The objective of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is to establish a Hindu state (“Hindu Rashtra”) in India. But what exactly does a Hindu state mean? The obvious and immediate answer would be that instead of the present Constitutionally-guaranteed equality for all citizens irrespective of religion, there would be in such a state a superior status of the Hindus compared to those belonging to other religions, especially the Muslims who constitute the largest religious minority in the...
THERE is a myth that ostriches bury their heads in the sand when threatened. The United States is like the mythical ostrich in its response to the current Ebola outbreak. The hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship was like a dress rehearsal. It showed the consequences of dismantling global pandemic preparedness. That rehearsal is over. The far more dangerous Ebola act has begun, and the curtain has risen in Central Africa. Of course, the Ebola outlook has...
The rupee has further depreciated vis-à-vis the dollar reaching 95.87 against the US dollar on June 15. It appears like a free fall and the weakening of the rupee by itself is nothing, but an indicator of how India’s economic health is perceived by foreign investors. The balance of payments, that is India’s transactions with the world, are composed of two accounts namely the current account and the capital account.
In a significant judgement that has implications for freedom of the press, the Delhi High Court has vindicated Prabir Purkayastha and Newsclick. In a damning judgement, the High Court called the Delhi Police and Enforcement Directorate cases against Newsclick ‘mala fide’, an ‘arbitrary attack’ without ‘a whisper of any incriminating allegation’, which amounts to ‘a gross abuse of the process of law’.
The present city of Guwahati is surrounded by a number of tribal belts and blocks inhabited by different tribal communities such as Rabha, Karbi, Tiwa, etc. The valuable land adjacent to the city, but under the possession of the tribal people for centuries, is now naturally an attractive proposition for different corporate houses.
THE air over India’s construction sites, paddy fields, and asphalt highways does not just feel hot anymore, it feels hostile. As temperatures routinely breach the 45 to 48-degree Celsius mark across the subcontinent, the language used by the state and corporate media to describe this crisis remains safely analytical, warning that heat stress could put up to 4.5% of India’s GDP at risk by 2030, equivalent to an abstract 150 to 250 billion dollars. But GDP does not sweat, and capital does not suffer...
On the southern coast of Albania, where the Adriatic and Ionian worlds meet, the landscape unfolds with an almost impossible beauty. The Narta Lagoon glimmers beneath the Mediterranean sun. Flamingos move through the shallow waters, their reflections trembling in the wind.
The three-day meeting of the CPI(M) Odisha State Committee and a state-level cadre convention, held in Bhubaneswar from June 6 to 8, discussed the prevailing international, national and state situation and adopted an extensive programme of political and mass mobilisation against corporate exploitation, communal polarisation and the anti-people...
THE Chief Justice of India compared unemployed youth to “cockroaches,” saying that “some of them become media, some become social media, RTI activists” and “start attacking everyone.” The remark was made by Justice Surya Kant on May 15, 2026, during a Supreme Court hearing on a lawyer’s petition concerning senior advocate designation.
Renowned left leader, former Member of the CPI(M) Tripura State Committee, and former Minister of the Left Front Government, Comrade Faizur Rahaman breathed his last in his residence at Ichai Lalchhari village of Dharmanagar Sub-Division, North Tripura on June 12. He had been suffering from cancer for several years. He was 75.
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