Fuel price rise deepens household strain
Petrol and diesel prices have climbed for the second time in less than a week, adding fresh pressure on households, transporters and small businesses already facing higher energy costs linked to global crude volatility. The...
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Road prayers face tougher curbs
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has warned that namaz will not be...
in Happening Now May 19 ·Bengal rewrites welfare and quota rules
Bengal’s Suvendu Adhikari-led government has moved to end state assistance linked to religious...
in Happening Now May 19 ·Court weighs faith in Ganga case
Allahabad High Court has granted bail to five men accused of throwing non-vegetarian...
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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.What Is Behind India’s Education Minister’s Refusal To Reform NTA?
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Despite several orders and recommendations of the Supreme Court and the Parliamentary Standing Committee, the Union Government did not structurally reform the National Testing Agency (NTA), and also did not take appropriate actions that helped the education mafia of the country to strengthen its grip...
Indian Stock Market Moves Not Just With Earnings But With Oil Prices Also
By T N Ashok India’s stock markets have seen panic before. They have survived wars, sanctions, pandemics, banking collapses and political earthquakes. But the latest selloff triggered by the Iran-linked oil shock has exposed something far deeper and more structural inside Asia’s third-largest economy: India’s extraordinary vulnerability to imported...
Trump, Tehran And The New Battle For Hormuz In The Ongoing War
By Asad Mirza The United States and Iran appear locked between diplomacy and military escalation as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz intensify. While President Donald Trump has temporarily postponed military action following pressure from Gulf allies, Tehran is simultaneously advancing new proposals on nuclear talks and unveiling a...
Audio Tape On Joe Biden Revives Tale Of U.S. Conspiracy In Removing Imran Khan
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: For years, Pakistan’s political class has lived inside a hall of mirrors — where conspiracy theories become national doctrine, where whispers from Rawalpindi travel faster than court judgments, and where the line between reality and manufactured narrative has almost entirely collapsed. Into that...
China Seeks To Collaborate With India In The Area Of Renewable Sector Energy
By Satyaki Chakraborty In a significant development in the sphere of India-China economic cooperation, China has offered its assistance to India in dealing its energy security challenge in the context of the present US war in Iran and crisis in oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. IN a...
Communism, Class Struggle, And The Challenges Of Our Time
By Dr Arun Mitra It is deeply painful to witness the defeat of Left and Democratic Front (LDF), the only government led by the communists in the state of Kerala. Even more distressing is the growing marginalisation of the voice that has consistently spoken for the downtrodden — the...
Fujimori And Sanchez Advance To Peru Presidential Elections Run Off On June 7
By Indrani Chakraborty Peru, a nation of Latin America will be holding Presidential face off polls on June 7 after the first round of polls held in April this year failed to give majority to any of the contesting candidates. Peruvian election authority announced finally that Keiko Fujimori with...
India Needs To Curb Oil Consumption
By Nantoo Banerjee India’s continuous hesitancy to curb the retail oil consumption pattern despite a worldwide surge in fuel prices is inexplicable, if not unacceptable. The government, the biggest benefactor of large domestic fuel use by way of imposition of levies close to 50 percent of the retail oil...
Indian Economy Facing Serious Inflationary Pressures Due To Iran War
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though the April retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose only a little to 3.48 per cent from the March inflation 3.40, and year on year food inflation based on Consumer Food Price Index to 4.20 per cent from 3.87, which is still...
Selection Process Of Satheesan As The Chief Minister Is A Lesson For Congress High Command
By Kalyani Shankar The Congress Party faced major challenges within its ranks while choosing the Chief Minister of Kerala, a process that took 11 days and was crucial in settling disagreements among various party groups, demonstrating the importance of internal consensus for unity. VD Satheesan was chosen despite intense...
India’s First Seizure Of Jihadi Drug Captagon Is A Ominous Sign Of New Threat
By T N Ashok India’s first seizure of Captagon — the notorious “jihadi drug” of the Syrian conflict — is more than a sensational narcotics bust. It is a warning flare. Beneath the ₹182-crore seizure at Mundra Port and Delhi lies a far darker story: the merging of global...
West Bengal’s Earlier Experience Of A Double Engine Govt Was Not Good
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Amidst much kerfuffle, a “double engine” government has come to run West Bengal. After the 2026 assembly elections, this state which for nearly five decades has been the epicentre of Opposition politics is however no stranger to “double engine” government but it’s experience with it...
Trump’s Taiwan Policy Faces Threat As His Advisers Warn Of Chinese Aggression
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: The island that the world refuses to recognise as a country has once again been reminded of a brutal geopolitical truth: in the contest between the United States and China, Taiwan is indispensable — but still expendable. When President Donald Trump emerged from...
21-Member V D Satheesan-Headed UDF Ministry Sworn In In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Free travel for women in Kerala State Road Tran sport Corporation (KSRTC) buses from June 15 and a 3000-rupee hike for ASHA workers. These are the first decisions announced by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan after the first Cabinet meeting of the newly-installed UDF Government...
Five Assembly Elections Witnessed Free Fall Of Democracy Under NDA Regime
By Dr. Ram Puniyani The recent Assembly Elections results (May 2026) were eagerly awaited. In Assam the delimitation helped the Himanta Biswa Sarma to win the elections yet again. His main message was about Ghuspatiye, (infiltrators) and other slogans were floated which spread hate. In Bengal the election looked...
Decoding Global Geopolitical Impact Of Trump-Xi Summit In Beijing
By Nitya Chakraborty Now that the U.S. President Donald Trump is back to Washington DC. After his two day summit talks in Beijing on May 14 and 15, it is appropriate to decode the gains of the summit. There were four major issues– Taiwan, Iran war, trade deals and...
Gulf Energy Hedge Formalised During Modi Visit Has A New Strategic Depth
By K Raveendran India’s energy security arrangement with the United Arab Emirates marks a shift from transactional crude buying to a more durable architecture of supply assurance, storage access and strategic alignment. For a country that remains heavily dependent on imported oil, the significance of the deal lies not...
Unemployment In India At 5.2 Per Cent In April, Highest In Six Months
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Unemployment in India is on the rise again, which rose to 5.2 per cent in Current Weekly Status (CWS) in April 2026, highest in the last six months. Worker Population Ratio (WPR) declined to as low as 39.5 per cent the lowest in the last...
