Shinde moves fast to lock Sena corporators
Moves by Eknath Shinde to consolidate control within Shiv Sena gathered pace after the party secured 29 newly elected corporators in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, with senior leaders completing formalities aimed at shutting the door...
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Army seeks governor’s intervention over allegation
The Army’s Eastern Command has formally approached West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose...
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Karnataka police chief suspended amid alleged video scandal
Senior police officer K Ramachandra Rao was placed under suspension by the Karnataka...
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Shinde rules out mayoral split in Mumbai
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said the next mayor of Mumbai will...
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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.2025 Was Donald Trump’s Year But 2026 Is Going To Be The Year With Xi Jinping’s Domination
By Nitya Chakraborty 2025 was the year of the maverick U.S. President Donald Trump. The developments during the year beginning January 20 evolved around Trump. He was the key decision-maker, irrespective of what other countries leaders felt. He cared little for the United Nations, WTO, WHO and all other...
The Gaza Con: How Trump Rebranded Annexation As Investment
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Donald Trump has never met a geopolitical catastrophe he couldn’t rebrand as a development opportunity. His latest venture—the risibly titled “Board of Peace” for Gaza—is perhaps his most audacious grift yet: a scheme to dress up territorial control as portfolio management, to transform...
Governor R N Ravi Creates Controversy Over National Anthem Again
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Governor R N Ravi on Tuesday January 20 has once again created controversy by walking out of Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha, third year in a row, alleging disrespect of the National Anthem of India, while his conduct itself is a disrespect of the tradition of...
Europe Versus USA On Greenland Has All The Potential Of A Flare-Up
By Asad Mirza Greenland has become a focal point of international tensions yet again, as US President Donald Trump repeated arguments that Washington must control the territory for national security reasons and has refused to rule out using military force to acquire it. Trump also announced that he will...
European Businessmen Highly Worried At Transatlantic Facture
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: The debate gripping Western capitals sounds familiar: should governments tax the wealthy more aggressively to fund strained budgets? From London’s abolition of non-dom status to California’s proposed billionaire levy, the political momentum is unmistakable. But in Brussels, senior officials privately describe the wealth...
Manufacturing Index Reaches All Time High In Q-3 2025-26: FICCI Survey
By Satyaki Chakraborty FICCI’s latest manufacturing survey continues to reflect sustained growth and increasing optimism for India’s manufacturing sector. For the third quarter of 2025-26, the index has touched all-time high with 91 per cent of respondents reported either higher or same production levels as compared to 87 per...
Oxfam Has Shone A Spotlight On The Threat The Rich Pose To Democracy
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The “billionaires’ decade.” That is how charity Oxfam describes the 2020s, having published research pointing to the extreme — and accelerating — concentration of wealth in Britain and worldwide. The stats alone are alarming — billionaires’ wealth grew 16 per cent in 2025, three times...
Davos 2026 Delegates Are Panicky As Trump Is Set To Explode His Policy Bomb On January 21
By Nitya Chakraborty The annual summit of World Economic Forum began in the Alpine hills of Davos in Switzerland on January 19 with the European leaders and the businessmen rattled over the confrontationist approach taken by the U.S. President Donald Trump on Greenland annexation. After imposing 10 per cent...
Slow-Paced Manufacturing, Growing Imports Turning India Into A Gig Economy
By Nantoo Banerjee It may sound odd, but China has become India’s biggest job snatcher. Massively growing imports from China are standing in the way of India’s manufacturing growth and creation of stable jobs for millions of unemployed. Stable-job-starved India is rapidly transforming into a gig economy. With the...
BJP Is Politically Stagnating In Mumbai, Thackerays Are Down But Not Out
By Dr. Gyan Pathak A closer look at the Maharashtra election results for the 29 municipal corporations across the state shows that the BJP is politically stagnating in Mumbai after its meteoric rise in the 2017 election winning 82 seats increasing its tally by 51. This time its tally...
Congress High Command Must Resolve Karnataka Leadership Crisis Soon
By Kalyani Shankar Karnataka’s political crisis is rooted in an intensifying power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. The unresolved question of a rotating chief minister system has deepened the crisis, making it critical for the Congress High Command to act decisively to stabilize...
How Trump’s Arctic Gambit Is Rewriting The Rules Of Power In Europe
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump’s threat to take over Greenland did not come wrapped in diplomatic language or buried in briefing papers. It arrived bluntly, as his foreign policy often does: Greenland, he said, was too important to be left where it was. The...
Vince Zampella, The Icon Of Video Game Industry Passes Away At 56
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: By the time most Americans encounter war today, it is not through a history book or a foreign correspondent’s dispatch. It is through a controller, a headset, and a glowing screen. The battlefield is digital, the weapons are pixel-perfect, and the pace is...
Global Supply Chains Enter Era Of Structural Volatility, Says WEF Report
By Satyaki Chakraborty Global value chains have entered an era of structural volatility, according to a World Economic Forum report released today, forcing companies and governments to reevaluate how and where they invest and produce. The report finds that nearly three in four business leaders now prioritize resilience investments,...
For Resisting Trump, Popular Alliances Against Fascism And War Needed
By Ben Chacko LONDON: US tariffs on Britain, punishing us for symbolic defiance of Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland, expose how pointless is the so-called “special relationship,” and how empty claims that NATO is an alliance for mutual defence. Keir Starmer’s abject fawning on the crook in the White...
Rise In Unemployment Rate In December Is Warning Signal For India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak December 2025 registered a rise in unemployment rate in India to 4.8 per cent from 4.7 per cent in November despite the seasonal increase in agricultural and allied activity in rural India. Additionally, it should be a matter of concern that unemployment rate in rural...
Creamy Layer Question Returns To Test Political Resolve
By K Raveendran Creamy layer debate has returned to the centre of constitutional and political attention, with the Supreme Court once again seeking the Union government’s position on whether economic and social advancement within backward classes should limit access to reservation benefits. The court’s renewed query, coming after two...
Syrian Kurds Must Not Be Abandoned In Their Struggle Against Jihadists
By Manish Rai The militias associated with the Syrian government are conducting attacks on the Kurdish districts of Sheikh Maqsood, Ashrafiyah, and Beni Zeyd in Aleppo. The violence in Aleppo is the most severe since Syria’s Islamist authorities assumed power. The recent outbreak of violence occurred two days subsequent...
