Modi and Netanyahu discuss West Asia tensions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation on Monday with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, focusing on the escalating situation in West Asia and the need to safeguard civilians amid intensifying hostilities. Posting on...
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By K Raveendran Brent crude ended the week near seven-month highs at roughly $73 a barrel, extending gains of about 16 per cent since the start of the year and injecting a fresh layer of uncertainty into the global macro outlook. Traders are now modelling far wider trading bands...
India Is Playing A Diplomatic Trapeze, Navigating Tensions, Building Friends
By Nantoo Banerjee Few will deny that India is navigating a complex foreign policy balancing ties with countries such as the US, Russia, China, Israel and Iran among others, some of them being known to be arch enemies of each other. India has been leveraging platforms like the BRICS,...
Centre Has Mooted The Idea Of A New Union Territory In Bihar-Bengal Border
By Arun Srivastava After a long five years’ of enigmatic predicament, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has come out with the repaired manifesto of creating the ninth Union Territory (UT) in India comprising of five districts of Bihar and carving out two districts from West Bengal including ‘Chicken’s Neck’...
Gratuity And Leave Encashment Not Applicable For Majority Under New Codes
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Gratuity and leave encashment rules will not be applicable for majority of the workers in India under the new labour codes, which is likely to be rolled out for full implementation from April 1, 2026. According to the latest February 2026 assessment of the ICRA,...
India Security Is Also At Risk Due To Trump’s Gamble In War With Iran
By Anjan Roy With US president Donald Trump’s unique pursuit of peace by launching another war with Iran, he emerges as the top candidate for this year “Ignoble Peace Prize”. Trump has been crowing for the Noble Peace Prize for some time now and even slammed the Noble Committee...
86 Year Old Killed Iranian Supremo Khamenei Has Left No Chosen Successor
By Asad Mirza Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (1939–2026), the second Supreme Leader of Iran, was killed on February 28, 2026, during coordinated US and Israeli airstrikes on Tehran. His death was confirmed by the Iranian state media on March 1, 2026, following an initial announcement by US President Donald Trump....
Cuba Under Seize Once Again Through Trump’s Latest Order On Blocking Oil Supply
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. NEW YORK: President Donald Trump, on January 29, imposed import tariffs on any country providing Cuba with oil. The false claim that Cuba threatened terrorism against the United States served as a pretext. The U.S. Supreme Court on February 20 ruled that President Trump...
Hollywood’s New Power War: Netflix Retreats, Paramount Advances To Get Warner
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: When Netflix walked away from its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Wall Street cheered. But Hollywood did not exhale. Instead, the streaming giant’s retreat has cleared the path for Paramount Skydance to pursue what could become one of the most consequential media...
Credibility Of CBI, And By Implication Modi Govt, Destroyed Beyond Redemption
By K Raveendran A trial court’s decision to throw out the Delhi excise policy case against Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and 21 others triggers a political and institutional reckoning that goes far beyond the fate of one prosecution. By sharply criticising the Central Bureau of Investigation for procedural violations,...
AAP Supremo Kejriwal’s Acquittal Is A Big Boost To Party Nationally
By Dr. Gyan Pathak AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s acquittal along with all 23 accused persons in liquor policy scam case has suddenly changed India’s political narrative. The illusion of ‘free and fair elections’ under PM Narendra Modi’s rule has been lost among people which may reset the national politics,...
India’s Reassessed GDP Growth Rate Of 7.6 Per Cent Is Good But Unevenly Distributed
By R. Suryamurthy India’s 7.6 per cent real GDP growth in FY26, as per the Second Advance Estimates released under the rebased national accounts with 2022–23 as the base year, is being widely read as confirmation of macroeconomic strength. In a global environment where most large economies are struggling...
Balen Shah Of RSP, Backed By Gen-Z Is Getting Good Support In Last Leg Of Nepal Elections
By Asad Mirza Nepal will go to the polls on March 5 to elect a new government. Nearly 19 million people will take part in the ballot for Nepal’s House of Representatives. The general election will be the first the country has held since the youth-led anti-corruption protests toppled...
Decision On PSC Age Limit Raise To Benefit Govt Job Aspirants In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Government has announced a slew of steps aimed at benefiting a wide spectrum of people in the State. Topping the list is the decision to raise the age limit for general category candidates applying for the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) examinations from...
Greens Candidate Hannah Spencer’s Seismic Win Shows British Politics Is Changing Fast
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Hannah Spencer’s resounding win for the Greens in Gorton and Denton is a slap in the face for Reform, the writing on the wall for Starmer-Labour and good news for the whole left. Polls indicating it was neck-and-neck misled us: the Greens, with 41 per...
Drug Lord El Mencho’s Killing In Mexico Shows The Extent Of Mafia Control
By Tirthankar Mitra Mexico has seen the riots over the killing of a drug lord many times in the past: a man at the head of a criminal empire falls, and the country holds its breath for the aftershocks. Now a long trek awaits it to bring back a...
How Narendra Modi Shattered The Indian Foreign Policy Tradition During Visit To Israel
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: When Narendra Modi walked into the Knesset and told Israel’s parliament during his visit to Israel on February 25-26, that “peace and stability in West Asia are directly linked to India’s security,” he was doing more than delivering a diplomatic courtesy. He was...
OPS Joining DMK Is The Latest Twist In Tamil Nadu Politics Ahead Of Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Twists and turns in Tamil Nadu politics continues even a few weeks ahead of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election to be held in April-May. The latest in the series is O Panneerselvam’s, popularly known as OPS, joining DMK today, which is being dubbed as a...
After Supreme Court Order On NCERT, This Is Right Time To Debate The Bias Of Syllabus
By T N Ashok When bureaucrats forgot to ask a single lawyer to review a chapter on judicial corruption, they didn’t just publish a flawed textbook. They lit the fuse on a constitutional crisis — and handed India’s apex court the perfect stage to remind everyone who, ultimately, holds...
