Mainstream WeeklyPress Release after the webinar: Decoding the Arsenal Report: The Curious Case of Questionable evidence in Bhima Koregaon/Elgar Parishad case (Also see below the FAQ by Prof. Jedidiah Crandall)
The NIA’s ’No Malware Found’ Response to New Forensic Report Points to Ineptitude:
February 16, 2021
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yT4rnqTxExc On February 10, 2021 the Bhima Koregaon defense team filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking the release (…)
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Table of Contents, Mainstream, Feb 13, 2021
12 February 2021* Dismantling Public Sector and Subverting Welfare State | D Raja
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Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Feb 13, 2021
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Dismantling Public Sector and Subverting Welfare State | D Raja
12 February 2021by D Raja
Politics and economics can never be separated. It is political economy which decides and reveals the nature and character of the state of any Nation. The Constitution of our country defines Indian state as a secular state and as a welfare state. The BJP-RSS combine has been aggressively making efforts to subvert the secular state into a theocratic fascist state. The present regime headed by Modi has been subverting the welfare state by dismantling public sector after the (…) -
Union Budget 2021-22: Long on Promises, Short in Content | A Sunil Dharan
12 February 2021by A Sunil Dharan
The Finance Minister’s budget speech gave us the impression that she has pulled off the impossible. She has, apparently, presented an expansionary budget with thrust on capital spending and increased expenditure on priority areas like health. At the same time, by projecting a fiscal deficit figure for 2021-22 which is much lower than the revised estimate for 2020-21 she has put the economy on the path of fiscal consolidation. The speech is replete with hyperboles (…) -
The World May Be Sorry For India | TJS George
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More than any other Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi longed for international approbation. He wanted the world to chant Howdy Modi not as part of an organised publicity stunt, but spontaneously with love and reverence. Power in India was important, but just as important was admiration by the world. It was important that the world understood how a tide of popularity carried him to the top and how continuing applause by an ecstatic people is keeping him there. The (…)