Partha Chakraborty- The biggest elections ever held just ended in India. With the projected win of 302 out of 543 seats, nearly six times that of the next contender largest party, incumbent ruling party BJP looks to sweep back to victory. A “historic mandate”, the PM Narendra Modi hailed afterward; a thumping rejection of […]
IANS- As India gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi a historic mandate with the ruling BJP returning to power in the Lok Sabha, here’s how the foreign media covered Modi’s victory. The UK’s Guardian in an editorial said that the landslide win for Modi will see “India’s soul lost to a dark politics – one that […]
Frank Islam(IANS) – In this national election year, the concept of a universal basic income has become a political football. The opposition Congress Party is promising to implement a “nationwide minimum income for the poor” and Prime Minister Narendra Modis administration is proposing a “basic income for poor farmers.” What is not needed on […]
IANS- In what is being seen as a diplomatic victory for India, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Thursday that the captured IAF pilot will be freed on Friday after New Delhi sought his unconditional, immediate and unharmed release. Calling it a “peace gesture”, Khan told a joint session of the Pakistan National […]
indica News Bureau – Note ban was not a sudden decision and former RBI governor Urjit Patel had himself requested to quit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his first interview of the year ahead of the 2019 general election. “It was not a sudden decision. Note ban was necessary to clean the […]
Justice Markandey Katju, former Judge, Indian Supreme Court The opening of the Kartarpur corridor from Dera Baba Nanak Saheb in Indian Punjab to Gurdwara Darbara Kartarpur Saheb in Pakistan is being hailed with great hoopla and glee by many political leaders, media persons and others who say this is the beginning of an era of […]
