city, arriving there on September . 24. Numbering from 5,000 to 15,000 – estimates vary – they were supporting former President Evo...
By P. Sudhir The results of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections are of great significance. The victory of the National Conference-led alliance, winning 49 of the 90 seats, is a strong verdict against the Modi government and the BJP’s authoritarian steps to dismantle the state of J&K and...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It may be shocking to know that about 10 per cent of children in India aged 6-10 are out of schools, and out of pocket health expenditure of Indian rural households are just unaffordable to them since they need to spend Rs 4,129 yearly on...
By Sushil Kutty The swing goes high in the air, and then scrapes bottom. That’s the Congress! Rahul Gandhi should step out of his bungalow and take a reckoning. The Congress isn’t in the best of sorts in any of the directions, East, West, North, South. The Congress lost...
By Arun Srivastava After significant success in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, both the Congress and the Party leader Rahul Gandhi have been defeated in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir, results of the polls of which were announced on October 8.. Congress could manage to win only six seats in...
By Krishna Jha When Mohan Bhagwat said early this month that the primary aim of RSS in its centenary year 2025 would be to build a disciplined and strong Hindu society, he was merely echoing an idea which has long reverberated through the communal rhetoric of the Hindu right....
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The manner in which Samajwadi Party announced six candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-elections speaks for the confidence of former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Since the announcement of these six candidates was unilaterally done by Samajwadi Party the day after the Haryana polls results were...
By Tirthankar Mitra Amitabh Bachchan who is still a craze even after his 55 years journey in Hindi film industry will be step to 82 on October 11. Tall, dark and sans the conventional good looks of some of his predecessors and contemporaries hailing from the wheat fields of...
By Claudia Webbe LONDON: Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, a sovereign state, following a series of terror attacks and intensive bombing of civilian areas, is part of a long history of colonial aggression that dates back not just to the invasions of the later 20th century, but more than 100...
By Jad Kabbanji MONTREAL: NATO brings together the majority of European countries, as well as Canada and the United States. Although Quebec, as a Canadian province, does not have its own army and is not directly involved in the conflicts fomented by this organization, its role in the military...
By K Raveendran It was vintage Modi on Tuesday night all the way. The prime minister’s victory speech after the BJP success in Haryana sounded as if he had won a convincing national election. And he said everything he had apparently planned to say after the 2024 Lok Sabha...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The political tremors emanating from Congress setback in Haryana assembly polls , was immediately felt in Maharashtra, since its current Vidhan Sabha is to expire on November 26, 2024, election for which is likely to be announced by the Election Commission of India anytime soon....