Bab el-Mandeb threat raises shipping stakes
Tehran has opened the door to a broader maritime confrontation after parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf signalled that pressure on Iran’s adversaries might not stop at the Strait of Hormuz, raising the prospect of disruption...
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Malda siege arrest deepens Bengal scrutiny
West Bengal police have arrested advocate Mofakkarul Islam, alleging he was a principal...
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Iran broadens missile pressure on Israel
Iran and allied groups said they had launched “Wave 93” of what Tehran...
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Supreme Court backs tougher penalties for superiors
A higher office in the chain of command brings a heavier duty of...
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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.Law Reform Must Go Further Than Jan Vishwas Bill Passed By Parliament
By K Raveendran Passage of the Jan Vishwas amendment bill marks a significant moment in the long and uneven effort to make the legal system less hostile to ordinary citizens. Its importance lies not merely in the number of provisions it has altered, diluted or removed, but in the...
On 36th Day, Trump-Netanyahu War In Iran Continues With No Immediate End In Sight
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: The war that President Trump promised would last “four to five weeks” has entered its 36th day on April 4 with no ceasefire in sight, no formal peace talks, and a United States Air Force pilot still missing somewhere in the rugged terrain...
India’s 2026 Assembly Elections: War, Welfare, And The Kitchen Table
By T N Ashok India’s most consequential sub-national electoral cycle in a decade is unfolding under the shadow of a distant war. A conflict in West Asia has driven LPG prices up by nearly 20%, and suddenly, the campaign trail smells of kerosene. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has...
No Improvement In Employment Scenario In India In 2025
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The first of its kind Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)-2025 has revealed that there was no improvement in the employment scenario in the country in 2025. Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) and Worker Population Ratio (WPR) based on usual status (ps+ss) remained stable in the...
Wars Are Leading To Massive Health Care Problems Apart From Deaths
By Dr Arun Mitra Ongoing wars across the world have turned entire regions into landscapes of injury, death and devastation. In earlier times, the primary victims of war were combatants. Today, that reality has dramatically changed. Modern warfare, especially in densely populated urban areas, disproportionately affects civilians. In many...
LDF Manifesto Stresses On Jobs For Youth, Pension Hike
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The manifestos of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front present a fascinating study. The contrast is too glaring to be missed. While the LDF manifesto lays accent on implementation of the promises, the UDF’s attempt is thinly-veiled attempt to secure votes....
BJP Seeking To Disqualify Congress Legislators In Madhya Pradesh Assembly
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: The office of Secretariat of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha was opened at midnight on April 3 to issue a notification disqualifying a Congress MLA from the membership of the House and declaring his seat vacant. The move came hours after a Delhi court...
Mallikarjun Kharge And Kiren Rijiju Fight In Rajya Sabha Over Iran War Debate
By Rahil Nora Chopra Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju had a heated argument in the House after Kharge targeted Prime minister Narendra Modi, questioning his absence from the all party meeting on the West Asia crisis and criticising the...
‘Revolutionary State’ Iran Now Under Military Rule Without Checks And Balances
By Manish Rai Since 1979, Iran has been portrayed as a “revolutionary state” governed by a theocracy; however, it is currently evolving into a military state. The Iranian government, formed post-revolution, is a theocratic system that includes an elected civil administration and military officials; however, these bodies are subordinate...
India Gets Highest Number IMF’s Advice To Tax Lower-Income Households More
By Dr. Gyan Pathak While world’s untaxed wealth of the richest 0.1 per cent hidden offshore surpasses entire wealth of the poorest half of the humanity, India remains the receiver of the highest number of the regressive tax recommendations by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that increases tax burden...
Trump Is Bruised In Iran War, He Is Looking For Exit Claiming Big Victory
By Anjan Roy Donald Trump, US president, is calling it quits. Badly bruised, Trump is claiming to have achieved his aim of a regime change in Iran. He is also claiming that Iran is insisting on an end to the war. Having created a mess, Trump is seeing no...
In Kerala Assembly Elections, LDF Is Fighting The UDF On The Basis Of 10 Years Of Governance
By Nilotpal Basu A report by the Kerala correspondent of The Indian Express, datelined Thiruvananthapuram, March 7, 2026, observed: “Unlike previous assembly elections that were dominated by allegations and counter-allegations over various corruption scandals, the LDF Government 2.0 is seen to have avoided any such major rows, around which...
Pakistan Is Trying To Impose Its Importance In US-Iran War Through Mediation Talks
By Tirthankar Mitra As the war between US and Iran rages on, Pakistan has suddenly emerged as a would be mediatory. It is patting itself on its back for this “diplomatic agility”. Actually this is more of a calculated gamble born less of strength than compulsion. In so many...
Why India’s New Labour Codes Leave Migrant Workers Behind?
By Abdullah Ghazali, Abdullah Samdani Inter-state migrant workers are already leaving the country’s industrial hubs as shortages of commercial LPG and piped natural gas have disrupted access to affordable food, making survival in native places easier than in urban industrial areas. What is less familiar is that the law...
America Reaches For The Moon Again — For The First Time In 52 Years
By T N Ashok There are moments when a nation rediscovers its nerve. On the evening of April 1, 2026, one such moment arrived for American nation on a column of fire rising from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, as NASA’s Space Launch System rocket climbed into...
New Supreme Court Order Brings Hope For Deleted Electors In West Bengal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak By modifying its own order on April 1, 2026, to allow new documents to be submitted before the Tribunals established to hear appeal against deletion of names from the Final Electoral Roll of West Bengal, the Supreme Court of India has brought a new hope...
India’s Iran War Fears Are Turning Real, One By One
By K Raveendran India’s darkest economic anxieties over the Iran war are no longer hypothetical. They are unfolding in layers, and in a sequence that policymakers had feared from the outset. What began as a geopolitical conflict in a distant but energy-critical region has now entered Indian kitchens, factory...
Pope Leo Refusing Pete Hegseth’s Prayers Is A Major Jolt To Trump’s War
By Nitya Chakraborty In a major development in the present period of US-Israel war in West Asia, Pope Leo launched the beginning of the holiest week on Christian calendar with a sharp attack on US defence secretary Pete Hegseth saying “ God refuses the prayers of leaders who have...
