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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin wants eligible Tamilians to have larger families. He said he was speaking in jest, but such childish jokes don't draw genuine laughter. Who is Stalin to offer unsolicited advice, asking "why not have 16 children"? He wasn't alone, his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu spoke first, saying couples having more children will be rewarded.

Probably we could not perceive that the moral crisis in our society has deepened to alarming levels until we heard the news of rape and gruesome murder of a young female doctor in Kolkata. The junior doctors in West Bengal are continuing their movement largely demanding proper Inquiry and rapid trial of suspects, safety and security at hospitals, updating infrastructure at Government hospitals and thus improving the quality of patient care.

TEL AVIV: The Communists of Palestine and Israel have agreed that “Only by establishing a sovereign Palestinian state will there be peace and stability in the region. Stop the war in Gaza and Lebanon now!”

Jeremy Corbyn, the British Member of Parliament and former Leader of Labour Party has called for building united front of Leftwing forces in Europe in order to fight the rightwing forces which represent racism and take position against the immigration. Corbyn elaborated on his idea of jointly fighting the right forces in Europe at the annual conference of the left wing PODEMOS of Spain last week end in Madrid.

It is good to note that the proposed India-UAE food corridor has already roped in a third partner, Israel. The project is expected to eventually involve the United States as well. The US was a key initiator of the historic four-nation I2U2 virtual summit in July 2022 bringing together leaders of India, Israel, the UAE and the US to promote joint investment in food, water, energy, transportation, health, and space. The complex tri-nation food corridor requires the commitment and cooperation of all the partners and other related stakeholders as well. The corridor promises to contribute significantly to food security for the three countries and serve as a model for similar initiatives globally. The US is expected to benefit from its participation in the corridor as the country looks to bolster its strategic presence in Asia.

Who will be the next President of the BJP? The suspense is building up as the current President, J.P. Nadda, is on an extension, and the party is looking for a new leader. The party has grown enormously, from its early days, when it had only two members in Lok Sabha after 1984 elections, to now having Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the country for a third term. It currently has 18 crore members and aims to add another nine crore during the ongoing membership drive. The signal came when Nadda was taken into the Modi 3 cabinet and made the leader of the Rajya Sabha. It was clear that there would be a successor to Nadda very soon.

Kolkata (earlier Calcutta) has always been a fascinating subject for study by the Britishers, our former colonial masters as also the Indian historians and sociologists. In the recent years, there has been a renewed interest in tracing the stories associated with the growth of Calcutta in the East India Company era followed by the rule of the British government. A large number of Englishmen reached the Indian shores in 18th and 19th century and settled in Calcutta, the second city of the British empire at that period.

When will Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav come to learn the tricks of the real politik is not known, but one thing is absolutely clear that with an inflated ego, he will certainly mutilate the electoral prospect of the INDIA bloc not only in his home state Uttar Pradesh but in Maharashtra too.

Only a few weeks ago on September 17, Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah had said that India will soon begin Census exercise. Now, TDP leader and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu has planned legislation to encourage people to ‘have more children for the benefit of the nation’ and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK leader M K Stalin has talked about aiming at 16 children, in a country that is already largest populated in the world. There have been other utterances in the past by communal forces who want their population to increase. All these indicate about an emerging complex political issue in the country in near future.

As the threat of a direct conflict between Israel and Iran grows, several Gulf countries are reportedly working actively to prevent potential Israeli attacks on Iran’s oil facilities. According to reports, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar, are lobbying Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran’s oil sites. They have also reportedly refused to allow Israel to fly over their airspace for any attack on Iran.