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With Prime Minister, Narendra Modi determined to use the parliament to serve his and his corporate friends’ interest by resorting to the tactics of not allowing the opposition to have its say in the proceedings of the house and denying them their right to question the government, a major section of the opposition parties are contemplating to opt for some major moves against the ruling regime.

The harrowing experiences shared by the Hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bombing at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, make everyone shiver and think how can human being stoop so low as to develop bombs to kill their fellow beings in such large number in such a brutal manner? The testimonies by them about the devastation caused in the two cities and the socio economic problems, in addition to the health issues, faced by them are nothing but a nightmarish experience to listen.

The ongoing investigations into the sensational case of gold smuggling through the diplomatic channel provide a live example of the nexus between gold, drugs, dirty money and havala. All preliminary findings point to a ‘standard operating procedure’ followed across the world by the underworld, as highlighted in what has been called the FinCEN files, just published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

New Delhi: Seasoned campaigner Nikki Pradhan feels that the present group of experienced midfielders in the Women's Hockey Team holds the key for the success in big tournaments.

New Delhi: Ace Indian archer Atanu Das has promised to put up his best performance in Olympics asserting, “Tokyo will be the best one, I will be a lot more prepared”.

Yes. This is a presidential election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Yes, this is an election about health care, education, economy, climate justice and so many other important issues. More importantly, this is an election about whether or not we retain American democracy. This is an election the Democrats must not lose.

Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno and his allies have gone to great lengths to prevent former president Rafael Correa and his political movement from returning to power.

LUCKNOW: CPI national secretary Atul Anjaan said that the manner in which three bills were cleared in the parliament showed as to how BJP-NDA-RSS led Narendra Modi government threw all democratic and parliamentary practices to serve their corporate interests.

BHOPAL: Covid-19 has caused strange, sometime contradictory developments. One of the major development is the total erosion of democratic practices and near collapse of institutions. It is for the first time that nearly half of cabinet consists of such persons who are not members of legislature. It is for the first time that Madhya Pradesh is being ruled by non-people’s representatives. Two of them will have to quit the ministry if they are not elected by October 22 because six month period will expire on that date.

The United Nations will be 75 next month. An organization can be considered to be still young but it is time for stocktaking. The UN came into being after its structure was finalized in an international conference in San Francisco in October 1945 in which 50 countries including India participated. Since then it has grown and today the UN has 193 members. Moreover, the United Nations of today is hugely different from the United Nations 75 years ago.