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MIDDLE EAST TOTTERS ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF AS TWO ARCH ENEMIES CONFRONT EACH OTHER
SYRIA MOVES TO THE CENTRE STAGE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN
24-04-2024 10:44 GMT-0000
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Multiple overt and covert wars have pushed the Middle East to the edge of a cliff. Increased tension between Iran and Israel complicates efforts to pull the Middle East back from the abyss. With the two archenemies walking a fine line between waging covert or overt war, escalation between Israel and Iran has the greatest potential to push the Middle East off the cliff.
India
ELECTION COMMISSION HAS A DISMAL RECORD ON ACTING AGAINST MODI’S BREACHES OF POLL CODE
LITTLE TO BE EXPECTED OF CONGRESS COMPLAINT AGAINST ‘HATE SPEECH’ IN RAJASTHAN
24-04-2024 12:08 GMT-0000
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For the sake of record, the Election Commission has said that it is examining the complaint made against the speech made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Rajasthan where he had said that if Congress is elected to power at the Centre, it would mean redistribution of people’s property, land and gold among Muslims. If past instances are anything to go by, the commission’s assertion is like a line drawn on water.
Miscellaneous
REMEMBERING REVOLUTIONARY BHAGAT SINGH ON HIS MARTYR’S DAY MARCH 23
HIS MANTRA FOR FREEDOM MOVEMENT AND SOCIALISM ARE STILL RELEVANT FOR INDIA
28-03-2024 10:57 GMT-0000
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The Martyr’s Day we observed on March 23 leads us to sharpen our struggle against the communal fascism threatening India. It is the day when Bhagat Singh, a young man of 23, was hanged by the British colonialists along with his two other comrades. He was not afraid when he was taken to the gallows nor were his two friends, who were awaiting the same fate. Turning into an icon of revolution in his lifetime itself, Bhagat Singh opted for gallows, though only after communicating a message. It was to convey to the countrymen that Socialism was the only way to ensure freedom for the entire humankind, to end exploitation of man by man, and to usher in the new construct based on scientific principles. It could be done only after power came to the masses and their representatives. One of his famous quotes from prison was, “…the struggle in India would continue as long as handful of exploiters go on exploiting the labour of common people for their own ends. It matters little whether these exploiters are purely British Capitalists or British and Indian alliance or purely Indian.”