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Yet another demonstration of the extent of Adani’ group’s stranglehold on the Establishment should shake the confidence of group’s detractors who have been driven to desperation by the acts of commission and omission by the controversial group known to be a favourite of prime minister Narendra Modi.

The richest, most crony capitalism-friendly prime minister of India Narendra Modi bestowing Bharat Ratna, although officially being awarded by the President, Draupadi Murmu, on the deprived socialist leader Karpoori Thakur has given rise to boisterous political chattering in Bihar. However, it has also put the political moves of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar under intense public scrutiny.

Former US President Donald Trump won New Hampshire on Wednesday, January 24. His rival, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, went the way of businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who is now Trump’s shadow after failing in his quest to be the dark horse. But with Haley on a limb, Trump is more or less the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for the President’s post, general elections for which will be held later this year in November.

The slow progress of updating the Su-30MKI jets in the Indian Air Force might lose the advantage they had when they first got these special planes. This delay could lead to buying more planes from other countries, which would cost more and make India more dependent on others.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The saffron camp in Kerala is, understandably, cock-a-hoop in the wake of the consecration of the idol of Ram at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. But the big question is; will it help the BJP-RSS combine to reap a rich electoral harvest in next Lok Sabha elections from the state?

Germany is undergoing political turmoil with the far right AFD and other pro-fascist groups continuing their campaign to deport the immigrants and the coloured people from the country reminding the citizens of the Nazi era in 1930s. In this context, a new party Bundnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) will be founded on January 27 at a convention in Berlin attended by 450 delegates .This party led by the fiery member of German Parliament Sahra Wagenknecht is a split away group from the original Left party De Linke.

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has just emerged irresistible in Assam even when the BJP leader and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tried hard to resist him. BJP’s men breached his personal security, attacked his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, state government passed orders to stop the yatra at several places including entering Guwahati, and FIR has been registered against him to disrupt the Yatra’s progress, but all simply failed. People in crowds surging behind him wherever he goes.

The Constitution of India, enforced with effect from January 26, 1950, stands subverted today when we take stock of the republican India on the 75th Republic Day 2024. Basic tenets of the Constitution — Justice, Equality, Liberty and Fraternity — have been circumscribed to suit the majoritarian Hindutva politics of the RSS Pariwar union government and the Sangh Pariwar ruled States.

The Maharashtra government has decided to revive a tax-rebate scheme, which was withdrawn in the wake of Covid-19 in 2020. This scheme provides the wineries using grapes grown within the state a refund of 16% of the 20% VAT they pay. The decision would be enforced retroactively, covering the last four financial years – from 2020-21 to 2023-2024.

Inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is by and large seen to have significantly strengthened his political clout. However, the way the similar controversies surrounding Mathura and Kashi were raised thereafter by the RSS-VHP-BJP clan is indicative of their doubt that they could not generate enough passion to win the forthcoming Lok Sabha Election 2024.In place of unity among Hindus, the organisers found them divided, many criticizing them for reducing the religious occasion to mere politics, many abstained from the celebrations, and many celebrated the occasion separately.