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By Harihar Swarup What are some of the implications of the Congress’s emphasis and creditable win in Karnataka for national politics? At one level it would be unwise to extrapolate from state to national elections. The logic of these elections is not always aligned. Nevertheless, the Karnataka results has...
Another Great Opportunity For Black Money Holders For Laundering
By K Raveendran The withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes by the Reserve Bank of India and the brief window allowed to exchange the notes until September 30 will provide another opportunity for black money holders to launder their ill-gotten wealth just like its infamous precedent seven years ago did....
Delhi Ordinance Exposes Moral Bankruptcy Of Modi Regime
By Sushil Kutty It is so blatantly brazen you can stick it to the wall and it will hang firm. Is it a violation of the law? It definitely is a ‘middle finger’ to the Supreme Court. The top court has been told “thus far, no further”. And it...
India Denounced For Blocking Independent Trade Unions At G20 Meetings
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is being denounced by trade unions across the G20 economies for government’s decision to block participation of independent trade unions in G20 meeting, including L20 meeting on labour and G20 Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG), which is resulting in worker’s voices going unrepresented. While...
Pakistan’s Political Turmoil Has Implications For Global Security
By M A Hossain Pakistan is currently in a critical juncture of political turmoil which is posing a threat to its sovereignty as well as growing concerns about global security. Not only that, if Pakistan fails to address the crisis, then definitely it will be the beginning of the...
Can Congress Replicate Karnataka Victory In Kerala Against LDF?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no denying it. The spectacular Congress victory in Karnataka Assembly elections has come as a much-needed morale booster for the party unit in Kerala. But the question is: Can the Kerala unit do a Karnataka in the State? The answer is: it is...
Pakistan Film ‘Joyland’ Is A Fine Human Document On Transgender Struggle
By Maria Duarte A traditional family in Lahore, Pakistan, is ripped apart when the youngest son becomes infatuated with an ambitious trans starlet in Saim Sadiq’s impressive debut feature which explores sexual fluidity, love, desire, and rebellion within a repressed patriarchal society. Haider (a phenomenal Ali Junejo) is unemployed...
Kiren Rijiju’s Removal From Law Ministry Indicates PM’s Late Bid To Woo Judiciary
By Sushil Kutty The abrupt removal of Kiren Rijiju from the post of Union Minister of Law is yet another example of Prime Narendra Modi surrendering. In fact Modi’s two tenures are littered with abject surrenders. Almost to suggest that this is a flaw in his character. No reason...
Saving The Public Sector Banks From Privatisation Is The Prime National Task
By C.H. Venkatachalam The 29th National Conference of All India Bank Employees Association which was held in Mumbai from May13th to 15th, 2023 concluded successfully. More than 3,000 Delegates and Observers from all over the country participated in the Conference. Notably, Delegates from all the States including from Nagaland,...
US Debt Ceiling Programme Of President Joe Biden Is Beset With Contradictions
By Prabhat Patnaik Under pressure from globalised finance capital, most countries of the world have enacted legislation fixing the size of the fiscal deficit as a proportion of GDP; generally it is 3 percent, and in India it is 3 per cent for the centre and 3 per cent...
Congress Party Left No Stone Unturned To Win Karnataka Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra Credit for the Congress win in Karnataka as it wrested the state from the BJP is in order. Nods go to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra for igniting and energising the cadre ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections, Siddaramaiah’s mass appeal, DK Shivakumar’s organisational skills,...
Congress Poll Narrative Is Now On Stronger Ground To Challenge BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Congress’s political narrative has won in Karnataka throwing the BJP out of power in the state. It clearly shows that the political narrative brought forward by the party and its leader Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra and election campaigns in the state have...
After Karnataka Debacle, Tribal BJP Leaders Challenge Centre In Manipur
By Ashis Biswas For the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) whether at the centre or in the states, hard times are here. Still reeling from its comprehensive defeat in Karnataka, the BJP finds no respite in Manipur. While the state is in the process of limping back to normalcy...
Judiciary Still Not Able To Rein In Unhinged Enforcement Directorate
By Arun Srivastava A famous Urdu poet (shayar) recently wrote, “What can a statute book do when the sections of the law books are sleeping in the pages!” It was not merely a satire on the existing judicial system. He was commenting on the state of affairs: how not...
Doctors Warn The Developed Nations Of Twin Threats Of Climate Change And Nuclear War
By Dr. Arun Mitra Threat to the existence of mankind has never been so acute as today. We are faced with twin existential crisis due to climate change and nuclear war. Extreme changes in the weather are a cause of grave concern. Untimely rains, storms and hitherto lesser known...
Hollywood Screenwriters Guild Had A Left Leaning Tradition All Through
By Larry Ceplair Screenwriters have always been the sharpest thorn in the side of movie executives, the motion picture labour union with the greatest propensity to strike. The current walkout is their eighth, not including a threatened strike in 1941 that secured their first collective bargaining agreement with the...
Congress High Command Must Act Firm In Dealing With In Fighting In States Before Coming Polls
By Sushil Kutty The “nagging Congress infighting in Karnataka” is glaringly out in the open. And the headlines are making the Congress look like a bunch of children at a candy store. The party is ridden with the suicidal impulses. One view is that the Congress high command should...
By Seeking Change In Indus Waters Treaty, India Puts Pakistan Under Strain
By Girish Linganna On January 25, India issued notice to Pakistan, demanding changes to the Indus Waters Treaty which was signed by India, Pakistan, and the World Bank in 1960. The treaty determines the allocation of rights to the waters of several rivers in the Indus Basin between the...
