Jijo Jacob

Articles by Jijo Jacob

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From plotting Congress liquidation in Kerala to facing its own - Rahul effect on CPI-M

Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest Lok Sabha election from Kerala's Wayanad rankles CPI-M nerves. The Left is facing an unprecedented crisis in their last bastion. What's Rahul's game plan?

Apr 1, 2019

Surgical strike 2.0: Why is Kerala communist party mixing poison in holy vial?

CPI-M's top leader in Kerala, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, says the IAF strike on terror camps in Pakistan is part of the BJP govt's attempt to sabotage the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

Feb 26, 2019

Ambitious and daring, Mamata Banerjee fixes gaze firmly on PM's job

By pulling off a spectacular offensive on Sunday, Mamata Banerjee has seemingly turned the tables on her foes at the centre.

Feb 4, 2019

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Merger of Jet Airways and Air India will save both, but will be bad for flyers

If the two full service carriers were to merge, both could do away with suicidal discounting. A rationlisation of ticketing will be a crucial part of the turnaround of both the airlines.

Jan 24, 2019

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Will Priyanka Gandhi's political entry bring back Indira Magic for Congress?

Priyanaka's formal political entry also happens after the Bahujan Samaj Paarty (BSP) and the Samajwadi party (SP) cold-shouldered Congress when they formed an electoral alliance.

Jan 23, 2019

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General category quota is right move: Lift up all poor, not just socially poor

The question whether social backwardness or economic backwardness is more detrimental has been around for a long time. But is it too hard to accept that both are bad?

Jan 7, 2019

Hail Pinarayi Vijayan, the brave new Renaissance hero!

One man's little-minded obstinacy and pursuit of cheap glory have polarised Kerala society like never before. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is doing this for votes. Constitution is a thinly veiled ruse.

Jan 3, 2019

India's death penalty problem: Speed up executions or rethink on judicial murder?

Should the death row convicts be sent to the gallows faster? Should they rather be allowed to rot in the cells awaiting death? Should we convict more criminals to death? Or should India abolish death penalty altogether?

Dec 13, 2018

Grand Alliance has a leader and PM candidate now, and that's Rahul Gandhi

It's significant that both Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) rushed to offer support to Congress even as Madhya Pradesh results sat on a knife's edge.

Dec 11, 2018

Heartland swings the Congress way but Lok Sabha 2019 is still BJP's to lose

If Congress were able to record landslide victories in these states, that would have offered serious alternative narratives in the run-up to the LS elections on 2019.

Dec 11, 2018

Karachi attack: Have Baloch separatists rejected China's 'commercial diplomacy'?

Earlier this year, the Financial Times had reported that China has been in talks with Baloch militants for more than five years to protect its assets and the men involved in the CPEC project.

Nov 23, 2018

Sabarimala impact and BJP: Will Kerala vote the way it watches TV news?

It's early to say if the exponential rise in viewership recorded in the only right leaning news channel in Kerala is a pointer to the political polarisation in the state.

Nov 15, 2018

China extends 'string of pearls' around India with strategic port in Myanmar

Smaller South Asian nations have a big growth and investment deficit and Chinese money is flowing in to fill the vacuum.

Nov 9, 2018

Karnataka by-election results: Ballari loss will trigger leadership overhaul in state BJP

Among all those who are on the losing side in the unwelcome elections, it's BS Yeddyurappa who will lick the wounds longer.

Nov 6, 2018

Sabarimala: Fat is in fire as Kerala lets rationalist and freethinker trek to the shrine

How couldn't the government use its right senses to prevent such a mockery at the shrine? Would they have erred in the eyes of the Supreme Court if they just prevented the self-professed rationalists storming into the temple?

Oct 19, 2018

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Is the bubble bursting? Indian stocks sold like there's no tomorrow

With valuations remaining a fundamental concern, Indian markets will now look at the incoming earnings season. If corporate profitability comes under strain that can trigger a further collapse.

Oct 11, 2018

Future of Julian Assange: John Pilger mounts attack on Britain's Guardian

Pilger, whose legendary war reportage in the 60s got him Britain's Journalist of the Year award twice, said Assange was targeted as he refused to be a 'member of the club'.

Oct 4, 2018

With Indian rupee plumbing depths, 25 million expatriates to script new remittance record

The lion's share of remittances to India come from the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, Qatar, Oman and Canada -- in that order.

Oct 3, 2018

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Quick Response: High Court calls Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's bluff on salary challenge

A foolhardy decision was followed up with vindictive action by.the Kerala government. Finally the court comes to the rescue of state employees who were forced to donate an entire month's salary for flood relief.

Sep 17, 2018

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Kerala gets high in time of flood; swills liquor worth Rs 500 cr in ten days of century's deluge

Even as Kerala was pounded by the severest flood crisis in a century, liquor sales in the state stayed high. Callous binge drinking? Drowning flood sorrows in the moonshine. Or simply a case of the indomitable Malayalee 'spirit" on display?

Aug 28, 2018

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