Politics
Time for France to acknowledge its Muslim minority
October 26, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements on relationship between Islam and French culture following the beheading of a French professor raise a storm in and outside France. The murder brings focus back on situation of Muslims, a sizeable minority in the country.
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Driven to desperation, Ola, Uber drivers threaten ...
October 25, 2020
Even four months after the lockdown was lifted, tens of thousands of drivers of ride hailing apps remain desperate as Ola and Uber change rules of the game and bankers chase drivers for debt repayments.
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Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Test for Modi &...
October 19, 2020
The migrant crisis, unemployment, annual floods, Covid-19 pandemic and new farm laws likely to be big factors when Bihar votes in October-November assembly elections.
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An eye on business, EU, US turn the other away fro...
October 18, 2020
The decision of Amnesty International to shut down its office in India last month following a freeze of its bank accounts ordered by the Indian government over some alleged malpractices drew a rare response from the government of United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson that e...
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Covid-19 pushes malnutrition targets further away ...
October 14, 2020
Already lagging behind its goals for eradicating malnutrition, India slides further due to disruptions in food deliveries to vulnerable sections of the society. Government needs to do much more than simply throw money at malnutrition, wishing it will disappear.
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Paswan’s death puts spanner in Nitish Kumar’s ...
October 10, 2020
Union food minister Ramvilas Paswan’s death is bound to upset Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s calculations in upcoming assembly elections.
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SC verdict against the idea of protests, say Shahe...
October 8, 2020
Shaheen Bagh protestors feel deceived and dissatisfied with the Supreme Court’s verdict that public places cannot be occupied indefinitely in the name of protests.
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Hathras: Protestors burn Yogi Adityanath’s effig...
October 6, 2020
In continuing protests against Hathras rape case, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath effigy was burnt in New Delhi on Monday and protestors vowed to continue till he resigns.
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Time for ‘spinning wheel’ diplomacy between Ch...
October 2, 2020
India is surely not aiming to become a regional, let alone global superpower. After the end of the Cold War of 20th century and ‘unipolar’ hegemony of US since then, the world has witnessed China’s emergence as a global economic power. It is an open secret that most of th...
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Coverage, continuity, intensity & quality, ke...
October 2, 2020
India is home to the largest number of children suffering from malnutrition and stunted growth. This has been the case for decades. What has not been happening right? I am an optimist. Things are going in a right direction. Malnutrition is improving but my concern is that they ar...
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