By Anjan Roy Dr Manmohan Singh, primarily an economist who was thrust into the position of a politician late in life, has offered sane advice to the Modi government to come out of the current economic crisis. In doing so, he was playing the role of a senior...
By K Raveendran His voice is few and far between. But when it does, it comes like that of an oracle. That’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. His description of Modi’s demonetisation as the ‘monumental blunder’ still rings loud and true. A man of few words, there...
By Gyan Pathak The Constitution of India guarantees safety of life and property, but both are unsafe in the hands our current government in the helm of affairs. To ease the miseries of the people, several private national and international philanthropist individuals and organisations are working. Indian...
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Perhaps to take advantage of the division in the ruling Congress in Madhya Pradesh, the main opposition BJP has taken to the path of confrontation. As a part of this strategy, the BJP launched a campaign called ‘Ghantanaad’ (ringing of bells to wake up...
By Mark Gurenberg Tussles over health care dominated the discussion as the ten leading Democratic presidential hopefuls debated each other before a boisterous crowd in Houston on September 12. The key disagreements were between Sens. Bernie Sanders, Ind.-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who championed single-payer government-run Medicare...
By Krishna Jha In India, for the first time, the extreme rightist forces have been elected to power with promises to serve the people’s cause. The shift represents a new stage in the old garb. Democracy has been perishing slowly in the hands of autocracy. ‘Divide and rule’...
By S Sudhakar Reddy On the face of it, economic policies of Modi government appear to be clueless and directionless. However, underneath there is a deep rooted conspiracy to systematically loot the nation in favour of the few who have put their puppet in the prime minister’s chair....
By C Srikumar Eighty-two thousand permanent defence civilian employees and 40,000 contract workers of the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories went on an unprecedented total strike from August 20 to 25, 2019. The three federations of defence civilian employees — All India Defence Employees Federations (AIDEF), Indian National Defence...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A terrible tragedy is in the making at Marad, a non-descript town in Ernakulam district of Kerala. The tragedy is unfolding following the Supreme Court verdict ordering demolition of four apartments comprising over 350 flats, built in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone rules,...
By John Wojcik Britain’s version of Donald Trump, right-wing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was handed a major defeat Monday when his second try at calling an election to solve the Brexit mess was rebuffed. Labor and left forces in Britain say his call for a “snap election”...