2023

by K Gireesan *
WHY SHOULD A commercial organisation’s elections be important? It is important because it heralds a change in the political process of democracy suspended in a geo-politically crucial region.
The socio-economic-political scenario changed in Jammu and Kashmir three years ago when Article 370 was abrogated and the special status of the State was removed by withdrawing Article 35A. It resulted in change of status of Jammu and Kashmir ‘from one State’ into two Union (…)

One of the most geographically, politically and now militarily contested territory that has raised innumerable human rights questions in the recent and distant past continues to be Kashmir. Kashmir today is devoid of Swaraj, of the real essence of Kashmiriyat. Granville Austin underpins the legitimacy of a constitution in any given territory, and particularly India, in the consent of the masses. While he does provide a flexibility of justification sourced from either Tacit Consent or (…)

by Arun Srivastava
Post-disqualification analysis by some media pundits and analysts of Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and Narendra Modi grabbing the occasion to disqualify him from the membership of the parliament makes bizarre reading. They say; “the verdict wasn’t unexpected, it was on its way. Truly, there couldn’t have been a better way to tame Rahul Gandhi than by reading him the riot act with a criminal defamation charge.” It emphatically underlines a candid inference that they were (…)

Recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), has further led to the fall of the Signature bank, Credit Suisse and now a major European German Credit Douche bank. This banking crisis resulted from US Treasury’s recent interest rate hike. Cracks are appearing in US banking as fears of a possible financial contagion across the world, reminding 2008 Lehman brothers economic meltdown. It’s implications will soon be felt in Indian economy.
The present banking crisis is caused by stockpiling of (…)

Creation of Odisha as a separate State on 1st April 1936 based on language was a historic step in fulfilment of the demand of leadership of Odisha and Indian National Congress for the reorganisation of States based on language. The fact that Odisha provided the pioneering initiative in that direction amply proved the genius of Odia leadership in starting such a great movement. The country and Odisha is mighty proud of Utkalgaurab Madhusudan Das who started Utkal Sammilani in 1903 to unify (…)

1. We are democratic forces from various regions of Myanmar fighting against the Myanmar junta who have been killing civilians at will following an attempted coup.
2. Myanmar’s people deserve democracy. The government and people of India know best how difficult the road to democracy can be. When the Myanmar junta attempted to seize power and install military rule in 2021, all the people of Myanmar, including those from India’s neighbouring Sagaing Region and Chin State were left with (…)

by Daniel Angus *
Seeing might not be believing going forward as digital technologies make the fight against misinformation even trickier for embattled social media giants.
In a grainy video, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears to tell his people to lay down their arms and surrender to Russia. The video — quickly debunked by Zelenskyy — was a deep fake, a digital imitation generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic his voice and facial expressions.
High-profile (…)

by James M. Dorsey *
March 28
The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer is a reader-supported publication.
All Mr. Mohamed wanted was a job and a marriage.
A 22-year-old Somali farmhand, Mr. Mohamed, skeptically retorted, "is that right?" when Al Shabab recruiters sought to convince him that the defence of Islam needed him.
"What I really need is a job and a wife,’ Mr. Mohamed added.
The farmworker was persuaded when the recruiters for one of Africa’s oldest jihadist movements (…)

PRESS RELEASE
Expressing concern over the expulsion of Rahul Gandhi from the parliament and his conviction in a defamation case, over a 1000 teachers, artists, scientists, cultural workers and members of the civil society called upon the people of India to take all measures to save parliamentary democracy from the assault from the ruling party.
Released by:
Apoorvanand, Gauhar Raza, Shabnam Hashmi
28/3/2023
New Delhi
STATEMENT
DEFEND PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
The (…)

Press Statement released by the platform of scheme workers affiliated to AITUC
28.03.2023, New Delhi:
STATUS OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, NO LESS
DEMAND MORE THAN 5000 SCHEME WORKERS GATHERED AT JANTAR MANTAR
National ASHA Workers Federation, All India Anganwadi Workers Federation, and All India Mid-day Meal Workers Federation
More than five thousand Scheme Workers - Anganwadi, Mid-day Meal, ASHA Workers, and Block Facilitators from across the country and UMED W workers from (…)