Nawaz Sharif: Democracy and CPEC weakened

Bowing to the military supremacy in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on July 28, 2017 disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office for life after an exposé of Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca’s financial dealings showed that three of Sharif’s children owned offshore companies. There was no trial, no … Read More

Baduria boy sent to juvenile home

In a major relief for the beleaguered Baduria minor whose Facebook post, deleted the same evening, sparked off three days of communal violence in Basirhat town of North 24 Parganas district from July 4, the Hindu Samhati legal team successfully convinced the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate court of Basirhat that … Read More

Medical fraternity against GM Mustard

Many doctors have come out against GM Mustard. The battle against commercial cultivation of GM Mustard has intensified with 34 distinguished persons from the medical fraternity, including two former Union Ministers, writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reject the transgenic food crop. The move, spearheaded by Dr Vallabhbhai Kathiria, … Read More

Nawaz Sharif: Army-backed judicial coup

Nawaz Sharif unseated as PM of Pakistan over corruption allegations Pakistan’s now former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appears to have fallen victim to an Army-backed judicial coup. Sharif stepped down earlier today after the Supreme Court removed him from office in a unanimous verdict over corruption allegations involving close family … Read More

Learning History as fact, and not fiction

As schools reopened earlier this month, voices began to be raised about the quality of education being imparted to students in certain subjects, especially history. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath questioned the rationale behind excluding certain revered figures from the school curriculum. Though much has been written over the … Read More

Monsanto sway in Agriculture Ministry

In a major goof-up, GoI fails to submit before Delhi High Court on GMO involving Monsanto In a shocking development, officials of the Union Ministry of Agriculture deliberately failed to submit the Government of India’s views on the Indian Patent Act and Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Act, … Read More

Baduria minor arrest challenged

Even as social media expressed anguish and anger against the arrest and detention of the minor boy whose Facebook post sparked off serious communal unrest in Basirhat town of North 24 Parganas district from July 4, the Hindu Samhati, a grassroots human rights body that provides succour to West Bengal’s … Read More

Glyphosate causes cancer, rules California

In a triumph of environmentalists & farmers California declared glyphosate, as a toxic cancer-causing chemical. All California retailers are required to add cancer warning labels to all products containing glyphosate from July 7 In a major setback to the multinational seed and chemical company, Monsanto, the US State of California … Read More

The fruition of bonds of hoary civilisational past

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated his maiden visit to Israel with a lead article written jointly with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and published simultaneously in India and Israel that reflected the efforts of both to make the trip memorable. “Hand In Hand Into The Future” (July 4) commemorates the establishment … Read More