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By Aman Kumar In 2019, M.K. Ranjitsinh Jhala, the renowned wildlife conservationist, joined hands with other conservationists to file a writ petition before the Supreme Court of India (SC) against the government of India regarding the protection of the great Indian bustard. They argued that the overhead transmission lines...
Nine Day India Festival Getting Huge Response In Riyadh
By Pradeep Kapoor RIYADH: The nine-day India festival organised here by the Ministry of Media under it’s Global Harmony Initiative will strengthen relations between India and Saudi Arabia. The Ministry of Media, Saudi Arabia and the Global Entertainment Authority collaborated to organise an ambitious program under Global Harmony Initiative...
Centre Is Finding It Difficult To Work Out An Acceptable Peace Formula For Manipur
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: “We have no inhibition in socialising over a bowl of soup or a cup of tea or coffee; but thereafter it is ‘thus far and no further for us’. We have our long-standing demands and we are firm on pursuing those”, important Kuki and...
Political Instability And Floods Increase Bangladesh’s Economic Woes
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Months of unrest and violence leading to change of the government in Bangladesh is still taking a toll on its economy and its geopolitical neutrality. Recent floods in August and October have further pushed the country to the wall, making food prices rise by 20%...
M K Stalin And Chandrababu Naidu Are Bent On Increasing Birth Rate In Their States
By Sushil Kutty Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin wants eligible Tamilians to have larger families. He said he was speaking in jest, but such childish jokes don’t draw genuine laughter. Who is Stalin to offer unsolicited advice, asking “why not have 16 children”? He wasn’t alone, his...
British MP Jeremy Corbyn Calls For Building United Front Of Left Forces In Europe
By Satyaki Chakraborty Jeremy Corbyn, the British Member of Parliament and former Leader of Labour Party has called for building united front of Leftwing forces in Europe in order to fight the rightwing forces which represent racism and take position against the immigration. Corbyn elaborated on his idea of...
Medical Profession Facing Big Challenge In Present Climate Of Violence
By Dr Arun Mitra Probably we could not perceive that the moral crisis in our society has deepened to alarming levels until we heard the news of rape and gruesome murder of a young female doctor in Kolkata. The junior doctors in West Bengal are continuing their movement largely...
Palestinian and Israeli Communists Agree On A Free Palestine State
By Zo HaDerekh TEL AVIV: The Communists of Palestine and Israel have agreed that “Only by establishing a sovereign Palestinian state will there be peace and stability in the region. Stop the war in Gaza and Lebanon now!” That was the essence of a joint statement issued by the...
India-UAE-Israel Food Corridor Opens Potential For Extensive Business Partnership
By Nantoo Banerjee It is good to note that the proposed India-UAE food corridor has already roped in a third partner, Israel. The project is expected to eventually involve the United States as well. The US was a key initiator of the historic four-nation I2U2 virtual summit in July...
Process Of Selecting BJP’s New President Has Started Amidst Rift Between Modi And Bhagwat
By Kalyani Shankar Who will be the next President of the BJP? The suspense is building up as the current President, J.P. Nadda, is on an extension, and the party is looking for a new leader. The party has grown enormously, from its early days, when it had only...
Decoding The Life Of Shirley Tremearne – Founder Of India’s First Business Weekly ‘Capital’
By Nitya Chakraborty Kolkata (earlier Calcutta) has always been a fascinating subject for study by the Britishers, our former colonial masters as also the Indian historians and sociologists. In the recent years, there has been a renewed interest in tracing the stories associated with the growth of Calcutta in...
Congress-Samajwadi Party Rift Delays Seat Sharing For Uttar Pradesh Bypolls
By Arun Srivastava When will Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav come to learn the tricks of the real politik is not known, but one thing is absolutely clear that with an inflated ego, he will certainly mutilate the electoral prospect of the INDIA bloc not only in his home...
Population Emerging As Next Big Complex Political Issue In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only a few weeks ago on September 17, Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah had said that India will soon begin Census exercise. Now, TDP leader and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu has planned legislation to encourage people to ‘have more children...
Irrespective Of Earlier Differences, Arab Nations Are Closing On In Support Of Iran
By Asad Mirza As the threat of a direct conflict between Israel and Iran grows, several Gulf countries are reportedly working actively to prevent potential Israeli attacks on Iran’s oil facilities. According to reports, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar, are lobbying Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran’s...
Retired Lt. Gen Zamiruddin Shah Is Respected, He Should Not Have Given An Inciting Speech
By Sushil Kutty Lt. Gen (Rted.) Zamir-Uddin Shah, who was Deputy Army Chief and after retiring from the Army, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 2011 to 2017, wants Indian Muslims to build a steely resolve to fight to survive in Modi & Yogi’s India. And quite like the...
French Govt’s 2025 Budget Proposals Lead To Big Protests From All Groups
By Tirthankar Mitra French economy is between a rock and a hard place over its 2025 budget proposal aiming to implement 60 billion euros in spending cuts and tax hikes. It has sparked widespread debate across the political spectrum. The criticism cutting across the political divide raised deep concerns...
Hamas Decapitated, But Netanyahu Vows To Keep Killing Palestinians
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: Israel has no excuses left for carrying on with its genocide of the Palestinian people. With the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in combat—the supposed “mastermind” of Oct. 7—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist government are left with few justifications to explain...
Why BRICS Summit At Kazan Is Crucial For Both Narendra Modi And Vladimir Putin?
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the summit of the expanded BRICS block at Tatarstan city of Kazan in Russia on October 22 to 24 to be hosted by President Putin. This summit is of crucial importance for both the Indian PM as also the President...
