First it was the finance secretary who said that if the government borrowed less then more savings would be available for the private sector to borrow. Then it was the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India who...
By Prakash Karat
THE Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill is, by all counts, a dangerous piece of legislation. The UAPA Amendment Bill has been passed by Parliament.Along with the National Investigation Agency Amendment Bill, which has already...
By Seema Mustafa
What is going on in Kashmir? No one knows, but Kashmiris are in complete panic as they run around stocking up on food and gas. The political leaders are tweeting ignorance, even as they are...
The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s statement in the Parliament on July 18 regarding the judgment by the International Court of Justice on Kulbhushan Jadhav — he called it “certain important development — was noteworthy for its sobriety of...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav case is indeed a triumph for India. The world court, ruling in favour of India, fifteen to one, has not only directed Pakistan to grant consular access to Jadhav...
The government's decisions to tap the international market for its borrowings and rely on cesses and surcharges, which are not shareable with states, for raising additional resources are the disquieting features of Budget 2019, argues Prabhat Patnaik.
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The U.K. Ambassador to Washington, Sir Kim Darroch, in a top secret telegram characterized the Trump White House as “uniquely dysfunctional”, with bitter disputes there amounting to “knife fights”; Trump himself as “inept, insecure, and incompetent’; and recorded the...
Structural violence, a Threat to the World of Workforce
By Sonia George
Even as the International Labour Organization (ILO) is celebrating its 100th year, it is imperative to contemplate its achievements and to reaffirm its commitment towards workers rights. It should...
THE “Gross Domestic Product” is a concept rooted in an
epistemic position which is intrinsically incapable of recognising the
existence of a “surplus” in society. A simple example will make this clear.
Suppose we have an agrarian economy in which 100 peasants...
It is no coincidence that the return of ‘Hindu nationalism’,
packaged as ‘Hindutva nationalism’ has spawned the revival of ‘pan-Tamil
nationalism’, both packaged in language and culture, with developmental aspects
of contemporary politics and political economy providing the cover, says N Sathiya
Moorthy
Weeks after elections...
