Lok Sabha setback jolts quota push
A Constitution amendment bill that sought to expand the Lok Sabha and accelerate one-third reservation for women was defeated in the lower house on Friday after the government failed to secure the required two-thirds majority,...
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Shah offers written seat rise pledge
Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Opposition in the Lok Sabha on...
in Happening Now Apr 18 ·TCS suspension deepens Nashik case
Tata Consultancy Services has suspended Nida Khan, an employee linked to its Nashik...
in Happening Now Apr 18 ·YSRCP backs quota push as bill falls
YSR Congress Party’s decision to support the Centre’s push on women’s reservation and...
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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.April 17, 2026 Marked The Biggest Setback To BJP After 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak April 17, 2026 marked the biggest setback for PM Narendra Modi’s political design when the united INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha brought it down. Never before had INDIA bloc such a win, and Narendra Modi such a defeat, when a constitutional amendment bill brought...
India’s Assembly Lines Reshape Asia’s Manufacturing Scene
By K Raveendran A quiet but far-reaching reversal is underway in Asia’s electronics supply chain, and its significance extends well beyond the movement of phone components. For years, the pattern was clear and deeply entrenched: China stood at the centre of the global smartphone manufacturing system, while India remained...
Pak Sikh Optics: Army Job Conceals As Much As It Reveals
By Divya Malhotra Pakistan is often described as an Army with a state rather than a state with an army. In such a system, even seemingly routine decisions, such as military promotions, can carry deep political meaning. One such case was the promotion of Lt Col Harcharan Singh in...
Women Voters Playing A Proactive Role In Scripting Political Future Of West Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Amid rhetoric, realignment and recriminations, women voters of West Bengal have emerged as a powerful force over the past decade as their decisions increasingly determine the fate of dispensations. Trinamool Congress whose writ has been running over the state for the past 15 years has...
Congress Back At Its Bickering Best Over CM’s Post In Kerala!
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress is back at its bickering best – once again. Kerala is witnessing the party openly indulging in an unseemly tussle over the Chief Minister’s post even before the election results are out! The party seems to have taken it for granted that the...
Madhya Pradesh Governor Lambasts His State Government For Failure In Protecting Tribals
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Governors essaying the role of the opposition in states ruled by parties other than the BJP and its allies has become common enough. From Kerala to West Bengal to Tamil Nadu – a series of states have witnessed bitter, even unseemly and ugly attacks...
Time Is Ripe In India To Extend Free Universal Health Care To Citizens
By Ravi Duggal Healthcare in India is not a political battle field. The historical underinvestment in public health continues and is perhaps getting worse each passing year. In the mid-1980s, India had reached a peak of 1.6 percent of GDP allocated to health with support of the Minimum Needs...
Avoiding Voting On Bills, Modi Govt Brings Women’s Reservation In Force From April 16
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Showing its impatience, PM Narendra Modi led government, has notified the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam 2023. The government implemented it from April 16, 2026, the same day after it introduced an amendment to the Act in the Lok Sabha, after convening a three-day special session...
Iran’s Political Leadership Is Showing Remarkable Resilience Against U.S. Pressure
By Asad Mirza As tensions intensify between Iran, Israel, and the United States, one thing has become increasingly clear: Iran has managed not only to respond to sustained pressure but to endure it far longer than many analysts had anticipated. In an era defined by advanced surveillance systems, sophisticated...
Delimitation And The Quiet Rewriting Of India’s Federal Compact
By R. Suryamurthy India’s proposed delimitation exercise, long deferred and constitutionally mandated, is now being revived with a sense of administrative inevitability. Yet to treat it as a mere technical correction is to miss the deeper transformation it portends. What is unfolding is not simply a recalibration of parliamentary...
TMC Focuses On Identity Politics To Take On BJP In The Kudmi Belt
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Both BJP and Trinamool Congress are wary of an undercurrent of unrest among Kudmi community in Purulia, Jhargram and Bankura districts with days to go before first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal. Shifting voter loyalty and identity politics are shaping contests in these...
Mamata’s Messed Up Tajpur Deep Sea Project Can Impact Purba Medinipur Polls
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Has West Bengal’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee, in her habitual practice of appropriating to herself all credit, bungled the much talked about Tajpur deep sea project in Purba Medinipur district? Two quotes throw enough pointers how the chief minister has been playing with the...
CM Siddaramaiah Pushes For Cabinet Reshuffle In Karnataka
By Rahil Nora Chopra Amid recent discussions about the possible leadership changes in the Karnataka Congress, Yathindra Siddaramaiah has strongly backed his father, while Siddaramaiah has reiterated that there is no threat to his position as Chief Minister. Now Siddaramaiah’s camp is pushing for a cabinet reshuffle and legislators...
West Asian War Has Led To Loss Of Jobs In A Large Part Of The World
By Krishna Jha War is the negative outcome of evolution. The Gulf war has proved it once again. Production has critically gone down due to the crisis in availability of energy and raw material. If the crisis persists, the notion of easy access to Gulf energy may become a...
AI Layoffs In U.S. High Tech Companies Reveal The Logic Of Capitalism
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: Something has shifted in the way American corporations talk about firing people. Not long ago, a wave of mass layoffs was read as a bad omen—a company in trouble, cutting losses, circling the drain. Today, on Wall Street and in the business press, the...
125 To 150cc: A New Phase Of Technology In Everyday Motorcycling
By Raju Kumar Over time, the nature of motorbikes has evolved rapidly and meaningfully. There was a time when simple, lightweight 100cc bikes focused purely on mileage were the first choice for most people. Today, however, the 125cc to 150cc segment reflects a new balance of technology, safety, and...
Modi Government Introduced Three Bills To Change Electoral Map Of India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On the first day of the three-day Special Session – April 16 to April 18, 2026 – of the Parliament convened by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government, three legislations have been introduced seeking to change the electoral map of India. Lok Sabha Speaker...
Iran’s Threat Of Counter Blockade Has Damaging Consequences For Oil Importing Nations
By Anjan Roy Responding ominously to American blockade of the Hormuz Strait, Iran has threatened a counter-blockade over a vast stretch of waters from Red Sea in the west to Gulf of Oman in the east. This, if done effectively, could jeopardise ship movements and international trade from the...
