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‘White Paper’ is a document containing information about pressing issues before the government explaining their plans before their introduction. It is therefore absurd and ridiculous for a government to issue a white paper, after a delay of 10 years while it slept, at a time when its term is set to expire, brings the document at the last session of the Parliament’s term only two days before its conclusion, just before a country is going to elect a new government.

The BJP government holds that truth is what Modi says; if evidence points otherwise then evidence must be wrong and should be suppressed. Modi says that India never had it so good as during the last decade of his government; but since official statistics contradict him, the statistics must be wrong and the statistical system must be changed. In this manner one of the finest statistical systems of the global south, built with great effort and care, is being demolished by this government.

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s hunt for new regional alliances for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls has taken it to Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party and the Badals’ Shiromani Akali Dal even as Jayant Chaudhary’s Rashtriya Lok Dal looks like the best bet, a likelihood that Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party is dreading with every passing hour..RLD’s joining BJP bandwagon has brightened with the Prime Minister suddenly announcing Bharat Ratna to Charan Singh, grandfather of RLD supremo Jayant Chaudhury.

LUCKNOW: Is RLD President Jayant Chaudhary under tremendous pressure to join NDA Or he wants to bargain with Akhilesh Yadav for a favourable seat sharing for Lok Sabha polls? On January 19 Akhilesh Yadav announced seat sharing with RLD while giving seven seats in Western UP having influence of powerful Jat community. But RLD leader has started negotiations with BJP and the prospect of RLD has brightened with Prime Minister announcing Bharat Ratna to former Prime Minister Charan Singh.

It indeed was a Red Letter Day in the history of Indian politics. Jantar Mantar in the National Capital saw on Thursday, February 8, a capital expression of anger against the Union Government’s attempts to undermine cooperative federalism and its “discriminatory fiscal policies”.

For the past two weeks, farmers in various European countries have been staging enraged protests against the denial of reasonable prices for their produce. In France, seven important motorways leading to Paris are under the blockade placed by the farmers. They camped around the capital city with thousands of tractors. Beginning in France the biggest agriculture producer of European Union (EU), the protests soon spread over to Germany, where enraged farmers paralyzed half of Berlin. The farm stir has also spread to Romania, the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, and Belgium.

The Houthis in Yemen are very clear about wanting to get back at the West. This is because of the airstrikes led by the US that have been hitting their missile and drone launching areas. In return, these actions were a reaction to over 30 attacks by the Houthis on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. They claim these attacks are to help the Palestinians in Gaza. Now, the situation has become more serious.

The world of esports is rapidly turning numerous young players to millionaire status every month. Over the last five years, India's online gaming sector has experienced substantial growth. Today, several esports players in India have achieved millionaire status, thanks to their extensive subscriber base and successful streaming careers.

The Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, the entire cabinet and all the MLAs and MPs of the Left Democratic Front sat in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on February 8. The sit-in was to highlight the central government’s discriminatory attitude to Kerala and the hostile actions of the centre to financially strangulate the state government. On the same day, big demonstrations were held over Kerala supporting the Delhi action. In various state capitals, meetings expressing solidarity with Kerala were held.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of a strong Centre had taken its toll. Opposition ruled states were kept fund starved that crippled the abilities of states to do good for their people. The opposition political parties labelled this as “breach” of federal principle of the Constitution of India. West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are the major states to protest against the Centre for financial injustice.