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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Passage of Waqf Bill in the both houses of the Parliament of India has immediately created political ripples that was felt across India, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, and from Gujarat to Assam. Political parties on both sides – INDIA bloc and BJP led NDA –...
Both China And India Have Made Substantial Growth In Rice And Wheat Production
By Kunal Bose The challenge for both China and India, which have the world’s largest number of mouths to feed, is to ensure that further land degradation does not happen and the barren land is progressively recovered for farming. The two countries in their own ways remain engaged in...
BJP’s Allies JD(U) And TDP Owe Explanations To Their Muslim Support Base On Waqf Bill Stand
By Sushil Kutty The true story is buried in the creases and folds of the Janata Dal (U) and the Telugu Desam Party. What coerced them to dump their loyal Muslim vote-banks and align with the “Muslim-hating” Bharatiya Janata Party in amending the Waqf bill? There is no guarantee...
Leading U.S. Think Tanks And Economists Predict Recession In American Economy
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Leading economists have reacted sharply to Trump’s reciprocal tariffs on 180 countries allegedly feeding off America’s economy for years and weakening its GDP growth. They warned the tariffs could destabilize global markets, disrupt trade and ultimately increase costs for U.S. businesses and consumers....
Prominent Muslim Leaders Resign From JD(U) After Waqf Bill Support
By Rahil Nora Chopra Political activity in Patna is intensifying, as discontentment within Janata Dal (United) led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has surfaced following the party’s support to the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, which led to the passage of the Bill....
Centre’s Insistence On Linking Educational Funds To Three Language Formula Is Wrong
By Krishna Jha “Hindi and all Indian languages strengthen each other. There should be no attempts to divide the nation in the name of language,” said BJP’s senior leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on March 29. The quote came only after refusing to release the educational assistance to...
President Donald Trump Signed America Up For Stagflation Through His April 2 Trade War
By Dominik A. Leusder NEW YORK: On April 2, Donald Trump announced what amounts to a dramatic escalation of the trade war initiated during his first term. Addressing a crowd of auto union workers at a Rose Garden event at the White House, the president revealed the details of...
Mass Layoffs, Price Hikes, Job Insecurity Mark Trump’s Tariff War On April 2
By C.J. Atkins WASHINGTON D.C.: Just a sampling of headlines on the first day of the USA’s new “Golden Age” serves to illustrate the chaos and uncertainty – along with the ridiculousness and absurdity – of President Donald Trump’s post-globalization world. “Layoff announcements surge to the most since the...
Brazilian President Seeking Support From China And Russia To Meet Trump’s Threat
By Nitya Chakraborty Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, better known globally as Lula has launched a major initiative to meet the U.S. President Donald Trump’s unilateral tariff offensive by joining hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Russian President Vladimir Putin, apart from taking assistance from...
Trump Has Driven Back U.S. Trade Regime To The Early Days Of Mercantilism
By Anjan Roy From politicians to economists to the humble stock traders, nobody could really believe it will come to pass. Worse, in fact, it should be as bad as it turned out in reality. Donald Trump’s promised April 2 announcement of tariffs on goods entering the United States...
Will Delhi Police Actually Act Against Riot Accused Delhi Law Minister
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Hope and frustration run high. Despite a court order to Delhi police to register an FIR and direction for further investigation to be conducted against BJP leader and Delhi law minister Kapil Mishra and others over his alleged involvement in the 2020 Delhi riots, Mohammad...
Altering The Waqf Bill Could Lead To Splitting Of The Muslim Community
By Arun Srivastava The rightist BJP riding on the back of its so-called secular allies, JDU and TDP, managed to get its much-hyped Waqf Bill adopted by the Lok Sabha on April 2. With this, the Narendra Modi government has moved several steps forward in not only taking over...
China Takes Precautionary Measures In Agri Products Trade To Meet Trump’s Tariff Challenge
By Kunal Bose President Donald Trump in his pursuit of making America great again (MAGA) has launched a fusillade of indefensible tariff measures upsetting the multilateral trading system. While this Trump campaign will prove hurtful for countries across the board – allies and those perceived as not friendly –...
Samajwadi Party To Politically Benefit From Its Opposition To Waqf Bill In Parliament
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi national president Akhilesh Yadav has consolidated his position as leader PDA (backwards, dalits and minorities) after his opposition to waqf amendment bill 2025 in Parliament. The manner in which Akhilesh Yadav and his party MPs launched attack on BJP on the issue of waqf...
Trump’s Liberation Day Tariffs Should Act As A Wake Up Call To Starmer
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Britain’s elite stands exposed by Donald Trump’s tariffs. The Make America Great Again (MAGA) presidency is declaring economic war on its so-called allies: and none, worldwide, have staked so much for so long on “partnership” with the United States as Britain. What Trump terms “liberation...
CPI General Secretary D Raja Underlines Principled Unity Of All Communists To Fight RSS-BJP
By Satyaki Chakraborty Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary D. Raja gave a clarion call on Wednesday for the building of principled unity of all communists in India to act as the vanguard of the battle against the Narendra Modi government and the RSS-BJP led Sangh Parivar. Addressing...
Signs That New Delhi Has Been Overwhelmed By Trump’s Tariff Brutality
By K Raveendran It is curious that Indians have learnt of New Delhi’s willingness to cut tariffs for American goods from President Donald Trump rather than an official statement from the Modi government. It is as though charmed by Trump’s personal warmth towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has...
India Can Take Lessons From Response To Trump’s Tariff Rate By Canada, Mexico And China
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik President Trump inflicted 20 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports and 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods. Canada retaliated with 25 per cent tariffs on American exports worth US$ 20.7 billion. There is a possibility of expanding this retaliation to US$ 86.2...
