Tag: india politics
Fascism Versus Democracy – That Is The Issue For French Voters On July 7
By Nitya Chakraborty The results of the first round of French national elections held on June 30 are out on expected lines. The far right National Rally (RN) led by Marine Le Pen has got 34 per cent of the votes against the Leftist New Popular Front’s 29...
Opposition Takes New Task In Hand To Prevent India Turning Into Police State
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s opposition has taken a new task in hand to restrain Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government from turning the country into a “police state”, as the later “lays foundation” for it by implementing the three new criminal laws fo...
Bangladesh Seeks Chinese Backing For BRICS Membership Bid
By Tajul Islam On June 25, Liu Jianchao, the visiting Minister of the International Relations of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s Central Committee reaffirmed China’s commitment to fostering extensive cooperation with Bangladesh. During a courtesy cal...
NATO’s New Secretary General Is Expected To Be Tougher With President Putin
By Girish Linganna On Wednesday (June 26), NATO selected Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its new leader. This decision comes amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and uncertainties about the future role of the United States in the alliance, according to...
Anatomy Of The Building Fire Tragedy In Kuwait
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The massive blaze in Kuwait which claimed the lives of 50 people, including 46 Indians, underlines the paramount need to ensure better living and working conditions for them in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries...
AAP And Congress Are At Odds In Dealing With The Woes Of Rain-Hit Delhi
By Sushil Kutty The INDI-Alliance is fighting to stay united in Parliament, at least, matching wits with not just the treasury benches and the NDA government but also with the presiding officers of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, the Constitution held...
Venkaiah Naidu And Jagdeep Dhankhar: A Study In Contrast As Chairman Of Rajya Sabha
By K Raveendran The role of the Rajya Sabha Chairman stands as a symbol of authority, decorum, and impartiality. The manner in which these individuals conduct proceedings not only shapes legislative outcomes but also influences public perception of the fu...
Trump Silences Raspy Voiced President Joe Biden In First Debate
By Sushil Kutty United States Vice President Kamala Harris admitted President Joe Biden could have won the CNN presidential debate on June 27. “Yes, there was a slow start,” she told a top CNN anchor. Yet Harris will not replace Biden on top of the Democr...
NDA’s Worries Aggravate Further With MVA’s Equal Partnership Agreement
By Dr. Gyan Pathak By agreeing on “equal partnership” formula, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies – Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (Sharad Pawar) – in Maharashtra have taken a lead in preparation for the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha election likely to be...
Rahul Gandhi Should Not Have Accepted Om Birla As Speaker Without A Fight
By Arun Srivastava Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by accepting Narendra Modi’s nominee Om Birla as the Speaker of Lok Sabha without a division in the house on June 26 has not set a good example as the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha in his first confr...
President Droupadi Murmu Braves The Pitfalls In Modi-Govt’s Narrative
By Sushil Kutty President Droupadi Murmu must have known the moment she woke up that she would be mentioning “my government” again and again when she addresses the joint session of Parliament. It is another presidential chore — addressing joint sessions o...
Nuanced Messages Of Modi’s First Official Visit To Russia As Third Time Prime Minister
By K Raveendran The choice of Russia as the destination of the first official visit in his third term heading a coalition government is laden with symbolism and strategic implications, encompassing political messaging to coalition partners and a reinforce...
Assange Flies To Freedom, But His Plea Deal Exposes Us Empire’s Ugly Malfeasance
By Annie Domini Julian Assange, easily the world’s most persecuted and famous journalist, is free at last. At the moment of writing this column, Assange is onboard a private plane that is costing him half a million dollars (which his family plans to pay o...
Narendra Modi-RSS Tussle Intensifies Over Choice Of New BJP President
By Arun Srivastava In the last one hundred years since its founding,, the RSS had never faced such an existential crisis as it is happening now with its row with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a former leading pracharak. In 2003 the RSS had faced a big...
Bengal BJP To Deal With Its Fault Lines To Do Better In 2026 Assembly Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Roundly defeated by ruling Trinamool Congress in recently held Lok Sabha elections, BJP, Congress and CPI(M) leaderships in West Bengal have gone into brainstorming sessions to find out the cause of their respective electoral...