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Brexit with an uncertain future is not a politically and economically correct proposition for India. In the wake of David coming out with the proposal of holding a referendum, apprehensions were expressed on the future of Indians living and working in Britain and the relation between the UK and India. While a section of the Indians welcomed the move, others are of the view that it would endanger India’s interests.

BHOPAL: During election campaigns, developmental issues get relegated to the background as issues of more currency, irrespective of their significance, such as casteism, regionalism, religion, personal accusations etc. take centre stage. Unless the affected people make special efforts to keep their issues alive, their voices get drowned in the election cacophony.

New Delhi: Come winter and authorities seem to wake up on Delhi’s pollution issues. This year is no different. Both the Centre and Delhi government have now begun sparring over how stubborn farmers of the adjoining states of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and UP refuse to stop stubble burning which causes major pollution problem in the NCT region in and around winter.

Dissecting #MeTooIndia is dicey. It’s still the tip of the sword but might morph into a weapon of choice in the hands of the righteous avenger. Any woman with a grudge can lend it to misuse. Even otherwise, #MeToo by definition is anti-male, and the degree of male resentment against it can only rise. The trust deficit between male and female is widening. Men are sensing power slipping from their hands. Women are smelling a power shift.

In the first round of Brazil’s general elections, which took place on Sunday, October 7, Jair Bolsonaro, of the Social Liberal Party or PSL, an extreme right candidate with fascist leanings, came shockingly close to winning the presidency of this country of 208 million people, the fifth largest country in the world. There will be a runoff between him and the runner-up, Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, or PT) candidate Fernando Haddad, on October 28.

The global trade war between US and China may prove to be a boon for India and South East Asian countries. The turmoil has triggered relocation of the production bases from China to other emerging nations like India and South East Asia. With the trade war intensifying, resulting in the erosion of low cost production base in China due to high tariff by Trump administration on almost all products, the big firms are scouting around for another low cost hub outside China.

The Supreme Court’s Directive to the Modi Government on October 10 asking it to provide the details of the decision making process on the Rafale deal to the Court in a sealed cover by October 29, has rattled the Modi Government. The Prime Minister’s Office which in fact spearheaded the revised agreement that was announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 10, 2015 in Paris is in jitters as the entire process of decision making is marked by violation of the standard procedures of defence procurement.

After Nepal, it could be the turn of Bangladesh to see a revival of anti-Indian political forces and fresh tensions against the minority Hindu community over the NRC controversy in Assam. Sentiments in Bangladesh have been aroused in recent times over repeated contemptuous references by top BJP leaders to Bangladeshis as ‘illegal infiltrators who must be thrown out’ and ‘termites’ undercutting the Indian economy.

The lesser known ‘MJ’ has quit his job post-MeToo accusations, but the more famous ‘MJ’ continues to maintain a wall of silence to multiple accusations of #MeToo surfacing against him online. Maybe, it’s because journalist Mayank Jain’s employer Business Standard decided to act, set a standard, while the other MJ’s employer, the Modi government, believes MJ Akbar and his “bottles of wine” are stories with no legs to stand on.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has suffered a huge loss of face over its decision to cancel the approval for setting up three breweries and a liquor blending and bottling plant in the state.