Canada Alleges Pak Poll Meddling to Counter India’s Influence
Canada’s intelligence agency has raised concerns about potential foreign interference in the nation’s upcoming general election, scheduled for April 28. Vanessa Lloyd, Deputy Director of Operations at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service , stated that...
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Four Weeks to Address Rahul Citizenship Allegations
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has provided the Central Government...
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Sonu Nigam’s DTU Concert Marred by Stone-Throwing Incident
A musical evening at Delhi Technological University’s Engifest 2025 descended into chaos when...
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Imam’s Remarks on Shivaji Maharaj Spark Outrage
Maulana Sajid Rashidi, President of the All India Imam Association, has ignited controversy...
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By Sushil Kutty Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge is adamant that nobody (does “nobody” include Congress?) can “change the Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Ambedkar” and that nobody “can finish reservation” either. The question then boils down to can anybody give Muslims reservation, i.e., reservation on the basis of religion? The...
Climate Shocks To Cost India 24.7 Per Cent Of GDP By 2070
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The total GDP loss due to climate change under median climate change scenario in 2070 is found to be 16.9% in Asia and the Pacific, with all economies experiencing losses. Changes are in GDP are most pronounced in Bangladesh (-30.5%), Viet Nam (-30.2%), Indonesia (-26.8%),...
Massive Protests By Govt Staff And Citizens Against Musk’s DOGE Cuts
By Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik NEW YORK: In a big win for senior citizens, federal workers, and anyone else Social Security covers or who pays payroll taxes, a federal judge in Greenbelt, Md., tossed Elon Musk—Donald Trump’s puppeteer—and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency out of Social Security’s...
Cut In USAID Funds For Rohingya Refugees Creates Big Problem For Bangladesh
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: With international assistance to Bangladesh on account of its feeding and sheltering a million Rohingyas to be sharply reduced from next month (April), Bangladeshi interim caretaker regime is lobbying hard to secure more help from abroad. Dhaka had received an official notice from the World...
Democratic Party Under Chuck Schumer Is Paralysed Under Trump 2.0
By Branko Marcetic NEW YORK: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has never faced a revolt like this before. The broad left has never pulled its punches when it comes to the eight-term senator, suspicious of his Wall Street ties and unhappy with willingness to strike deals with Donald Trump. But...
Will Bangladesh Army Step In Again To Restore Stability In Bangladesh?
By Nitya Chakraborty Is the Bangladesh Army going to take over control of their politically turbulent country, either from front or behind, to precipitate the holding of early elections? This question is being raised by the seasoned political observers in Dhaka, as the whole of last week was dominated...
US Attacks On Houthi Rebels Send A Red Alert On Red Sea
By Nantoo Banerjee Another maverick action by United States President Donald Trump, launching large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi pirates, who have made cargo movement through the Red Sea a high-risk exercise since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza broke out over a year ago. At a stake is...
Two-Month Campaign Against Labour Codes Begins, Strike Action On May 20
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Workers’ two-month campaign against the four controversial labour codes has just begun afresh, after the adoption of a declaration in this regard in the National Convention of Workers organised by the joint platform of the 10 Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations and Associations....
Astronaut Sunita Williams’s Return To Earth Is A Great Win For Space-Science
By Kalyani Shankar NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, of Indian origin, is in the news these days. Her team has returned safely to Earth after spending nine months in space. They intended to be in space for eight days, but technical problems extended their mission. The spacecraft returned without them...
Shinde Supporters Have Done More Harm To Him By Vandalising Kamra’s Studio
By Sushil Kutty The statement ‘Comedian Kunal Kamra keeps me in splits’ is not comedy. Neither is ‘Kunal lives in a room which is his surname!’ And if a child drops the line “Papa bought me a Kunal Kamra to take pictures”, it still isn’t a joke. What’s called...
RSS Pratinidhi Sabha Left BJP Presidentship Choice To Modi-Bhagwat Meet On March 30
By Arun Srivastava Will the RSS succeed in retaining its grip on the BJP? The three day Pratinidhi Sabha of the RSS which concluded in Bengaluru on Sunday threw this question in a very strong way. The delegates who had assembled in Bengaluru left disillusioned as the Sabha could...
Arrest Of Istanbul Mayor Signals Turkiye’s Slide Towards Autocracy
By Asad Mirza On Wednesday, last week, the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor – the largest Turkish city- could be described as a watershed moment in the country’s continued shift away from democracy. Opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fear it is a move to sideline the sole challenger capable...
Fires That Never Broke Out And Hidden Monies Never Unearthed
By K Raveendran It would be an understatement that the discovery of a large stash of cash from the residence of Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Varma has sent shockwaves. This unexpected incident has raised uncomfortable questions about corruption and integrity within the judiciary, often viewed as the guardian...
China Further Closes Its Technology Gap In Outer Space Vis A Vis U.S. In Dogfighting Satellites
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: China never ceases to amaze. It is now practicing “dogfighting” satellites as part of its enhanced program in defense preparedness in outer space that includes extending the conventional dog fights in the air between fighter jets to satellites. The United States Space Force...
AAP Reshuffle Enables Arvind Kejriwal For Greater National Political Role
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only after a month and half of the Delhi Election setback, AAP has reshuffled its organization which reveals the party’s national aspirations. AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has been spared the regional organizational burden to focus on the party’s national aspirations and national politics. As for...
AAP Ruled Punjab Govt Has Tarnished Its Image By Badly Handling Farmers’ Stir
By Arun Srivastava AAP’s pretention of being a progressive and liberal political organ has been badly hurt by its action to evict the farmers from the Punjab Haryana border. What happened yesterday imbibes highest order of deviousness of AAP. Over these years, Arvind Kejriwal had tried to create the...
Mahayuti Govt Partners Differ On How To Deal With Communal Violence
By Sushil Kutty It is getting awfully crowded in that space where Muslims hold the key to any secular party’s electoral advantage. Every secular politician of note, even those with linkages to communal elements, is out to assure the growing Muslim population that “protection” is theirs for the asking;...
‘Referendum’ Route For Separation Of Hilly Region In Manipur
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: ‘Referendum’ as a route to bring into larger focus the demand for a separate administration for the hills part of Manipur where Kuki-Zos are dominant inhabitants ? As the ethnic conflict that started on May 3, 2023 raged and Manipur came to be referred...
