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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...