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Rahul Gandhi in the USA is proving to be a nightmare for the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government. Also to India that is Bharat. His statements made abroad do not make him a patriot. But patriotism is the last refuge for scoundrels. So, whoever is writing the script for Rahul Gandhi should be given a one-way ticket to the farthest town in the hemisphere.

India's economic aspirations have long been anchored in the expansion of its manufacturing sector, a goal that has become increasingly critical as the country seeks to position itself as a global economic powerhouse. It is widely believed that the realisation of this goal would be impossible without Chinese investments, which however, come with certain risks to national security. In fact, Chinese companies have played a key role in India’s emergence as the second largest manufacturer of mobile phones in the world.

KOLKATA: With the resumption of bulk rail dispatch of goods/cargo from India to Bangladesh, the interim government has succeeded in restoring major supply chains to some areas, bringing much needed financial relief to people already hit by massive inflation. As Chief adviser to the current ruling regime, Dr M. Yunus has won a measure of local praise for keeping the administration going despite all pulls and pressures.

Former Chief Minister Bhupender Singh Hooda , who is sure to contest in coming Haryana Assembly elections on October 5 , is known for the sobriquet “Ganga Putra” after a narrow escape from death in 2003 when his car was swept away by the flooded Ganga in Haridwar. This old timer of the Congress is leading his Party in the present intensive campaign against the ruling BJP in Haryana.

A book launch is not the ideal platform to make a foreign policy announcement. Yet external affairs minister, S Jaishankar chose the occasion to announce that the era of uninterrupted dialogue with Pakistan is over.

Though oilseed crops are the second most important determinant of the agricultural economy, next only to cereals within the segment of field crops, India has lost the self-sufficiency in oilseeds achieved during the "Yellow Revolution" in the early 1990s. Government’s neglect in terms of policy decisions encouraged imports and discouraged oilseed growing farmers, which accelerated the crisis. The latest NITI Aayog document has now acknowledged that India's heavy reliance on edible oil imports, currently accounting for 55-60% of its needs, presents a substantial challenge to its food security and economic stability.

It is an open secret, but never admitted, that political parties in power often get some candidates contest elections to effect division in opposition votes to facilitate easy win for their own candidates. The “election strategy of the proxy” in Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing some other dimensions added to it: the alleged proxy candidates are unprecedentedly in high numbers; they are believed stronger enough to win themselves rather than helping the ruling party’s candidates to win; the party ruling by proxy through the Lieutenant Governor has been alleged to have agreed on a deal with proxy candidates and proxy parties to make their government; and the chief political parties of the Union Territory are under the grip of a great fear of losing.

Narendra Modi Government is going hot with China on diplomacy through remarks by the external affairs minister Dr. S Jaishankar, but at the same time, the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is soft on the issue of allowing Chinese investment in India. The economic survey of 2023-24 presented before this year’s budget underlines the need for Chinese investment.

In the past month, there have been several decisions in which the Supreme Court of India has emphasised the right to life and liberty of undertrial prisoners. The court reiterated in several cases that “bail is the rule and jail is an exception”. One notable instance of prolonged undertrial detention was the case of Jalaluddin Khan versus Union of India.

Will somebody tell Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi that ‘Devta’ is ‘God’ in many Indian languages and that is the only “true transparency” that he should see through? Rahul Gandhi is on a tour of the USA and some of his utterances barely make a connection with Indians even if Indian Americans at “Rahul Events” in the USA are lapping up his spiritual takes on politics as if he is the “Next Gandhi!”