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What helped Modi Consolidate is Power?

  Ram Puniyani Historian Ramchandra Guha, in his article in digital news website Scroll, wrote: “Gandhi Family has helped Modi to consolidate his power”. This is a totally superficial analysis of the consolidation of the power of Narendra Modi-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the past over a decade. The points made by Guha of dynastic succession in Congress do no hold much water, as dynasts within the BJP and other parties are proliferating at equal pace. Guha may have some point in criticising Rahul Gandhi for not pursuing issues more consistently, but that is also doubtful, Rahul Gandhi has consistently talked against the danger of BJP’s parent organisation and its Hindu nationalist politics that is damaging our democracy. Rahul Gandhi may have taken to politics due to his mother, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s prodding, but what is definite is that he no longer is being instructed by his mother. He has interacted with all and sundry in national politics, and has met and seen th...
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Army frees 360 people abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria’s Borno state

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  The Nigerian army says it has secured the release of 360 people abducted by the Boko Haram armed group earlier this year in the country’s northeast. The rescue operation unfolded in a Boko Haram stronghold in the south of Borno state, the military said in a statement on Sunday. F orces descended upon the Mandara mountains where Boko Haram fighters were holding hundreds of people “under harsh conditions”, it said. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Abu-Bilal al-Minuki: ISIL’s shadow commander in West Africa list 2 of 4 US military carries out more strikes against ISIL fighters in Nigeria list 3 of 4 Gunmen kidnap dozens of students in Nigeria’s Borno State list 4 of 4 How ISWAP and Boko Haram are reshaping the Lake Chad Basin end of list Two infants “succumbed to exhaustion occasioned by the extremely challenging mountainous terrain” and the conditions they endured during captivity, army spokesperson Haruna Sani said. “The remaining rescued abductees were successfully...
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Iran after 100 days of war: The triumph of survival

  It has been 100 days since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in a coordinated campaign aimed at regime change. Since April, a tenuous ceasefire has been in place – one that has been regularly violated by exchanges of fire. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed while fighting in Lebanon continues. At this point, peace remains elusive as both sides’ objectives remain unfulfilled. Washington and Tel Aviv’s goal has been not just to eliminate the Iranian nuclear programme but also to degrade the Iranian security and military apparatus and thereby create space for internal political change. Recommended Stories list of 1 item list 1 of 1 The accomplishments of 100 days of war on Iran are undeniable end of list For Tehran, the main objective has been to preserve the governing system and ensure its continuity, regardless of the cost. In this sense, it sees itself as having the upper hand. Losses on both sides The war has taken the lives of more than 3,400 Iranian citizens, includi...
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Genocide the Non Profit Industrial Complex and the Democratic Party by Russell Mokhiber

  Over the past couple of years, a hybrid type of activist has emerged in Washington, D.C. To get a paycheck and pay the bills, they toil away inside the non-profit industrial complex – made up of non-profit organizations generally aligned with the Democratic Party. Then they have side gigs, where they go on Substack and podcasts and rip away at the beast, without mentioning their employment with the public interest group in question. In the May/June 2026 edition of the Capitol Hill Citizen , we interviewed one of these public interest warriors – Aaron Regunberg. During the day, Regunberg works on climate change for Public Citizen. At night, he goes on podcasts and speaks out on topics Public Citizen dares not touch. While Regunberg has repeatedly condemned Israeli genocide in Gaza, Public Citizen has not. On March 19, 2026, Public Citizen put out a press release titled – $200 Billion for Trump’s Iran War is Grotesque Beyond Words. But Public Citizen has said nothing that we could ...
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