Energy fears rise amid West Asia strains
Heightened tensions across West Asia and continued swings in crude prices have sharpened focus on energy security, even as remarks by Narendra Modi referencing the pandemic period triggered a surge of online speculation about the...
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Kabir forges new Bengal political axis
Political alignments in West Bengal have entered a new phase ahead of the...
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Trump blocks Netanyahu call for Iran uprising
US President Donald Trump declined a proposal from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
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UK court blocks Modi bid reopening
Fugitive diamond trader Nirav Modi has suffered a setback after the High Court...
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By Nitya Chakraborty U.S. President Donald Trump finally rescheduled his much awaited visit to China on May 14 and 15 by announcing in his Truth Social there by creating big interest in the diplomatic circles about the possibility of a sort of ceasefire in the current West Asian war...
US-Iran Talks On Peace In West Asia Have Many Roadblocks Needing Tough Mediation
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: Peace in the middle east has many roadblocks as Iran rejected initially Trump’s 15-point one sided peace plan coming up with its own counter terms and retaining its right to maintain stock piles, control of Hormuz and arming militias in its neighbourhood as...
Cabinet Approved India’s NDC 2031-35 Adopts Calibrated Middle Path
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The cabinet approved India’s Nationally Determined contribution (NDC) 2031-35 has clearly adopted a calibrated middle path between its climate responsibility and development sovereignty in the backdrop of the country’s unfinished development agenda. It signals India’s willingness to act on climate action but on terms that...
Civil Society Outfit Targets BJP-Led Assam Ministry, Wants Regime Change
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Assam’s chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is leading the NDA for the forthcoming Assembly elections on April 9, may have succeeded in prevailing upon Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), BJP’s steadfast ally, into fielding 50 per cent of its candidates from the minority community....
PM Narendra Modi Failed Indian Foreign Policy Test By Aligning With Israel-US Axis
By Mahesh Rathi During the recent Parliament session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the United States–Israel attack on Iran. What stood out, however, was not what he said—but what he chose not to say. There was no condemnation of the attack, no reference to the killing of Iran’s Supreme...
Trump’s War Against Iran Has Exposed The Limit Of U.S.’s Mighty Imperial Power
By Nilotpal Basu All across the world, a million-dollar question is being asked: what will be the final outcome of the war of aggression the US and Israel jointly initiated with the elimination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28? Subsequently, there were ferocious attacks on Iran’s facilities, both...
Redrawing Political Map Of India On Census 2011 Will Be A Grave Mistake
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Government of India under PM Narendra Modi has given enough hints by proposing to bring an amendment Bill purportedly to fast-track women’s quota rollout that it is seriously working on its earlier plan to complete the delimitation process by 2028. However, the most surprising...
Challenge To Gold’s Safe Haven Status May Be Transcient And Not Permanent
By K Raveendran Gold’s abrupt retreat has emerged as one of the more striking anomalies in a period otherwise defined by geopolitical escalation and market anxiety, challenging long-held assumptions about the metal’s role as a sanctuary during crises. A decline of roughly 20 percent from levels above $5,000 an...
Redesigning Civil Society: The Quiet Power Shift Behind India’s FCRA Overhaul
By R. Suryamurthy By any legislative measure, the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 is being presented as a technical correction—an effort to plug “gaps,” streamline procedures, and bring clarity to a law that has evolved in fragments over the past decade. But that framing, while convenient, obscures a...
The Historic Act To Ensure Women Reservation In Lok Sabha Is Finally Taking Shape
By T N Ashok Twenty-seven years is a long time to wait for a revolution. India’s Women’s Reservation Bill — now the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act — was first introduced in 1996 when Deve Gowda led a fragile coalition government and the idea of reserving one-third of Lok Sabha...
Alleged Turkish Intelligence Plot In South Asia Raises Regional Security Concerns
By M A Hossain Serious allegations have emerged suggesting the presence of a covert foreign intelligence operation targeting Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. According to information obtained from multiple sources, a Bangladeshi national currently residing in India is suspected of working under the direction of National Intelligence Organization,...
Ruling Social Democrats And Left Allies Emerge As Largest Bloc In Denmark Elections
By Satyaki Chakraborty Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats and the other left wing allies in her ruling coalition emerged as the single largest group in the national elections in Denmark held on March 24. Out of the total 179 seats in Parliament, the ruling block got 84 seats...
Spain’s Strong Refusal To Support Joint US-Israel War In Iran Unnerves NATO
By Dr. Hana Saada NEW YORK: The most revealing feature of the current confrontation is not the fury of its rhetoric, but the narrowing of its coalition. In the political language of war, the loudest voices often conceal the deepest fragility. That is precisely what is now unfolding in...
Amidst India-China Bonhomie In Bilateral Ties, Both Sides To Fight Each Other At WTO Meet
By Nitya Chakraborty It is a history of twists and turns in India-China economic relations for decades. The same is being repeated now as India after taking special measures to make Chinese direct investment easier and agreeing to start border trade from three points in this country from June...
West Bengal Voter List Is Incomplete 12 Days Before The Last Date Of Nomination
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Final Electoral Roll for West Bengal published by the Election Commission of India on February 28, 2026 under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is still not final. The supplementary list published on March 23 late around midnight has covered only about 29 lakh voters. The...
No Space For Complacency Towards The Nuclear Threat In West Asian War
By Dr Arun Mitra The United States of America President, Donald Trump, has now extended the deadline regarding the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. This decision appears to have been taken on the advice of his senior military leadership, as well as under pressure from European nations and...
PM In His Parliament Speech On Monday Did Not Explain His Failure In Condemning Killing Of Khamenei
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi speech in Parliament on West Asia war on Monday sounded like that of a fugitive who lacked the courage and moral conviction to confront the truth. After 25 days assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Ali Hosseini Khamenei), following joint U.S.-Israeli air...
India On The Edge: How The Iran War Is Testing India’s Key Economic Sectors
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: When Narendra Modi flew to Jerusalem on February 26 to address the Knesset — becoming the first Indian prime minister to do so — the timing carried an unmistakable strategic signal. Two days later, U.S. and Israeli forces launched their campaign against Iran....
