View Articles

In the first battle between the interim Government of Bangladesh and India in the international forum — that is the United Nations, Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus had a clear victory over Prime Minister Narendra Modi without having any one on one meeting between the two. Dr. Yunus was determined to score over India in his first major global appearance and he did it.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 results have shown a drastically declined political worth of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that has quantified it with a BJP’s win of only 240 seats, much less than 303 it had won in 2019. Public opinions differ on the question if his personal political stature has been declining further – some believe in affirmative, some in negative, and some stable. Nevertheless, October 8, 2024 is set to quantify it when election results of Haryana and Jammu &Kashmir Vidhan Sabha will be out, and hence his political worth is once again at stake, the second time after June 4, when Lok Sabha election results were declared.

Proclaiming 10 years of Make in India a big success, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goel was euphoric to term India more competent than China+1 strategy. He said “ India is competitive, not dependent on China+1”, focusing Ease of Doing Business and improving India’s ranking.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is under attack for feeling dizzy while addressing a rally in Jammu. Since then, the BJP is criticizing Kharge for his dizzying remarks centred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kharge said the dizzy episode had nothing to do with his death and that he would not depart this world till as long as Narendra Modi remains Prime Minister. In a manner of speaking, it was Kharge wishing long life to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Opinions are divided about the wisdom of conferring Dada Saheb Phalke award on veteran actor, Mithun Chakraborty. If high brow film critics are not too happy at this prestigious award being given to Mithun, this tribe of dissenters are outnumbered by his fans whose age group cuts across the generation divide.

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, chaired a key meeting on September 30 in Itanagar to review the performance of seven Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) serving the North East region. The meeting covered RRBs from the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura.

When controversy and suspicion surround an innocuous sweet like Srivari Laddu sold by the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam, it does not stop there. It has gone much further in the past week and become a political weapon for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandra Babu Naidu to beat his predecessor, Jagan Mohan Reddy. Other political parties like Congress and the BJP use it to their advantage. Some see it as a religious issue. Some others see it as a food quality issue. The spiritual leaders claim that Laddu is divine food and that contaminated Laddus should not be offered to the deity. The political row surrounding the Laddu highlights the delicate balance between politics, religion, food quality, and the public.

Hassan Nasrallah, one of the Arab world’s most charismatic leaders, was the leader of Kashmiri politician Mehbooba Mufti, too. And National Conference leader Omar Abdullah couldn’t brush away a tear after the Hezbollah Chief was killed by 5000-pound bombs made in the USA, dropped on Nasrallah by Israel. The United States said Israel would be protected at every cost.

SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch has revealed her mantra: regulatory humility. “Markets today are so complex; any arrogant regulator is doomed to fail,” she said addressing an event in Mumbai, held by the Association of Mutual Funds of India this week. Obviously, she has seen how a ‘friendly neighbourhood regulator’ is the favourite of market players just as it is personally rewarding. She also tried to make light work of the allegations of conflict of interest against her, saying it only created unnecessary controversy.

KOLKATA: Tripura’s most prominent TIPRA Motha leader Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarman (ex-royal scion) and Chakma student outfits are in limelight following their successful protests to highlight atrocities against minorities and indigenous people in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh. The interesting part is that Debbarman himself leads from the front but he assigns the responsibility for organising solidarity rallies and other formats of agitation to Youth Tipra Federation (YTF) – TIPRA Motha’s young wing.