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L’affaire Sasi: It Is Not A Mere Party Affair

  By P. Sreekumaran   THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Communist Party of India (Marxist), which heads the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) coalition government in the state, takes pride on being the only political party in the country that acts against its members accused of sexual misconduct.   In line with...

Nov 29 · >

BJP Plays Muslim Card Against Pilot

By Rahil Nora Chopra   BJP has fielded minister Yunus Khan to fight against Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot from Tonk, which is a Muslim-dominated area. The total population of Tonk assembly seat is about 2,50,000, of which about 70,000 belong to the minority community, although the SC-ST votes...

Nov 29 · >

VHP-RSS Meet At Ayodhya Was A Total Flop

By Shameem Faizee   Once the Hindutva brigade decided that there is no other option for it but to refocus on the now forgotten Babri-Masjid Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, the entire captive media launched a campaign to revive the issue and rouse the people’s sentiments. Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and...

Nov 29 · >

What awaits Buenos Aires G20?

  By Ashok B Sharma   The world is grappling to resolve a host of problems. Compounding the issues are new problems to be created by disruptive technologies. Though technological advancement is certain, its impact, particularly on job creation and employment, is yet to be assessed. Disruptive technologies like...

Nov 29 · >

What is Navjot Singh Sidhu up to?

By Aditya Aamir   Journalists are often accused of being ‘intellectual thugs’ for lacking in skepticism. Something that can be applied in full while reporting and not questioning Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wishful thinking that Navjot Singh Sidhu will one day become Prime Minister of India and both...

Nov 29 · >

PM To Fight For Multilateralism At G-20 Summit

  By K R Sudhaman   Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Buenos Aires in Argentina to attend two-day crucial G20 summit beginning November 30 that will attempt to save the crumbling World trading system and reverse the jobless growth even as global economy recovered from recession after 2008...

Nov 29 · >

Fight For Safe Global Climate Is Now Crucial

  By Ella Gilbert   You could be forgiven for thinking that Brexit is the only thing going on right now, but the political climate is not the only climate in turmoil. Behind the media headlines, the global climate system is changing and, for each year that this continues...

Nov 29 · >

British Arms Supplies To Saudi Arabia Continuing

By Crein Sagir   Britain has sent hundreds of Royal Air Force (RAF) troops to Saudi Arabia for a joint military drill despite international calls for Westminster to cut ties with the brutal monarchy. Around 200 troops and eight Typhoon jets are taking part in the “pre-planned” defensive drill...

Nov 28 · >

Supreme Court Has Limited Role In Controlling Pollution

By Madhav Nakra   The interactions between humans and the environment yield numerous benefits and lead to both sustainable growth and development. However, overutilisation, exhaustion of resources and overpopulation has caused significant and constant deterioration in the quality of air. Almost every year, in the National Capital Region (India),...

Nov 28 · >

Islamabad Looks Up To ‘Iknomics’ With Optimism

By Sankar Ray   Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Niazi leans heavily on economics in the short run to get rid of or defer indefinitely the bailout package of the International Monetary Fund at least up to 15 January. Coined as ‘Iknomics’, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government lays stress...

Nov 28 · >

Blockchain Technology To Radically Change International Trade

By Gyan Pathak   International trade could well look radically different in 10 to 15 year if the world succeeds in creating an ecosystem conducive to the new technology that is now popularly known as Blockchain. It could make international trade smarter, but smart trade requires smart standardization, and...

Nov 28 · >

Navjot Singh Sidhu Deserves Kudos For His Initiative

By Aditya Aamir   Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s voice is breaking. Too many election rallies, too much ‘Mitron…’ With polling underway in Madhya Pradesh and soon in Rajasthan, PM Modi couldn’t stop speaking and he was telling folks in Nagaur in Rajasthan how valuable their votes were. Rajasthan, they...

Nov 28 · >

Pakistan may invite India for 2019 SAARC summit in Islamabad

Pakistan foreign ministry is learned to be inviting Indian prime minister Narendra Modi for the SAARC summit next year in Islamabad, but just a day before India hit out the country for harboring terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2011 (26/11), killing more than hundred people. Experts believe...

Nov 28 · >

Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

SLPs rejection appeals against death sentences will have to carry reasons – The Supreme Court has held that SLPs against decisions of lower courts granting death sentences to individuals, when dismissed should contain the reasons of dismissal. The Court observed that when consideration such a petition, the court has...

Nov 27 · >

Follow-Up Official Actions On Section 377 Withdrawal Missing

By Bindu Doddahatti   On October 13, 2018, the play “Shiva” — a performance on sexuality and gender, directed by artist Dayasindhu Sakrepatna — had to be shelved because right-wing elements from Bharata Punarutthana Trust, an affiliate of Vishwa Hindu Parishat, filed a complaint against Jagriti theatre, the institution...

Nov 27 · >

Another Blunder Of New Delhi On Jammu & Kashmir

  By Sagarneel Sinha   The hurried dissolution of Jammu & Kashmir assembly, already in suspension since June this year when the BJP walked out of the Mehbooba Mufti led PDP–BJP coalition government, by Governor Satyapal Malik has once again shown that New Delhi is not identical with the...

Nov 27 · >

A Keenly-Contested Fight In Madhya Pradesh

By L S Herdenia   BHOPAL: As voters head for the booths on November 28, both the BJP and Congress can have the satisfaction of having fought the battle with all their might. In the overall assessment, however, BJP appeared to be far ahead of Congress both in resources...

Nov 27 · >

Sobering, Ominous Lessons From Sabarimala

  By Aditya Aamir   They do duplicity as part of their job description. That’s what people have begun to believe of the police in strife-country Kerala. People can do nothing other than to resort to foul language, which comes easy to those who feel cheated and betrayed. The...

Nov 27 · >
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