Washington tariff threat tests India’s exporters
Washington’s proposal to impose an additional tariff of up to 12.5% on exports from India has opened a new front in trade negotiations, targeting a legal gap rather than a direct allegation that factories in...
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Student revolt tests Balen Shah’s mandate
Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra “Balen” Shah is facing the sharpest political backlash of...
in Happening Now Jun 4 ·Trump faces House break over Iran campaign
Washington lawmakers delivered a rare bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump’s Iran policy...
in Happening Now Jun 4 ·Hakim steps down as Kolkata mayor
Kolkata’s civic administration was thrown into political uncertainty after senior Trinamool Congress leader...
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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.India Stares At Difficult Days Ahead With Sharp Decline In Growth Rate In 2026-27
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The preliminary version of the OECD Outlook released on June 3, 2026 has projected the real GDP of India to grow by 6.3% during the FY 2026-27, which is a sharp decline from the robust growth rate of 7.8 per cent year-on-year in the quarter...
Supreme Court Order On SIR In Bihar Poll Has Handed The ECI A Sweeping Mandate
By Nilotpal Basu The Supreme Court’s order in connection with petitions against Election Commission’s SIR orders in Bihar states that “the commission is empowered in the exercise of its constitutional mandate to undertake a limited enquiry into citizenship for the purpose of satisfying itself as to eligibility for inclusion...
Shifting Stance Of Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Three weeks are too short a period to evaluate the performance of a newly-elected Government. But the period throws up significant straws in the wind which show the direction in which the Government intends to move. And there are clear indications that the VD Satheesan-led...
When Movie Stars Sell Products, Belief And Responsibility Collide
By T N Ashok In India, where film stars command a level of public trust that often exceeds that enjoyed by politicians, doctors and even religious leaders, a familiar question has resurfaced: how much responsibility should celebrities bear for the products they endorse? The latest controversy centres on actor...
Trade And Financial Fragmentation Spreads Beyond Rivals As Costs Mount
By Indrani Chakraborty Geoeconomic fragmentation imposing an annual cost of $213–$307 billion on the global economy, according to a new World Economic Forum report release on June 4. Driven by geopolitical tensions, economic security concerns and shifting trade relationships across major economies, fragmentation accelerated through 2025 and 2026 and...
Protests Mounting Throughout USA Over Trump’s Birthday Bash On June 14
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON DC: As President Donald Trump’s planned taxpayer-paid birthday bash June 14 concert collapsed, activists—led by labour, the No Kings movement, and 50501—stepped up plans for events opposing his agenda this week. One organization, Seven Days In June, got a jump on others. It is sponsoring...
Former Cuban President Raul Castro Is A Firm Revolutionary At 95
By Roger McKenzie LONDON: Raul Castro was born on June 3 in the small Cuban village of Biran in Holguin Province in 1931. If there was ever a time when we needed to celebrate the life and contribution of this heroic revolutionary it is today. Castro, Cuba’s former president,...
Cockroach Politics And The Limits Of Public Anger
By K Raveendran Public anger has a strange way of finding symbols. Sometimes it gathers around a saintly figure in a white cap, sometimes around an unlikely political label that sounds almost like a joke until it begins to speak for a generation. The overwhelming response from Gen Z...
Mamata Banerjee Facing Her Toughest Battle In Keeping Her Elected MLA’s Together
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Post poll political violence between the rank and file of bitter political rivals – the BJP and the TMC –continues even after a month of declaration of results on May 4, 2026. Former CM Mamata has been alleging that the BJP is intimidating their leaders,...
SP-Congress Combo Has The Potential To Defeat BJP In 2027 Assembly Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Arun Srivastava The electoral future of the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh in the context of the 2027 assembly polls, hinges on their ability to mobilize Dalits and OBCs. By aggressively championing a caste census and articulating a credible “social justice” narrative, both parties have...
59 Of 80 TMC MLA’s Elect Ritabrata Banerjee As Leader Defying Party Choice
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: More things change, the more they remain the same Trinamool Congress Legislature Party has split, but it continues to consider Mamata Banerjee as its leader. This was stated in a letter to state Assembly Speaker, Rathindra Bose on Wednesday signed by 59 MLA’S seeking Ritabrata...
CPI(ML)-Liberation Takes Harder Line Against BJP Govt In Bengal Compared To CPI(M)
By Indrani Chakraborty KOLKATA: CPI(ML)-Liberation, a constituent of the Left Front in West Bengal has taken a stronger line against the new BJP government in the state headed by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, compared to the leader of the LF CPI(M). The party is actively opposing the new BJP...
The Great Divide In Indian Summer – Rich Relax In AC Rooms While Poor Labour Work In Heat
By T N Ashok India has always known summer. It has known the fierce loo winds sweeping across the Gangetic plains, the cracked earth of Bundelkhand, the shimmering mirages of Rajasthan and the annual ritual of waiting for the monsoon clouds to appear over the horizon like a cavalry...
ICJ Recognition Of Right To Strike By Workers Gives A Big Boost To Indian Trade Unions
By Jeffrey Vogt On May 21, 2026, the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’) delivered its advisory opinion in Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87, holding by a ten is to four votes margin that the right to strike of workers and their organisations is protected under the...
Former Bangladesh Interim Head Dr. Muhammad Yunus Held Responsible For Deaths Due To Measles
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: A shocking bureaucratic failure on part of the interim government led by Dr M Yunus has led to the present medical crisis in Bangladesh as an outbreak of measles continues to kill people, devastating both urban and rural areas. This is not merely an opinion...
Market Experts Discount Return To Pre-War Oil Prices As Unlikely
By Nigel Green Oil prices are unlikely to return to pre-war levels in the short to medium term at least, a shift that could keep inflation elevated, delay interest-rate cuts, and reshape investment returns across global markets. Oil prices rose on Monday after Israel ordered troops to push deeper...
Why Trump Isn’t Worried About The Midterm Polls In November This Year?
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: The US President Donald Trump keeps saying he’s not worried about the midterms. He says it the way a card player says he’s not worried—when he’s already seen the other guy’s hand. Asked about his flailing Iran war ceasefire negotiations and whether they affect...
Poll Results Were Out In Bengal A Month Ago, But Political Violence Is Still Continuing
By T N Ashok The dust may have settled on the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election, but the political war has only intensified. Defeated former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has launched perhaps the most serious challenge yet to the legitimacy of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s sweeping victory, alleging that...
