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By Sushil Kutty Swami Vivekananda would have held his head in frustration, like Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did, when the Lok Sabha descended to the level of a caste-cauldron like Kerala used to be when Vivekananda visited God’s Own Country. But unlike Vivekananda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thought the...
Attack On Soccer Field Puts Middle East On The Edge Of Triggering A Global War
By M A Hossain After a recent rocket attack on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, the question of whether the Middle East is on the verge of an all-out war has captured global attention. This attack, which resulted in the death of 12 people amid the...
India Is Among The Countries With Highest Railway Accidents In The World
By Arun Srivastava Give a bad name to the dog and kill it. This is actually happening with the railways. Recurring train accidents are the best motives for marketing the train services to private sector. Selling a profit making organisation would invite severe public outcry and criticism. It would...
Rahul Gandhi’s Speech On Budget 2024-25 Exposes The Lotus Trap
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the Lok Sabha on the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 29, was not only an expose of the lotus trap, but also a voice given to the entrapped, the muted, and the people living constantly under fear. Avoiding jargons and the...
Google Pitches For Kamala, Omits Donald Trump Out Of The Search
By Sushil Kutty Does Alphabet\Google CEO Sundar Pichai, have a pronounced Harris bias? Kamala Harris of Indian-Jamaican origin is up against Republican former President Donald Trump, close pal of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But India-born Sundar Pichai is a left-leaning head honcho now charged with anti-Trumpism. This, as...
Bengal Congress In Doldrums As New State President Is Yet To Take Over
By Tirthankar Mitra Reduced to a single Lok Sabha member from West Bengal post 2024 elections, the state Congress unit is busy picking up the pieces of the jigsaw which would help it arrive at the causes of its dismal state and chart its path of revival. Apart from...
Rahul Gandhi Names And Shames Modi’s ‘Lotus-Shaped Chakravyuh’
By Arun Srivastava Only six months back, Indians, especially the bourgeoning middle class endorsing the jibes of Narendra Modi against Rahul Gandhi, who preferred to address him “Pappu”, “Shehenshah” and a “part-time politician”, are now looking towards him with hope. Not only the common people and the politically conscious,...
Corporate Sector Is The Prime Beneficiary Of 2024-25 Modi Govt Budget
By Arun Kumar The corporate sector and the pink papers have largely welcomed the Union budget 2024–25. One can always wish for more but it is a relief if one is not hurt and there is a standstill. It was expected that after the recent election results, the ruling...
Killer Landslide Batters Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There seems to be no respite for Kerala from natural calamities. Hardly has the State recovered from the serious situation caused by reports of outbreak of Nipah virus in Kozhikode district when it has been devastated by another disaster.. The latest tragedy to strike the...
Paris Olympics: It Is French, Exuberant, Original And Inclusive
By Devasis Chattopadhyay If it does not arouse debate, it’s not French. Exuberant, original, inclusive – and definitely controversial – sum up the unforgettable opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games 2024. As it was obviously French, it held the whole world in thrall during the weekend but the...
India Should Offer Open-Arm Invite To MNCs Abandoning China
By Nantoo Banerjee At a time when one after another foreign firms are abandoning China in protest of repression, the Indian government is, instead of inviting these global firms to start operations in the country, freshly looking at foreign direct investments (FDIs) from China. India is believed to have...
Nicholas Maduro Wins Venezuelan Presidency Again In A Hotly Contested Election
By Satyaki Chakraborty President of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro won the Presidential elections held on July 28 by defeating the national opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez. As per the election council announcement, Maduro got 51.2 per cent of the votes polled as against 44.2 per cent received by Gonzalez. The council...
SCO Meet May Be Held In Islamabad In October With Narendra Modi Not Attending
By Sushil Kutty Prominent voices in Pakistan have realized that diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan is a Pakistani pipedream. The multilateral Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit to be held in Islamabad in October holds promise but Pakistanis know Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unbending. The setback to Modi in...
Programme For High Quality Education For All In Punjab From September 2024
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Known for having transformed the Delhi education scenario in government schools from poor to very good, even better in performance than private schools in the National Capital Territory, in just a decade, AAP government is now on the way to transform Punjab school education to...
Narendra Modi Govt Reduces Funding Allocation For UGC In A Significant Shift
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav This month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a significant shift in the funding allocation for the University Grants Commission (UGC) in the latest budget. This historical institution, which saw an allocation of Rs 6409 crore during the 2023-2024 fiscal year, will receive only Rs 2,500...
In Post Election Period, Organisational Rejig Emerges As Major Task Of BJP
By Arun Srivastava Dreams of crores of Indian that their country would be empowered soon and have faster connectivity, more jobs, better education and improved quality of life do not appear to be a reality with the ruling BJP losing its track and its czar unable to connect with...
Bengal BJP Vertically Split Over Attitude To Voters Of Muslim Community
By Tirthankar Mitra With its back to the wall post its tally of 18 seats won in 2019 Lok Sabha polls reduced to 12 in 2024 parliamentary elections, West Bengal BJP unit is still at a crossroads. If leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari is advocating a line which...
United States Overhauling Its Military Presence In Japan Is Ominous For Asia
By Asad Mirza In a sweeping step to modernise their alliance in the face of mounting security threats in Asia, particularly the South China Sea, US and Japan have announced plans to further the bilateral military cooperation. The United States has announced that it will overhaul its military forces...
