Pakistan-brokered accord halts US-Iran war
Washington and Tehran have agreed to stop military operations across the Middle East under a Pakistan-brokered framework that marks the clearest diplomatic break yet in a conflict that has shaken Gulf security, disrupted energy flows...
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NDA expands Assembly grip after opposition losses
The BJP-led NDA has tightened its hold over state legislatures, crossing 61% of...
in Happening Now Jun 15 ·Seafarer distress grows in Hormuz conflict zone
Seafarers from India working on commercial vessels near Iran and the Strait of...
in Happening Now Jun 15 ·Trinamool rupture redraws Lok Sabha arithmetic
Twenty All India Trinamool Congress MPs have plunged the party into its sharpest...
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By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be taking part in the outreach session of the 52nd meeting of G7 being held in Evans of France hosted by the French President Emanuel Macron. Already the main session started on Monday with the participation of the leaders of the...
Control Cooking Gas Prices To Shield Citizens From Distress
By Nantoo Banerjee It is disturbing to note that the government has chosen an easy option to raise the domestic cooking gas prices at will to benefit a handful of public sector oil companies at the cost of nearly 337-million active domestic LPG consumers. This is despite the fact...
U.S.-Iran Peace Deal To Be Signed On Friday At Geneva Is Welcome
By Asad Mirza The historic June 2026 US-Iran framework agreement marks a volatile culmination to over 100 days of devastating attrition, fundamentally shifting Middle Eastern security paradigms while altering India’s energy and strategic landscape. The announcement of the comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in mid-June 2026—slated for a formal...
U.S. President Donald Trump Turns Eighty In Style Challenging Age
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: On the evening of his 80th birthday on June 14, while most men his age would be discussing grandchildren, medications and retirement plans, the most powerful man in the world was watching cage fighters batter one another inside an octagon erected on the...
Opposition India Bloc Has To Reinvent Itself To Take On BJP In Coming Polls
By Kalyani Shankar The INDIA bloc, representing a coalition of opposition parties, recently gathered in Delhi to reflect on their journey so far and to share hopes for the future. On June 8, during a meeting organised by the Congress party, 23 out of the original 27 members expressed...
The Mystery Behind The Rise And Rise Of Elon Musk, World’s First Trillionaire
By T N Ashok SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. On June 12, 2026, the company pulled off a blockbuster initial public offering, selling about 5% of its shares at $135 apiece and raising roughly $75 billion. That frenzy sent SpaceX’s market value soaring to around...
The ‘Great Settlement’ That Could Decide Price Of Iran War World Will Pay
By K Raveendran The promise of a ‘great settlement’ from President Trump has been enough to pull oil prices lower, calm equity markets and revive hopes that the Strait of Hormuz may return to normal traffic. Yet it shows how fragile the relief remains. A diplomatic opening can move...
India’s Credit System Is Failing The Businesses It Claims To Champion
By R. Suryamurthy India’s political class loves to talk about financial inclusion. Governments boast about hundreds of millions of bank accounts opened under Jan Dhan. Ministers celebrate record digital transactions. Banks advertise their expanding reach. Fintech companies promise to democratize credit. Every budget speech, economic survey and policy document...
Central BJP Has A Role In TMC Split But The Party’s Political Opportunism Paved The Way
By Sagarneel Sinha The rebellion within the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, the erstwhile ruling party of West Bengal, has been the discussion of mainstream media for days now. The party has split in two ways — MLAs led by Ritabrata Banerjee and Lok Sabha MPs led by Kakoli Ghosh...
India Once Again Restricted Trade Union Delegates To Attend ILO Session
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India once again restricted Central Trade Union’s delegates to attend the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference (1-12 June 2026) organized by the International Laobur Organization (ILO) at Geneva, Switzerland. The country has been adopting this policy of restriction since 2018, and the ILO’s...
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Residents Are Fighting Islamabad For Protecting Rights
By Tirthankar Mitra A month ahead of scheduled local elections, peoples’ protests have erupted in the streets of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).At least, 15 persons have been killed after security forces fired on protestors at Rawalkot. The firing triggered fresh protests in several towns, including Khai Gala in PoK’s...
Former TMC MP Sushmita’s Political Future In Assam Is Uncertain After Resigning From Party
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: The resignation of Assam’s Barak Valley’s Silchar-based politician Sushmita Dev from the Trinamool Congress and Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, June 10 throws light on the kind of politics Sushmita has been practicing over the last five years as also her organisational capabilities. However, in...
Bollywood’s Gen-Z Heroines And The Long Queue To Stardom In Digital Age
By T N Ashok Bollywood has always been a kingdom ruled by queens, but unlike monarchies, its queens seldom die. They merely refuse to abdicate. In the golden decades from the 1950s through the 1980s, heroines enjoyed surprisingly long reigns. Actresses such as Nargis, Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman, Hema Malini...
The Mystery Behind Sure Congress Candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s Defeat In Rajya Sabha Polls
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Despite having more than the required number of votes, the Congress failed to get its candidate Meenakshi Natarajan elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. All the three vacant seats went to the BJP, though it had the numbers to win just two....
NTA Model Of Centralised Examinations Is Witnessing Continuous Failures
By Shishu Ranjan & Niranjan K.S. In the past few months, paper leaks, examination glitches, discrepancies in the computation of marks, and mismanagement in conducting the examinations have become alarmingly commonplace. On May 30, 2026, due to a technical glitch, around 3,765 students couldn’t appear for the CUET (UG)...
Big Indian Corporates Are Not Investing Despite Series Of Govt Incentives
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik The Indian economy, to quote from Charles Dickens’ novel, looks like A Tale of Two Cities. Recent estimates suggest India’s real GDP expanded by 7.8%, with strong growth noted across sectors: services (9.3%), manufacturing (10.7%), and construction (7.4%). Consumption expenditure, which is the largest component...
Supreme Court’s Dismissal Of Natarajan’s Writ Seeking Justice Is Significant
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Dismissal of the writ petition filed by Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan for Rajya Sabha Election from Madhya Pradesh against allegedly unfair rejection of her nomination papers by the Returning Officer is a significant development, since it was only yesterday June 11, the Supreme Court of...
High Oil Prices Due To Iran War Make Putting Strain On India’s Fiscal Health
By T N Ashok Only six months ago, India appeared to be enjoying what Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra described as a “Goldilocks moment” — inflation was under control, growth was among the highest in the world, foreign exchange reserves were comfortable, and the Narendra Modi government...
