Markets convulse as Trump hardens Iran threat
Global markets lurched lower on Thursday after US President Donald Trump used a prime-time address to say military objectives against Iran would be completed “very shortly” while also warning Tehran it would be hit “extremely...
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Pezeshkian seeks opening as Trump hardens line
Masoud Pezeshkian used a direct appeal to the American public on Wednesday to...
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Banerjee blames BJP after Malda rebuke
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sharpened her attack on the Bharatiya Janata...
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CJI rebukes Bengal over Malda siege
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant sharply criticised the West Bengal administration on...
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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.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...
BJP’s Christian Outreach Programme Suffers A Setback
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Union Government’s decision to amend the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) has caused a severe setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) much-hyped Christian outreach programme in Kerala. The decision, which has come at a most inopportune time, has upset the BJP’s calculations, especially...
Four Labour Codes – Why April 1, 2026 Is Too Soon To Implement
By K R Shyam Sundar The Union Government is reportedly set to implement the four Labour Codes — the Code on Wages, 2019 (‘CoW’), the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (‘IRC’), the Occupational Safety and Health and Working Conditions Code (‘OSH’), and the Code on Social Security, 2020 (‘CSS’) —...
Delhi Reclaims Its Crown As A Film Festival Venue Lost To Goa In 2004
By T N Ashok After two decades of cultural exile, India’s capital has wrestled its international film festival back from Goa — and in doing so, made an argument about what serious cinema requires of a city. For seventy years, the story of India’s great international film festival has...
BJP’s Election Manifesto For Assam Tries To Outshine The Congress
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Congress announced five guarantees to Assam voters on Sunday March 29, and two days later on March 31, BJP has released its manifesto and gave 31 promises. A special feature of the BJP’s manifesto is its comparison of achievement of NDA and UPA rule...
Delhi’s Cinematic Homecoming: Caught Between Ambition And History
By T N Ashok There is a particular irony embedded in the story of film festivals and India’s capital. For decades, Delhi was the centre-piece of the nation’s most prestigious cinematic gathering. The Vigyan Bhavan echoed with the chatter of international directors. The Siri Fort Auditorium complex, built in...
UP Congress Leaders Reach Out To Jailed Mohd Azam Khan’s Family
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Is Congress trying to win over the support from Samajwadi Party leader Mohd Azam Khan and his followers in Rampur and other neighbouring areas? The recent meeting of UPCC president Ajay Rai and other leaders with Tanzeen Khan, the wife of the incarcerated Mohd Azam...
Government On A Razor’s Edge In Denmark
By Tirthankar Mitra An election result can be numerically decisive, it can also be hollow. The recent election result in Denmark is a case in point. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen remains at the centre of power. But the authority that once underpinned her leadership has visibly thinned. She leads...
Bab El-Mandeb May Prove To Be The Gate Of Tears For US-Israel Camp
By Asad Mirza The war against Iran has threatened global supplies of oil and natural gas, sparked fertiliser shortages and disrupted air travel. Iran’s grip on the strategic Strait of Hormuz has shaken markets and prices. The United States and Israel continue to strike Iran, whose retaliatory attacks have...
Petrol, Diesel Levies Need Drastic Cuts For Inflation Control, Economic Growth
By Nantoo Banerjee The central excise duty cut on petrol and diesel oil to help petro-fuel producers and marketeers partly cover their losses on account of the rising crude oil import prices is an internal government matter. It is not meant to have any impact on retail prices which...
