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South Africa vs Israel at ICJ: A moral triumph amid Gaza’s struggle for justice

South Africa vs Israel at ICJ: A moral triumph amid Gaza’s struggle for justice

South Africa wins a legal battle against Israel at the ICJ, accusing it of genocide in Gaza. While the court lacks enforcement power, the ruling exposes the plight of Palestinians and challenges biased narratives. Can this be a turning point for accountability?
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Political review

The 2021 bypoll results: what’s the message between the lines?
Politics

The 2021 bypoll results: what’s the message between the lines?

What do the 2021 bypoll results indicate? Was this a mandate against the BJP and the Modi regime? Or was it hyper-local reaction to policies?
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Is Amit Shah’s claim regarding crime decline in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP’s rule true?
Politics

Is Amit Shah’s claim regarding crime decline in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP’s rule true?

Amit Shah claimed that crime decline in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP’s rule is remarkable. But his MHA's NCRB data counters this narrative.
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Inside Mohan Bhagwat’s 2021 Vijaya Dashami speech: a roadmap for BJP
Politics

Inside Mohan Bhagwat’s 2021 Vijaya Dashami speech: a roadmap for BJP

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s 2021 Vijaya Dashami speech provided a blueprint to the Modi regime and the BJP on what's to be done in the...
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September 27th Bharat Bandh: farmers make Modi regime shudder
Politics

September 27th Bharat Bandh: farmers make Modi regime shudder

Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffers setback due to the immense success of the September 27th Bharat Bandh called by the farmers protesting his new farm...
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Why Modi’s UNGA speech was full of hypocrisies and rhetoric?
Politics

Why Modi’s UNGA speech was full of hypocrisies and rhetoric?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's UNGA speech, especially his claim that India is the "mother of all democracies", isn't just hypocritic, it mocks his rule as...
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Fall of Dilip Ghosh and rise of Sukanta Majumdar in West Bengal BJP
Politics

Fall of Dilip Ghosh and rise of Sukanta Majumdar in West Bengal BJP

What made Dilip Ghosh, the former BJP chief of West Bengal, fall from grace? Why did JP Nadda select Sukanta Majumdar to lead the BJP...
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Economic review

Keynesianism is unsustainable: a critical analysis
Economy

Keynesianism is unsustainable: a critical analysis

With the dislocation of the neoliberal normality by the COVID-19 pandemic, one has witnessed attempts by influential organisations and specific sections of the intellectual elite...
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The COVID-19 second wave is another blow to the Indian economy
Economy

The COVID-19 second wave is another blow to the Indian economy

As the COVID-19 second wave is ravaging different parts of India, the Indian economy is slipping to the stage of coma due to mounting inflation...
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Mounting sugarcane dues issue and the BJP’s complicity
Economy

Mounting sugarcane dues issue and the BJP’s complicity

While total sugarcane dues to farmers has reached Rs 229 billion in India, 60% of the amount is due to sugarcane farmers of BJP-ruled UP.
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UFBU’s bank strike success shows employees’ anger against privatisation
Economy

UFBU’s bank strike success shows employees’ anger against privatisation

UFBU’s two-day-long bank strike on March 15th and 16th 2021 showed the bank employees’ vehement opposition to Modi’s privatisation agenda
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Does Adani’s wealth increase amid an economic crisis justify farmers’ allegation?
Economy

Does Adani’s wealth increase amid an economic crisis justify farmers’ allegation?

Adani’s wealth increase amid the pandemic and economic crisis has surprised many. However it proves what the farmers have been alleging.
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Petroleum and LPG price rise to impact the poor and the economy severely
Economy

Petroleum and LPG price rise to impact the poor and the economy severely

Regular petroleum and LPG price rise is going to have severe impacts on the lives of the poor and the Indian economy's scope of recovery.
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Foreign affairs

Afghanistan’s COVID-19 vaccination is at risk due to Taliban takeover
Foreign Affairs

Afghanistan’s COVID-19 vaccination is at risk due to Taliban takeover

As the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan’s COVID-19 vaccination is at severe risk as international sanctions may choke the country and push it towards mayhem
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Taliban insurgents won Afghanistan: what lies next?
Foreign Affairs

Taliban insurgents won Afghanistan: what lies next?

As the Taliban insurgents seized power in Afghanistan by ousting the American puppet government, what lies ahead for the war-torn country and its people?
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India-China de-escalation at Gogra proved bilateral dialogue’s efficiency
Foreign Affairs

India-China de-escalation at Gogra proved bilateral dialogue’s efficiency

India-China border stand-off at Gogra was resolved through bilateral dialogue and this proves that a peaceful approach to resolve the impasse can work well.
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The US defeat in Afghanistan: a retrospection of an imperialist quest
Foreign Affairs

The US defeat in Afghanistan: a retrospection of an imperialist quest

The US exit from Afghanistan is another defeat of the imperialist power in the hands of the Asian people. A critical retropection of the 20-year-old...
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CIA-sponsored Cuba “protest”: Biden’s attempt to occupy the island
Foreign Affairs

CIA-sponsored Cuba “protest”: Biden’s attempt to occupy the island

The recent CIA-sponsored Cuba "protest" riots are replicas of the 1960s model. These are now part of Joe Biden's frantic attempt to occupy Cuba and...
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Twitter’s Sewa International donation: Image rehabilitation for RSS-linked charity?
Foreign Affairs

Twitter’s Sewa International donation: Image rehabilitation for RSS-linked charity?

Beyond a financial boost, Twitter's recent donation to the RSS's arm Sewa International legitimises a non-profit tainted by exposés.
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Inside India

Will Kerala and Maharashtra turn hotspots for COVID-19 third wave in India?
Healthcare

Will Kerala and Maharashtra turn hotspots for COVID-19 third wave in India?

As the active case loads and new infections in Kerala and Maharashtra remain high, will these states turn into hotspots for the COVID-19 third wave...
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Disruption in learning and dropouts: how online learning performed in 500 days?
Education

Disruption in learning and dropouts: how online learning performed in 500 days?

For 500 days, schools are closed in India. How has this closure of schools affected the children? Either their learning is disrupted or dropouts have...
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BKS’s protest on MSP is the RSS’s attempt to weaken the farmers’ movement
Agriculture

BKS’s protest on MSP is the RSS’s attempt to weaken the farmers’ movement

The BKS’s protest on MSP on September 8th is the RSS's attempt to weaken the farmers' movement by driving a wedge, especially before the Uttar...
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Police violence against farmers at Karnal: BJP’s anti-farmer hatred exposed again
Rights

Police violence against farmers at Karnal: BJP’s anti-farmer hatred exposed again

Police violence against farmers at Karnal showed the BJP's anti-farmer hatred. Can the same SDMs, who order cracking of heads, deliver justice to farmers?
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NIA’s draft chargesheet against Elgar Parishad accused smells foul
Rights

NIA’s draft chargesheet against Elgar Parishad accused smells foul

The NIA's draft chargesheet against Elgar Parishad accused after three years of most of their arrests, not only is gibberish but looks like a BJP...
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Mumbai local train services to follow vaccine discrimination violating fundamental rights
Society

Mumbai local train services to follow vaccine discrimination violating fundamental rights

Mumbai local train services will only allow fully-vaccinated passengers from August 15th. This decision is discriminatory and violates fundamental rights.
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Minorities

A year apart, Tablighi Jamaat and Mahakumbh: Two religions two approaches
Minorities

A year apart, Tablighi Jamaat and Mahakumbh: Two religions two approaches

The Tablighi Jamaat was blamed last year for spreading COVID-19 and the entire Muslim community was vilified. But the Mahakumbh won't have to face such...
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The “Rohingya infiltrators” bogey: The BJP’s old strategy in the 2021 assembly polls
Minorities

The “Rohingya infiltrators” bogey: The BJP’s old strategy in the 2021 assembly polls

Using the “Rohingya infiltrators” bogey to intensify xenophobia, the BJP is dehumanising the victims of one of the world’s goriest genocide.
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50 Years of “Operation Searchlight” and plight of Bengali refugees
Minorities

50 Years of “Operation Searchlight” and plight of Bengali refugees

On the 50th year of “Operation Searchlight” genocide by the Pakistani Army let’s revisit the plight of the Bengali-speaking refugees in India
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Bengali Bhadralok’s “secular” Islamophobia manifested in anti-Abbas Siddique slurs
Minorities

Bengali Bhadralok’s “secular” Islamophobia manifested in anti-Abbas Siddique slurs

As Abbas Sidddique joined the Left and the Congress for the forthcoming 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, Islamophobia erupted everywhere.
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One year of Delhi anti-Muslim pogrom: Looking back at the ordeal
Minorities

One year of Delhi anti-Muslim pogrom: Looking back at the ordeal

After one year of the Delhi anti-Muslim pogrom, the Muslims remain at the receiving end of injustice and vilification drive of the BJP.
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Disha Ravi ‘Joseph’ and being a Christian in Hindutva fascism-ruled India
India Minorities

Disha Ravi ‘Joseph’ and being a Christian in Hindutva fascism-ruled India

If the arrest of Dish Ravi for sharing a "protest toolkit" wasn't enough, Hindutva fascists turned her into a Christian now to vilify her.
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Editorial & Op-eds

International Labour day watch: Indian ‘left’ turning ‘right’
Editorial

International Labour day watch: Indian ‘left’ turning ‘right’

The so-called 'left' and the 'anti-fascist' forces aren't mobilising the masses against the inhumane lockdown plan of the Modi regime and its accomplices.
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As Uddhav steers Maharashtra out of COVID crisis, is a new leader emerging?
Opinion

As Uddhav steers Maharashtra out of COVID crisis, is a new leader emerging?

Why is Uddhav Thackeray, the quintessential underdog, emerging as a new leader by steering Maharashtra resolutely during the peak of the COVID-19 crisis?
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COVID-19 fear and censorship on free voice
Editorial

COVID-19 fear and censorship on free voice

The COVID-19 fear is exaggerated by the global monopoly-finance capital lobby to profiteer from the crisis and also curb people's rights using the paranoia.
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The recent surge in COVID-19 cases raises doubts on methods adopted hitherto
Editorial

The recent surge in COVID-19 cases raises doubts on methods adopted hitherto

The recent surge in COVID-19 cases shows that the methods like lockdown, curfews and other clampdown on democratic rights didn't help to stop the pandemic.
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Nandigram polls: Where Suvendu Adhikari becomes Bengal’s Kapil Mishra
Editorial

Nandigram polls: Where Suvendu Adhikari becomes Bengal’s Kapil Mishra

Suvendu Adhikari’s vitriolic communal campaign in Nandigram made him the BJP’s new rabble-rouser of West Bengal like Kapil Mishra.
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Commemorating the COVID-19 lockdown’s anniversary: What must be remembered?
Editorial

Commemorating the COVID-19 lockdown’s anniversary: What must be remembered?

It’s one year. When we commemorate the COVID-19 lockdown’s anniversary what should we remember and what we must remember every day?
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