Lok Sabha weighs tougher penalties for exam fraud
The Lok Sabha resumed debate on legislation seeking longer prison terms, heavier fines and faster trials for organised examination fraud, as the government defended the measure against Opposition demands for wider accountability and stronger safeguards...
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US-Saudi strikes reignite wider Middle East war
The United States and Saudi Arabia launched coordinated air strikes against Iran-aligned armed...
in Happening Now Jul 29 ·Online abuse targets women after CJP protests
Women associated with the Cockroach Janta Party-led student protests have become targets of...
in Happening Now Jul 29 ·Stone-laden truck deepens CJP protest dispute
The Cockroach Janta Party has accused Delhi Police of failing to explain how...
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By Nitya Chakraborty U.S. ambassador to India as also Trump’s special envoy for South Asia and Central Asia Sergio Gor will be visiting Dhaka on Thursday July 30 to have discussions with Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman as also other important ministers of the government including the foreign minister...
Cockroaches Have Rediscovered Politics Without A Political Party
By K Raveendran The Cockroach Janta Party’s agitation at Jantar Mantar may prove more consequential for Indian politics than the dispute that brought thousands of young people onto the streets. What began as anger over examination irregularities, paper leaks and the perceived absence of ministerial accountability has evolved into...
Rising Concerns Of Students On Further Police Action Must Be Addressed
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even after Centre’s assurances of July 25 that cases would be withdrawn and no protester would be targeted, things have been moving in a way that has prompted the CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke to warn, “If harassment of students at the hands of police continues,...
Rejuvenated By Success Of July 21 Rally, Bengal Congress Calls For Big March On August 5
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally at Sahid Minar in the heart of Kolkata appears to have given West Bengal unit of the Congress a shot in the arm. A footfall much beyond the state Congress leadership’s expectation appears to be the reason of its being...
‘Assi’: Anubhav Sinha’s Powerful Courtroom Drama Is An Outstanding Film
By T N Ashok Anubhav Sinha, better known for his commercial hits, has added a feather to his cap with Assi, a powerful court room drama on gang rape with an entirely refreshing narrative as he pits the public prosecutor and the defence in a low profile real life...
Action Needed By New British Prime Minister To Sustain Labour Poll Bounce
By Ben Chacko LONDON: One swallow does not make a summer, but millions will have been relieved to see Labour leading in the latest opinion poll from More in Common. For the first time in more than a year, Reform UK has been pushed into second place. Undoubtedly, this...
The Left Is Rising In U.S., So Centrist Democrats Are Cynically Woke Again
By Branko Marcetic NEW YORK: Remember when establishment Democrats were saying with a straight face that they had been forced to adopt the grating, alienating brand of wokeness and identity politics that made them toxic to working-class voters? You should: it wasn’t even two years ago. After handing the...
Fixing Accountability For Police Excesses On Jantar Mantar Protestors Is Now The Core Issue
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Fixing accountability for brutality on peacefully protesting students across the country has now clearly emerged as the next big issue, with the opposition disrupting the proceedings of the Parliament of India for the 7th day (July 28, 2026) of the Monsoon session demanding accountability from...
What The Jantar Mantar Protests Of New Generation Taught People Like Us
By Indira Jaising, Pratik Patnaik ‘kaise akash mein surakh nahin ho sakta, ek patthar to tabiyat se uchhalo yaaro’ – Dushyant Kumar They Lifted A Book and made a hole in the sky. Remember the young woman in Mumbai who stood with her arms flung wide and brought a...
India Must Strongly React To Fresh Imposition Of 10 Per Cent Tariff By U.S. On Exports
By R. Suryamurthy The United States has every sovereign right to shape its trade policy. It has every right to combat forced labour in global supply chains. Few countries, including India, would dispute the moral imperative of eliminating forced labour from international commerce. What deserves far greater scrutiny, however,...
NSS, Church Oppose Kerala Govt’s Move On Teachers’ Appointments
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no let-up in the V. D. Satheesan-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Government’s penchant for taking controversial decisions. The latest controversy the Government has created is on the appointment, through employment exchange, to temporary teaching vacancies in aided schools. Not surprisingly, community organisations have...
Great Saxophone Player Dick Parry’s Demise Is A Big Loss To The Rock Music World
By Tirthankar Mitra Performances of Dick Parry, the brilliant saxophone player appears to have somewhat low key response for him. His sax lines were brilliantly crafted. Millions loved it. But they did not know his name. Yet it became one of the most recognizable sounds in rock music history....
Climate Change Is An Emergency – And The Implications Are Radical
By Ben Chacko LONDON: France holds emergency meetings on the evacuation of Bordeaux, a city of a million, as wildfires sweep ever closer. In Spain families are fleeing the capital, Madrid. The reality of the climate emergency has come to Europe. There were plenty of warning signs — more...
Opposition Should Not Gloat Over CJP Win Over Modi, It Is A Temporary Retreat For PM
By Nitya Chakraborty Youth and student protestors led by the less than three month old Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have won in their battle with the Narendra Modi led government over the resignation of the education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the other demands for examination reforms. With the government...
Deepening Iran-Yemen Crisis May Badly Hit India’s Foreign Trade
By Nantoo Banerjee With Yemeni Houthis declaring a maritime embargo and naval blockade against Saudi Arabia, India’s bid to mitigate energy and supply chain shocks, following structural disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, by rapidly diversifying trade corridors and maritime protocols faces a big challenge. At a stake is...
Demand For Home Minister’s Accountability Disrupts Parliament
By Dr. Gyan Pathak After getting the first demand fulfilled – that is sacking of the Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan – the Opposition today demanded for Union Home Minister’s accountability on brutality unleashed on students during Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP’s) March on Parliament on July 20. It...
India Is The Pharmacy Of The World, Why Are People Paying So Much For Medicines?
By R. Suryamurthy India’s pharmaceutical industry wears two faces. One is celebrated across the world: the country manufactures nearly one in every five generic medicines consumed globally, supplies affordable drugs to more than 200 countries, dominates vaccine production, and has earned the enviable title of “the pharmacy of the...
Trump’s Continuing Changes In Tariff Rates Creating Confusion In Global Trade
By Asad Mirza In recent times America’s trade policy has become a rolling emergency. Though struck down by the Supreme Court, Trump’s tariffs have returned through new legal loopholes, hitting 60 nations under a “forced labour” pretext. The revenue keeps flowing, the chaos keeps compounding – and the world,...
