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By Arun Srivastava Why has the Commissioner of Kolkata police Rajeev Kumar suddenly acquired the importance in the political establishment of Delhi as well as Calcutta is really intriguing. Rajeev is supposed to be an intelligent and no-nonsense person. But this is certainly not the reason that everybody should...
Interim Budget’s Pension Scheme Is A Big Hoax
By B. Sivaraman In his Interim Budget presented on 1 February 2019, the stopgap Finance Minister Mr. Piyush Goyal announced a scheme for a monthly pension of Rs. 3000 for unorganised workers whose numbers he put at 42 crore. The workers in the age-group of 18 to 55 years...
Maduro Seeks Global Assistance Against Intervention
By Steve Sweeney Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro ruled out new presidential elections as he called on the international community to prevent a US-instigated civil war from erupting in the country. In a televised address, the president spoke of the strength of revolutionary heroes Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and Hugo...
Pentagon Is Reconciled To Taliban Rule In Kabul
By Sankar Ray None other than Gen. Austin Miller, the head of NATO’s Resolute Support Mission, stated ingenuously that in Afghanistan “this is not going to be won militarily… This is going to a political solution”. He put it bluntly that the USA and its armed collaborators had failed...
Parliament Panel Flays Airlines For Cheating Passengers
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Goyal’s Exuberance On NPA Solution Is Too Early
By Anjan Roy Finance minister Piyush Goyal’s exuberance over finally getting a grip on the banks’ bad debts might be a little too early. While the latest financial stability report of the Reserve Bank of India showing marginal decline in the non-performing assets (NPA) is a welcome sign, this...
Trump Is Doing Flip-Flop On Iran
By Conn Hallinan Keeping track of the Trump administration’s foreign policy is like trying to track a cat on a hot tin roof: We’re pulling out of Syria (not right away). We’re leaving Afghanistan (sometime in the future). Mexico is going to pay for a wall (no, it isn’t)....
Left Front Is Showing Signs Of Movement In Bengal
By Sagarneel Sinha Currently, West Bengal is witnessing a political chaos with state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee staging dharna against CBI at Metro Channel in Kolkata accusing the centre for using the institutions to get political mileage ahead of the general polls. However, in the midst of all the...
Rahul Makes A Good Impact In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava Going for the Congress in Bihar does not appear to be tough. The February 3 Jana Akansha Rally of Congress held after 28 years at Patna’s Gandhi maidan made it explicit that Congress has gained considerable ground in the state in the recent months and is...
Arun Jaitley Has Erred On Why There’s No Social Unrest
By Amulya Ganguli Although Arun Jaitley has not been in the pink of health, he is still an indefatigable blogger for the BJP. With the use of catchy phrases such as “manufactured dissent” for those who returned their awards, to the “lies, short-lived lies and now further lies” of...
CBI’s Provocative Actions In Kolkata Are Attack On Federalism
By Indira Jaising WHAT began with an attack on the powers of the Delhi government to govern in accordance with the Constitution, has ended with an attack on the West Bengal government to govern in accordance with the Constitution. The NDA government at the Centre appears to think that...
Regional Parties Will Hold Sway On Lok Sabha 2019
By Kalyani Shankar The regional parties will be the king-makers in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls. Even the New York Times on Sunday pointed out, “Most analysts believe neither Mr. Modi’s party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, nor the Indian National Congress Party will win an outright majority. That means...
Trump Steps Up Nuclear Arms Race Again
By John Wojcik Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who came to the Trump administration from the Tea Party wing of the Republicans, has announced that the president is suspending U.S. participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and is beginning the process of total U.S. withdrawal in six months....
Malnutrition Of People Is A Major Social Challenge
By Dr Arun Mitra The Lancet, one of the most credible medical journals took up the challenge to study the dietary patterns around the world and then come up with recommendations for a healthy diet. It formed an EAT Lancet Commission for the purpose which had 37 members...
Bjp Govt Is Building Electorate Castle Based On Lies
By Arun Srivastava Like its interim budget, which not only echoes the government’s recklessness more than its desperation, the Modi government is contemplating to come out with an interim national sample survey of employment to impress upon the electorates that there has been significant and substantial job creation under...
Goyal Has Fudged Fiscal Figures In Budget
By K R Sudhaman It is really unfortunate that after three years of fiscal prudence, the Narendra Modi government has indulged in profligacy in the interim budget 2019, apparently with an eye on general elections in April and May, which is not good for the economy, already witnessing strained...
Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments
Centre ordered to furnish details of detention centres in Assam – The Supreme Court while hearing a petition highlighting inhuman treatment of immigrants in detention centres in Assam, ordered the Central Government to furnish details of such centres. Further, the Centre has to report as to how many of...
State Police Fabricating Cases Against Rights Activists
By Amritananda Chakravorty In the last few months, not a single day goes by when the Central Government has not violated constitutional norms, or not targeted human rights defenders or dissenters. 2nd February, 2019 was no exception. The Pune Police arrested the well-known dalit rights activist and public intellectual,...
