Politics

DGCA twits FDTL in favour of airline companies

Triggering a national wide debate, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has twisted the Flight Duty Timing Limitation in favour of the airline companies. As per the new law, the airline companies can extent...

NCP leader asserts ‘Grand Alliance’ less likely

Giving a unexpected twist to the movement which has emerged recently among the opposition parties to create a ‘Grand Alliance’ to fight against the BJP in the upcoming general election, the leader of one...

Student politics, it seems, in a disastrous juncture

A day after a degree student, who was an active member of the left-wing student political organisation (Student Federation of India) was brutally stabbed death in the Southern state of Kerala in connection with...

Powerful democracies, it seems, not too far from dictatorship

A research article published by a widely-acclaimed International magazine has portrayed how a democratic society transforms itself into a dictatorial society and the stages that democratic society goes through when it undergoes this transition...

PM Modi slams Congress on ‘Emergency Anniversary’

While speaking at a meeting organised in the commercial capital of India, Mumbai, to mark the anniversary of one of the most fearful events in the country’s history (emergency), the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,...

Leftists unhappy with PM attitude towards their popular leader

The leftists from the southernmost state of Kerala, it seems, are unhappy with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attitude towards Kerala Chief Minister and popular leftist leader Pinarayi Vijayan. Several leftist leaders from the...

Trump’s US quits UNHRC

The United States, which is led by Republican leader Donald Trump, has stepped out from the prestigious United Nations Human Rights Council, which is the only credible organisation that regularly monitors the human rights...

Kejriwal gears up for severe protests

As the sit-in protest Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his colleagues staged in response to the state Lieutenant Governor’s reluctance to meet the elected representatives of the state has failed to reach any...

Can Hardik repeat ‘Gujarat Magic’ in Madhya Pradesh

As the Patidar community leader, Hardik Patel, is visiting the central state of Madhya Pradesh, which is expected to go to polls later this year for an crucial assembly election, all eyes are at...

Ethnic tensions re-emerge in Sri Lanka

Some new developments indicate that the ethnic tensions, which inflicted serious injuries on the life of Sri Lankan people, have re-emerged in the civil war distorted island nation. It seems that this time the...