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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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...
India’s Delimitation And Lok Sabha Expansion Bills Are Using Women’s Reservation As A Cover
By Tanishka Shah Parliament is set to convene for a three-day special session beginning April 16 to consider proposals to expand the strength of the Lok Sabha to 850 members and to remove the requirement that delimitation be based on post-2026 census data, thereby permitting the use of existing...
How China’s Outreach To European Nations Is Bringing Results Amidst Iran War
By Satyaki Chakraborty The world of diplomacy is going through uncertain times as the West Asian war is yet to end even after 48 days beginning with the attack by USA and Israel on Iran on February 28. President Trump has been bruised diplomatically, Iran has been battered in...
Crowds, Charisma, And A Three‑Cornered Contest In Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls
By K R Sudhaman CHENNAI: As the scorching April sun beats down on Tamil Nadu, the political temperature is rising just as fiercely. On April 23, the state heads to the polls in what promises to be one of the most unpredictable assembly elections in recent memory. The traditional...
Pushing Delimitation Through Back Door In The Garb Of Women’s Reservation
By Nilotpal Basu Slogan mongering and inventing fake narratives has been the main forte of Narendra Modi and his government. An extremely severe and obnoxious example is its latest act. The convening of the two day special session of Parliament is a glaring example of that very same trait....
Songs, Music And Dance Add Momentum To West Bengal Poll Campaign
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Be it the parched plains of Durgapur or the cool hills of Darjeeling, ongoing election campaign in West Bengal is swaying to the beat of song and dance. And if it is Billy Joel’s 1977 song “Trading a Chevvy for a Cadillac”, it is rap...
New WEF Report Charts Key Strategies And Trade-Offs For Long-Term Growth
By Indrani Chakraborty As the growth strategies that powered the global economy over the past three decades lose relevance, a new World Economic Forum report released on April 15 calls for a renewed blueprint to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape shaped by AI, geostrategic competition, rising debt and inequality,...
Trump Can’t Afford Escalation Of US War With Iran At The Moment
By Nitya Chakraborty President Donald Trump as usual has been talking in conflicting voices on his immediate stand on Iran war. The U.S. President ordered naval blockade of Iranian ports after the failure of the Islamabad peace talks on Sunday but on Tuesday, he indicated that another round of...
