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WEAK COURTS AND STRONG EXECUTIVE MARK INDIAN DEMOCRACY The downgrading of the credentials of India’s constitutional democracy has been a subject of severe domestic and global critique in recent times. Nevertheless, the Indian diplomatic…
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COMMUNIST STATE ALSO BOASTS WORLD’S BIGGEST ARMY Few countries in the world have seen a single political party, following a democratic succession system within, enjoying such a long uninterrupted power and political authority as the…
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MODI REGIME IS CLUELESS ON THE REAL REASONS Economic slowdown is affecting all sections of society. But corporate lobby and the rich are taking advantage of the slowdown to extract benefits and press for favourable structural changes from…
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JOHNSON LOSES LEGITIMACY AFTER CONTINUING DEFEATS British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a record-breaking seventh House of Commons defeat last Thursday when Members of Parliament voted, 306-289, against his request to allow a short…
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NEW DELHI SHOULD DO MORE TO HELP ITS NEIGHBOUR’S ECONOMY Chinese president Xi Jinping came to India and had an “informal summit” (the second one after the Wuhan summit last year) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi down south in Mamallapuram…
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RBI STIPULATES COMPENSATION FOR DELAY IN RECTIFICATION It would be hard to spot even one person who hasn’t had a bad experience with an ATM transaction, payment at a point of sale (PoS) machine or an online payment. It often happens while…
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INDIA IS ALMOST 85 PERCENT IMPORT RELIANT ON OIL After the economic slowdown comes the oil shock. The multiple drone strikes on Saudi Aramco’s two major oil facilities have already cut down Saudi Arabia’s oil production by 5.7…
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UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE NOW A PRIORITY India, like many middle-income countries, is committed to providing Universal Health Coverage and has made significant progress through the Ayushman Bharat (AB) programme, targeting the bottom 40…
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ECONOMY NEEDS MORE THAN HOMILIES FOR RECOVERY The first step to solve a problem is the recognition that the problem exists. Unless the problem is acknowledged it is impossible to even look for a solution. This is what dogs Union Finance…
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NEW ERA DIRECTORS MAKE STUNNING FILMS ON A TOPICAL THEME While we’re on the theme of fascism and Nazism, it should be noted that there were several other new films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) that addressed…
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MAMALLAPURAM SUMMIT EXPECTED TO CALM DOWN TEMPERATURES Mamallapuram, the ancient port town near Chennai, is getting ready to host the Chinese President XI Jinping for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narenda Modi this weekend…
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At a time when the privatization of the central public sector enterprises, is sweeping the Modi Government, a number of PSEs are striving hard to retain their PSE character. Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals ltd (BCPL) is one which has…
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PROGRAMMES IN INDIA NEED A FRESH APPROACH TO SAVE LIVES Majority of Indian kitchens do not have access to clean cooking energy. We have been worst in the world, and are still so. There are many programmes to trumpet, but government fails…
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BREAK DIGITAL BERLIN WALL FOR GROWTH, SAYS IMF CHIEF India is complex. So is its economy. It is stated to be in crisis, its merchandise sales, core sector and GDP growth, global competitiveness move downwards, sensex tanks and fiscal…
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The nuclear powers have conducted more than 2,000 nuclear test explosions. Out of this 1054 have been done by the United States of America. The last US nuclear weapons test took place 26 years ago on Sept. 23, 1992, at the Nevada Test Site.…
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Smoking tobacco is the single largest cause of preventable death around the world. With more than 7 million premature deaths due to smoking including second-hand smoke yearly, the menace of smoking is far away from being tamed and is…
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The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has promised to “put power in the hands of workers” if the party wins the next election, including setting up a new enforcement agency to boost employment rights. He has also set out the four pillars of a…
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Bhagat Singh was born on September 27, 1907. At a very young age he involved himself in the freedom struggle. He was only 23, when he was hanged on March 23, 1931. But even by that time, he had spoken and written so much about his ideology…
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The fear of a major global economic slowdown is driving large economies make plans to push their growth machines back on track to avoid such a situation. Large economies such as the US, China, Germany and Japan are already at work to fight…
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Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi go for a Uniform Civil Code, particularly after the prompting of the Supreme Court last week? The Apex Court has once again batted for such a Code last week, pointing out that the framers of the…
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After the abysmal performance in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, Tripura and Kerala, the bye-election results, particularly, Pala constituency of Kerala provide a big relief to the Left. The Pala constituency, which has been a…
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The latest mass opinion that has gripped Britain is while Boris Johnson is damaging Britain, Corbyn betrays Labour values. People have their own indices to judge the two leaders, but the fact is their actions and the nature of politics…
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In a history-making decision, the Government of India has prohibited electronic cigarettes by the promulgation of the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and…
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Madhya Pradesh has yet to recover from the calamity caused by unprecedented rains and floods — it has been hit by a veritable tsunami caused by what is being described as “honey trap”. It is being claimed that “honey trap” involved top…
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India was a founding member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in 1919. It has been a permanent member of its governing body since 1922. At the time of ILO’s centenary, India, the world’s largest democracy, has not ratified two…
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