HW News Editorial with Sujit Nair

As many as 10,655 micro, small and medium enterprises closed down in the financial year 2022-23 – the highest in the last four years. This data also misses one year of the month, since the year is still ongoing – so the actual number may be even higher. In 2021-22 that number was 6,222, which in 2020-21 it was far lower at 175 and in 2019-20 it was 400. In this episode of the Editorial our Managin...

Even as the government countered Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his Lok Sabha speech on alleged links between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani, several Opposition MPs sought to put the Centre on the mat over the issue. Participating in the discussion on motion of thanks on the President’s Address in Lok Sabha, DMK member Kanimozhi said the House witnessed how the ruling p...

The allegations levelled by Hindenburg research on Adani group companies led to route in shares of the group companies in share market over the last week. Today, the crisis also reflected in the parliament debate. While Yesterday Congress MP Rahul Gandhi questioned the links between PM Modi and Gautam Adani, Today PM Modi while responding slammed the opposition. However, he dodged the questions on...

"Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said the “illusion” of caste superiority is misleading and that there are no such differences between people belonging to different castes. “Whatever the name, ability, and honour of a person, everybody is the same and there are no differences,” news agency ANI quoted the RSS chief as saying at an event Sunday marking the the 647 th birth...

Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are "beyond imagination", as it battles a spiralling economic crisis. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation landed in Pakistan on Tuesday for last-ditch talks to revive vital financial aid that has stalled for months. Pakistan's economy is in dire straits, stricken by a...

After the completion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, Rahul Gandhi is back. The campaign started at the memorial ground of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, a victim of politics of hatred and terrorism, and ended at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. The 117 ‘Bharat Yatris’ covered 14 states while walking for 116 days. On the political map of India, it has drawn a virtually vertical lin...

"In a little over a week since New York-based investor research firm Hindenburg Research accused industrialist Gautam Adani-led conglomerate of “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over the course of decades”, shares of Adani Group companies have nosedived. Adani, who until recently was the richest Indian in the world, has now slipped to 22nd spot in the Forbes Real-time billiona...

Over the past few days, Bageshwar Dham, a temple in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, has been the talking point on TV debates and on social media. At the centre of this is the head of the temple and religious preacher Dhirendra Krishna Shashtri. Shashtri, a self-styled godman, is known to travel across the country for religious addresses known as "katha". Recently, a Maharashtra-based anti-s...

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for peace with India urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have a "serious and sincere talks". He added that after three wars with India, Pakistan has learnt its lesson as it has only brought distress and unemployment. The Pakistan PM's big remark comes amid the growing incidents of terrorism and economic crisis in his country. In this episode of...

 A new study on Monday showed that the richest 1% in India now own more than 40% of the country's total wealth, while the bottle half of the population together share just 3% of wealth. The rights group Oxfam International has released the India supplement of its annual inequality report on the first day of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. It said that taxing India's ten richest a...

 What is the point of having an elected government in Delhi if the administration of the national capital is supposed to be carried out at the “beck-and-call” of the Centre, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court asked the Union Government on Thursday. A five-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud is hearing a dispute between the Aam Admi Party regime and the Centre over...

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday questioned the landmark 1973 Kesavananda Bharati case verdict that gave the basic structure doctrine, saying it set a bad precedent and if any authority questions Parliament's power to amend the Constitution, it would be difficult to say "we are a democratic nation". As he again criticised the scrapping of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (...

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi has sparked yet another controversy by sending out invitations for the Pongal festival with the Union Government’s logo rather than the state government’s, and referring to himself as ‘Tamizhaga Aalunar’ or the governor of Tamizhagam. The governor’s suggestion to rename the state from Tamil Nadu to ‘Tamizhagam’ last week had sparked anger in both the ruling DMK and the...

Padmashri awardee Rahibai Popere - Seed Mother of India - was abruptly asked to end her speech at the inaugural session of Women’s Science Congress as she hit out at political leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. In this episode of the Editorial, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair shares his take on the matter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In May this year, the southern state of Karnataka will witness assembly election and political parties have already begun their campaign. However, this will also be a litmus test for Congress, as Rahul gandhi's Bharat Jodo yatra had received tremendous response in the state. In this episode of the Editorial, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit nair shares his take on the matter.  Learn more about your ad...

In this episode of the Editorial our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair shares his take on the matter. Also Watch: Editorial with Sujit Nair: Supreme Court Upholds Demonetisation: https://youtu.be/cz4G7PLDZUM Editorial with Sujit Nair: Article 19(1)A: Freedom of Speech and Expression: https://youtu.be/FdVLfG0iZZ8  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supreme Court observed that a Prime Minister or the Chief Minister does not have disciplinary control over the members of the Council of Ministers. The Constitution Bench made this observation while holding that a statement made by a Minister, even if traceable to any affairs of the State or for protecting the Government, cannot be attributed vicariously to the Government by invoking the princ...

The Supreme Court today upheld the government's 2016 note ban decision which phased out old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes by a 4:1 majority. The apex court said that the decision-making process was not flawed. A five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court, headed by Justice S A Nazeer, said that there has to be a great restraint in matters of economic policy and the court cannot supplant...

As we bid adieu to 2022, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair speaks about 5 political events that defined the year  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the fallout with Gandhi family, Sanjay Gandhi's wife, Maneka Gandhi joined BJP. Her son Varun Gandhi too is in BJP. However, after 2014 the importance of both the Gandhis has reduced in the saffron party. Then why is the party still holding onto both of them? In this episode of the Editorial, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair explains.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

In this episode of the Editorial Mr Sujit Nair speaks about Brand Modi vs Brand Rahul vs Brand Kejriwal.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recently, a video went viral on social media showing a man mercilessly beating his girlfriend. The incident took place in Madhya Pradesh. Two days later the house of the man was demolished in a bulldozer action. hehe state's CM has warned similar action against such culprits. In this episode of the Editorial our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair shares his take on the matter.  Learn more about your ad...

In a tweet today, Subramanian Swamy criticized Modi govt. He said, "The world is saying in whispers that BRICS three are really Sahib, Bibi and Ghulam. Modi has lowered India's self respect by agreeing to sit with Sahib China and Bibi Russia. He cares nothing for Sahib grabbing Bharat Mata's land after the lullaby sung by Bibi." In this episode of the Editorial, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair s...

As the Covid-19 cases rise exponentially in China after the end of Zero Covid policy in China, the world has gone on Alert mode once again. In this episode of the Editorial, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair shares his take on the matter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that the process of recovering money for small depositors following bank loan write-offs is a layered and time-consuming process while referring to the case of the Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank, where depositors are challenging the Delhi High Court for the restrictions imposed on their withdrawals. In this episode...