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About Western pots and Indian kettles
About Western pots and Indian kettles

Experienced diplomats and intelligence officials know that when several powerful countries target a developing country by making allegations one after the other, they are often merely trying to weaken the resistance of the country trying to act in independent ways in international affairs.

Rural Distress
Rural Distress

In the heart of India’s hinterlands, a quiet crisis is unfolding, one that speaks volumes about the economic challenges gripping rural communities across the nation.

Massing of education

While the terms ‘mass or universal elementary education’ and ‘higher education’ have been in global vogue for about the preceding three centuries, ‘mass higher education’ is new and certainly a postWWII idea.

Massing of education
Western Bias

The West has never been too comfortable with India’s rise. Indeed, at independence, nobody expected India to survive as a democracy.

Western Bias
India
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Ghosh left alone by BJP following Suvendu’s visit
Ghosh left alone by BJP following Suvendu’s visit

Ghosh arrived first at Baje Pratappur locality in the town where he found no local leader or cadre waiting to receive him. He halted there for a while and then moved forward along Katwa Road towards Hotu Dewan locality in the town.

BJP supporters hold Sandeskhali thana under siege

BJP supporters today surrounded the Sandeshkhali police station demanding the arrest of the alleged fake video maker, in which Gangadhar Koyal, the mandal president of the BJP has been 'framed'.

BJP supporters hold Sandeskhali thana under siege
Statesman Special
One year of ethnic conflict in Manipur

It was raining very heavily on the night of 27 April, and a storm had lashed along to make matters worse. It was also going to be the first light soon, and the sentries at that moment had just let their guards down.

One year of ethnic conflict in Manipur
World
Business
Automobile retail sales grow 27% in April YoY: FADA

For the first month of this fiscal, the automobile retail sales grew 27 per cent in April to 2.2 million units compared to the year before, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) said on Wednesday. As many as 1.74 million units were sold in April 2023.

Automobile retail sales grow 27% in April YoY: FADA
Entertainment
Sports
RCB, PBKS face off in potential shootout

With mere 13 league stage games to go in this year’s Indian Premier League, no team is officially eliminated from the race to the playoffs but having said that, the next couple of days could be crucial for a few teams, especially the ones at the bottom-half of the IPL 2024 points table.

RCB, PBKS face off in potential shootout
Education
City schools do well in ICSE, ISC results
City schools do well in ICSE, ISC results

The students of both Class X and XII in West Bengal have put up a stellar performance in the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations results this year with a rise in the total pass percentage as well as gender wise categorization.

High Madrasah pass percentage at 88.09:WBBME

In what comes as good news to the examinees, the total pass percentage of High Madrasah, Alim and Fazil exams this year has seen an increase in the results declared by the West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education (WBBME) today.

High Madrasah pass percentage at 88.09:WBBME
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K Sudhakaran returns as Kerala Cong chief

A section of senior Congress leaders, who backed Sudhakaran, conveyed the national leadership that if there is further dilly-dallying on Sudhakaran's return as the party chief, it would send a wrong message.