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October 31 was the day of ‘March on Rome’, when Mussolini proceeded towards the capital of Italy hundred years back, with his black shirt clad young boys with arms. Even before that on October 28, 1922, the king in Italy was forced to accept Mussolini as his prime minister. But that was not all. Mussolini, with the sole aim of destruction of democracy, organised a brutal massacre in 1925.

At a time when panchayat elections are inching closer in West Bengal, indiscipline is rife in state BJP, be it at the leadership level or among the rank and file. Posters seeking whereabouts of Durgapur-Asansol MP, Surinder Singh Ahluwalia in his constituency is a case in point.

BJP-AAP, the political parties ruling the National Capital Territory of Delhi on different capacities, have touched new low in their slugfest while people are gasping to breathe clean air. Already toxic air quality became more hazardous in the morning today when the ‘very poor’ air quality turned ‘severe’. Children and elderly people found themselves struggling to breathe. A leading school had already closed, while the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights had asked the Delhi Government yesterday to consider closing the city schools till the situation improves.

If nobody has noticed, Wayanad Congress Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi speaks in riddles and then walks away from them as if it was malarkey, meaningless talk, which made no difference to the task at hand, i.e., Opposition unity, and divesting the BJP of power, both from the Centre, and from the states, wherever the BJP was running government. Is that how it is, does opposition unity matter to Rahul Gandhi?

India's first Nobel Prize winner in Economics Prof: Amartya Sen has stepped into 89 on November 3 this year. It has been a long innings for him as a proactive global intellectual who has made deep impact on the thoughts of the thinking world wide apart from India covering the areas of economics, polity, philosophy and also history.

Pattaya (Thailand): Promising teenager Avani Prashanth, will spearhead six-member Indian challenge at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific championship at the Siam Country Club commencing here from Thursday.

Rishi Sunak has made history by becoming the first person of colour to become British prime minister. The biggest challenge for him, however is economic as the UK faces a looming economic crisis made worse by the Ukraine war. In his first speech after taking over charge, Sunak warned that difficult decision would soon follow. Sunak needs to ensure that the upcoming winter does not turn out to bea winter of discontent for British people and the Conservative Party.

Was it a coincidence or a deliberate attempt that on the day dalit student leader of University of Hyderabad Rohith Vemula's mother extended solidarity to Rahul Gandhi by joining his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Telangana, the Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot was busy eulogising Narendra Modi as a leader who commands global respect.

Economic slowdown triggered by multiple and overlapping economic and political crises has threatened labour market recovery across the world. Inequalities in the labour market set to increase further. Certain group of workers and firms are disproportionally impacted. Slowly recovering developing countries are now facing less policy space to protect hard-hit workers and enterprises. The worst is that informal job growth is outpacing the formal work reversing the 15 years trend of formalization of work, jeopardizing the social security coverage of the workforce.

Religious leaders gather in Bali this week for their first Religion Forum 20 summit (R20) under the auspices of the Group of 20 or G-20 that brings together the world's largest economies.