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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...
Third Time PM Narendra Modi Has To Govern As A Leader Of The Coalition
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the oath of Member of Parliament on June 24 days after he was sworn in as India’s Prime Minister for the third time. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party doesn’t have a majority but Modi heads the coalition NDA,...
Patna High Court Striking Down Bihar Govt’s Hike In Reservation Quota Poses Many Questions
By Arun Srivastava Patna High Court striking down Bihar government’s hike of reservation quota for Dalits, backward castes and tribals to 65% in jobs and education has certainly not come as a surprise nor has been shocking. It was well perceived that like...
Unprecedented Rise In Unemployment To 9 Per Cent Is The Key Concern
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the last 30 days, unemployment in India has risen sharply to 8.9 per cent, at a time when Union Finance Minister has started consultations with various stakeholders for preparing Union Budget 2024-25. Such an unprecedented rise in wo...
Priyanka Contesting From Wayanad Is Linked To The Congress Strategy On South
By Kalyani Shankar Amidst a flurry of speculation and anticipation, the Congress party has made a strategic and significant move by fielding Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi in the by-elections in Wayanad. This seat became available after her brother Rahul...