By John Wojcik Shouts of joy rang out on October 27 night at Berlin’s Karl Liebknecht Haus, headquarters of Germany’s Left Party (Die Linke), when it was learned that Die Linke won the state elections in Thuringia with 31% of the vote, the highest total ever for the...
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about the Development priorities and his vision of new Kashmir in an interaction with a delegation of European parliamentarians on Monday. The delegation is in Kashmir on Tuesday to see the situation and make their own assessment. This is...
By Satyaki Chakraborty RITES, the public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India is making waves in the global market as the exporter of rolling stocks and project contractors. The developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America are wooing RITES to set...
By Emile Schepers Since the re-election of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández of the right-wing National Party in 2017, mass protests have been ongoing in the streets of Honduran cities. That election was considered fraudulent by many, but now a court decision in the United States has added...
By Nantoo Banerjee In a country where poverty, hunger and human destitution growth rates more than match the economic growth indices there ought to be something seriously wrong with that country’s economic progression system. Such a situation is possible only in a radically capitalist economy or in banana...
By Nitya Chakraborty Things are finally looking up for the Left in Latin America again. After the victory of Eva Morales in the presidential poll in Bolivia on October 20 following a bitter battle with his rightwing opponents, on October 27 just a week after, the conservative government...
By Ashis Biswas India urgently needs to work out new agreements with China and Bhutan to save its Northeast region from floods, land erosion and ecological destruction. Policymakers and economists in Assam feel this more strongly than ever, especially after experiencing the most recent spate of devastating floods....
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Jhabua Vidhan Sabha by poll is causing serious repercussions in both the BJP and Congress. While in the BJP series of dissenting voices are being raised while analysing causes of defeat, in Congress whispers are being heard about the likely changes because of...
By Amulya Ganguli Quite unexpectedly, Rahul Gandhi has shown that he cannot be taken seriously. His mournful silence at a time when the Congress has shown faint signs of revival in the Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections is one of the most curious political events of recent years....
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The poor performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the five assembly by-elections held in the State has taken a heavy toll on the party. The first casualty has been the party president himself. P S Sreedharan Pillai has been sent...