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Interim Budget 2024-25: Business as usual, or political gambit?

Interim Budget 2024-25: Business as usual, or political gambit?

In the wake of India’s Interim Budget 2024-25, questions arise: Is it a budget of business as usual or a political gambit? With a cautious conservatism characterising the budget, we delve into the numbers, the narratives, and the nuances.
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Political review

Amit Shah’s claim of Modi’s “good governance” vs the grotesque reality
Politics

Amit Shah’s claim of Modi’s “good governance” vs the grotesque reality

Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised his boss, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for providing "good governance". But what does facts say?
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Why Modi’s rhetoric on “national unity” smacked of hypocrisy?
Politics

Why Modi’s rhetoric on “national unity” smacked of hypocrisy?

Modi spoke on "national unity" while addressing a Gurparab in Kutch, but used the occasion to peddle Islamophobia and exhibit hypocrisy.
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Can Modi’s Upyogi praise for Yogi help the BJP win the 2022 UP polls?
Politics

Can Modi’s Upyogi praise for Yogi help the BJP win the 2022 UP polls?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said UP (Uttar Pradesh) + Yogi (Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath) = Upyogi (useful thing) in a bid to promote BJP.
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Indian Army’s killing of civilians in Nagaland stirred up a hornets’ nest
Politics

Indian Army’s killing of civilians in Nagaland stirred up a hornets’ nest

The Indian Army’s killing of civilians in Nagaland has jeopardised the Naga peace process and gave a jolt to the BJP and the Modi regime.
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The Tripura civic body polls: why the BJP won? How did the TMC help?
Politics

The Tripura civic body polls: why the BJP won? How did the TMC help?

The BJP's victory in the Tripura civic body polls showed how the disunity of the opposition helped the ruling party. Blame it on TMC and...
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BJP’s Tripura Police has slapped UAPA on activists, but who will fight this tyranny?
Politics

BJP’s Tripura Police has slapped UAPA on activists, but who will fight this tyranny?

Tripura Police has slapped UAPA on activists who have raised their voice against the anti-Muslim violence. What's its source of its impunity?
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Economic review

After chit fund scams, microfinance debt trap exploits Bengal villagers
Economy

After chit fund scams, microfinance debt trap exploits Bengal villagers

The microfinance companies have trapped the poor villagers of West Bengal in their obnoxious debt trap as these people have no access to institutional credit.
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, the share market’s prospects and IBC’s failure
Economy

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, the share market’s prospects and IBC’s failure

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala asserted that investors shouldn't be swayed by the inflation. Given the worsening NPA situation of the PSBs, can the markets stay safe?
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What does the NSDL’s freezing of FPIs linked with the Adani Group imply?
Economy

What does the NSDL’s freezing of FPIs linked with the Adani Group imply?

The NSDL's freezing of FPIs linked with the Adani Group has unearthed a can of worms, exposing crony-comprador capitalism's unholy bond with fictious capital.
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Unemployment crisis in India is rising while Modi regime cuts expenditures
Economy

Unemployment crisis in India is rising while Modi regime cuts expenditures

As the unemployment crisis in India is rising, the Modi regime is cutting its expenditures below pre-COVID-19 years. Why this economic debauchery is allowed?
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Contraction of the Indian economy: will FY 2021-22 bring any real change?
Economy

Contraction of the Indian economy: will FY 2021-22 bring any real change?

Has the contraction of the Indian economy stopped? Will India experience a double-digit economic growth from the FY 2021-22 onwards? Analysis shows the opposite
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Adani’s wealth increase amid rising poverty reaffirms why capitalism is the pandemic
Economy

Adani’s wealth increase amid rising poverty reaffirms why capitalism is the pandemic

Gautam Adani's wealth increase amid rising poverty and unemployment proved that the lockdown and the pandemic are actually beneficial for capitalists like him.
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Foreign affairs

Kazakhstan protests: what remains unsaid?
Foreign Affairs

Kazakhstan protests: what remains unsaid?

The recent Kazakhstan protests have not just rocked the former Soviet republic, but also exposed a sinister geopolitical gambit in the region
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Anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh during Durga Puja: what happened and who did it?
Foreign Affairs

Anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh during Durga Puja: what happened and who did it?

Analysis of the recent anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh during Durga Puja over an allegation of besmirching the Koran in Comilla district.
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Quad summit in the US and the futility of Cold War-era rivalry
Foreign Affairs

Quad summit in the US and the futility of Cold War-era rivalry

The US is hosting the forthcoming Quad summit to up the ante against China in South China Sea and Indo-Pacific. But why such Cold War-era...
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AOC’s “tax the rich” campaign at Met Gala is ridiculous like the Democrats’ tax push
Foreign Affairs

AOC’s “tax the rich” campaign at Met Gala is ridiculous like the Democrats’ tax push

AOC’s “tax the rich” campaign at Met Gala is ridiculous like the Democrats' tax push, which will spare the super-rich and only tax on high...
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After 45 years of his death, Mao Zedong haunts Xi Jinping’s ilk
Foreign Affairs

After 45 years of his death, Mao Zedong haunts Xi Jinping’s ilk

After 45 years of Mao Zedong's death and establishment of capitalism in China, the growing mass resentment against the anti-Mao ruling clique is troubling Xi.
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ISIS’s suicide bombings at Kabul Airport: who is the beneficiary?
Foreign Affairs

ISIS’s suicide bombings at Kabul Airport: who is the beneficiary?

The ISIS's suicide bombings at Kabul Airport killed 72 so far, including US personnel and children. However, the big question is, who benefitted from this...
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Inside India

Kisan-Mazdoor Mahapanchayat in Mumbai showed new dimensions of farmers’ protest
India Rights

Kisan-Mazdoor Mahapanchayat in Mumbai showed new dimensions of farmers’ protest

The Kisan-Mazdoor Mahapanchayat in Mumbai showed how Delhi's farmers' movement is expanding and has been raising new pro-people demands.
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Arrest of tribal people at Silger exposed Congress’s tyranny in Chhattisgarh
India Rights

Arrest of tribal people at Silger exposed Congress’s tyranny in Chhattisgarh

Arrest of tribal people at Silger exposed how Congress-led Chhattisgarh government unapologetically follows the BJP's police-state template
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Autumn in West Bengal: The season of pain and not celebration
Agriculture

Autumn in West Bengal: The season of pain and not celebration

Autumn in Bengal has been stereotyped as per the romanticised version peddled by poets and authors for ages, ignoring the crisis it brings.
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Why Modi’s celebration of one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered by India is problematic?
Healthcare

Why Modi’s celebration of one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered by India is problematic?

Why the Modi regime's celebration of one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered by India is problematic for the country?
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Lakhimpur Kheri farmer massacre: Situation worsens as the BJP spins its narrative
Rights

Lakhimpur Kheri farmer massacre: Situation worsens as the BJP spins its narrative

The situation has worsened in Uttar Pradesh after the Lakhimpur Kheri farmer massacre as the BJP and the Yogi regime are innovating ways to blame...
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Lakhimpur Kheri massacre exposed BJP’s desperation to crush the farmers’ movement
Rights

Lakhimpur Kheri massacre exposed BJP’s desperation to crush the farmers’ movement

It wasn't an accident! What happened in Lakhimpur Kheri was a pure massacre of farmers. This killing shows the BJP's frustration with the farmers' movement.
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Minorities

The UP STF chargesheet against Siddique Kappan uses the BJP’s template
Minorities

The UP STF chargesheet against Siddique Kappan uses the BJP’s template

The UP STF chargesheet against Siddique Kappan, full of loopholes and Islamophobia, looks like as if the BJP itself has prepared it according to its...
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What’s inside BJP’s Uttarakhand Muslim population growth and ‘land jihad’ bogey?
Minorities

What’s inside BJP’s Uttarakhand Muslim population growth and ‘land jihad’ bogey?

What's the truth between the BJP government's allegation of Muslim population growth and 'land jihad' in Uttarakhand? What's the BJP's agenda behind this bogey?
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Modi lectures the UN while Assam Muslims killed with impunity by his BJP-ruled state
Minorities

Modi lectures the UN while Assam Muslims killed with impunity by his BJP-ruled state

As Modi lectures the UN citing "state-sponsored terrorism" as a threat, his party's government is unleashing terror in Assam and killing Muslims with impunity.
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Commemorating Mohsin Shaikh’s mob lynching and denial of justice
Minorities

Commemorating Mohsin Shaikh’s mob lynching and denial of justice

Seven years have passed since Mohsin Shaikh, Modi-ruled India's first recorded hate-crime victim, was lynched. Until now, justice remains elusive for Shaikh.
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MHA order on citizenship isn’t CAA 2019, won’t rescue Bengali refugees
Minorities

MHA order on citizenship isn’t CAA 2019, won’t rescue Bengali refugees

The recent MHA order on citizenship stirred a controversy on whether it's a backdoor entry of the CAA 2019. It's not. Also, both won't help...
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Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque placed on Ayodhya template
Minorities

Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque placed on Ayodhya template

Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque is now under gloomy clouds as a synchronised campaign has placed it on the Ayodhya template used to demolish the Babri Masjid.
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Editorial & Op-eds

Seven months of the farmers’ movement against three farm laws
Editorial

Seven months of the farmers’ movement against three farm laws

The farmers’ movement against three farm laws continues with equal zeal even after seven months and this is posing the greatest threat to the BJP's...
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Ghaziabad Police’s recent FIR spree again nailed democracy’s coffin
Editorial

Ghaziabad Police’s recent FIR spree again nailed democracy’s coffin

Ghaziabad Police’s recent FIR spree against journalists, Twitter and news portal The Wire nailed democracy's coffin once again in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh.
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India Inc celebrating World Environment Day: the highest degree of hypocrisy
Editorial

India Inc celebrating World Environment Day: the highest degree of hypocrisy

Corporates in India are celebrating World Environment Day with much fanfare while they are destroying the environment by encroaching on water, forests and land.
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A ‘genocide’ without accountability
Opinion

A ‘genocide’ without accountability

Under Modi's rule India is going through a genocide under the garb of "pandemic". Yet, there is no accountability. Also, there is no simmering and...
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The real Modi: a “god” that failed India and the world
Opinion

The real Modi: a “god” that failed India and the world

Modi's megalomania made him a demigod for his ardent fans, but with time, especially in the last two months of COVID-19 crisis, his incapabilities were...
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Modi’s failure to curb the COVID-19 pandemic: how the BJP will recover losses?
Editorial

Modi’s failure to curb the COVID-19 pandemic: how the BJP will recover losses?

The BJP is desperate to obliterate Modi’s failure to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. This rings an alarm about the possible route it will take to...
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