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Prabodh Panda Is No More
5 March 2018On February 27, 2018, former Lok Sabha Member Prabodh Panda, 72, who was the Secretary of the CPI’s West Bengal State Council, breathed his last after a massive heart attack in the morning at the CPI’s State headquarters in Bhupesh Bhavan, (...) -
The Cry for Bank Privatisaton
23 February 2018POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
One can of worms after another is opening in the banking industry. If a diamond merchant has defrauded public sector banks of over eleven thousand crore rupees, or a liquor baron of nine thousand crore rupees, there are (...) -
Scams in the Banking Industry
23 February 2018by Y.P. Singh
It is well known that the banking system in India is deposit-oriented in contrast to the capital-driven banking system in the developed world. More than 80 per cent of the deposits in the banks belong to the common man. Public (...) -
UP CM, Communal Riots, Fate of Kasganj DM
23 February 2018, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
When Yogi Adityanath was appointed the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, I’d commented it would drag along disasters to such an extent that even the basic level of survival would get impossible. Doomsday! See what’s been unfolding. (...) -
Beyond the Delhi Declaration: China, India and the competition for ASEAN
23 February 2018by Bhartendu Kumar Singh
When India welcomed the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) heads for this year’s Republic Day parade, it also sought to re-invent the Look East Policy (LEP) commissioned 25 years ago, amply reflected in the (...) -
Putin prefers Aramco to Trump’s sword dance
23 February 2018, by M K BhadrakumarHardly Ten Months after Honouring the Visiting US President, the Saudis are open to a Russian-Chinese Consortium Investing in the upcoming Aramco IPO
In the slideshow that is Middle Eastern politics, the series of still images seldom add up to (...) -
Revival of Religious Fundamentalism: Secularism under Threat ?
23 February 2018by Monaem Sarker
Contemporary global phenomenon has engulfed many corners of the globe resulting in a state of uncertainty for the innocent masses who are victims of extremist violence and radical religious fundamentalism particularly exploited (...) -
Temples, Politics and Leaders: From Jawaharlal Nehru to Rahul Gandhi
23 February 2018by Ram Puniyani
What should be the attitude of the leaders’ visits to places of worship? The matter is very complex in a society like that of India where the hold of religion on the society has been strong and is becoming stronger. In many (...) -
India’s Income Inequality Woes are Compounded by its Black Economy
23 February 2018, by Arun KumarTrue income disparity cannot be captured by the World Inequality Report because the impact of the black economy is not taken into account.
The World Inequality Report (WIR) released last week shows that “India’s top one per cent earners received (...) -
China: Close to Superpowerdom, but . . .
23 February 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Confidence, authoritativeness and clear warning signals echoed from China’s published statements on the Maldives crisis. Keep off, it tells the UN. Any military intervention will be strongly resisted, it tells India. This is the new (...)
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