Tag: current affairs – India

Ayodhya’s Ram Temple And Six Past Charges of Alleged Corruption / यही है राम की मर्यादा? 200 करोड़ के चंदे की डकैती होती रही, और किसी को ख़बर नहीं?

New Delhi: Over the years, the construction and management of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya under the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust – at the site of the demolished Babri Mosque – has been the subject of several intense financial controversies, including allegations of corruption in handling of funds and allocation of land. The latest… Read More Ayodhya’s Ram Temple And Six Past Charges of Alleged Corruption / यही है राम की मर्यादा? 200 करोड़ के चंदे की डकैती होती रही, और किसी को ख़बर नहीं?

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In deference

The minister who had declared that India would continue to buy Russian oil was now content not just to comply with US embargoes but to look on as America declares open season on Indians at sea Mukul Kesavan India’s external affairs minister, S. Jaishankar, posted a statement on X days after US strikes on merchant… Read More In deference

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Fury in India as its sailors become collateral damage in Trump’s war with Iran / 3 भारतीयों की हत्या! मोदी कर रहे धन्यवाद.. ट्रम्प के पास कौनसा सीक्रेट?

The deaths of three Indian seafarers in a US strike on a commercial oil tanker has prompted public fury in India, and added new friction to an already strained phase between New Delhi and Washington. On Wednesday morning, the M/T Settebello was transiting the Sea of Oman, laden with Iranian oil, when a US aircraft… Read More Fury in India as its sailors become collateral damage in Trump’s war with Iran / 3 भारतीयों की हत्या! मोदी कर रहे धन्यवाद.. ट्रम्प के पास कौनसा सीक्रेट?

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Dreams of a Maoist India

NB: Over the past two decades I have written many commementaries on Indian Maoism, of which this one carries an inverted resonance with the article below. ‘Inverted’ because had the Naxalite movement organised a non-violent mass campaign in defence of the labouring poor, it would have achieved historic successes. It is a tragedy that the… Read More Dreams of a Maoist India

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Who will be held accountable for exam paper leaks? Records show most get away / Impunity for exam leaks undermines trust

Number of exam leaks from 2002 to 2025 with candidate count above 1 lakh in each: 45 Number of cases that led to convictions: 2 Shyamlal Yadav, Jay Mazoomdaar For the 22 lakh medical college candidates forced to put their dreams on hold until the NEET UG retest on June 21, for the 4 lakh CBSE students… Read More Who will be held accountable for exam paper leaks? Records show most get away / Impunity for exam leaks undermines trust

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Political parties must find common cause with youth, worker protests

NB: There have already been six student suicide cases like this one, in Nagpur. Lakhs of young Indians have seen their labours go to waste. It’s not just corruption and cynicism that affects our ruling establishment, but criminal irresponsibility. What a shame and tragedy. My heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased students. Students… Read More Political parties must find common cause with youth, worker protests

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