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November 4 Elections Is Shaping Up As Referendum On Trump
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON DC: This shouldn’t come as any great surprise, but the November 4, balloting for the Virginia and New Jersey governorships are being turned into referendums on the incumbent president, Donald Trump. The same is starting to happen with several other key elections as well, including...
India Is At The Heart Of Driving The Global Energy Process
By Nantoo Banerjee If global oil giant BP plc’s ‘Energy Outlook 2025’ proves to be true, India will be a global leader in energy consumption, outpacing all other countries by 2050. The country will account for 12 percent of the global demand, up from seven percent from 2023, according...
Far-Right Party’s Win In Argentina Big Setback For Left In Latin America
By Nitya Chakraborty 2025 is ending as a losing year for the Left in Latin America. The far-right party of the Argentinian President Javier Milei won Sunday’s midterm parliamentary polls, giving a big rebuff to the left-wing Peronists, who were in full control of the lower house as also...
At ASEAN Summit, Xi May Extract Concession From Trump On Taiwan
By Asad Mirza The 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related meetings began in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday (26 October) under the theme “Inclusivity and Sustainability.” The summit is keenly watched due to the absence of the Indian PM and presence of the POTUS, who’ll...
India’s Nov 2 Launch Of Mark-3 Carrying CMS-03 Satellite A Strategic Win
By Girish Linganna As India’s most powerful rocket stands ready at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, the nation prepares to make another significant leap in its space and defence capabilities. The Launch Vehicle Mark-3, carrying the CMS-03 satellite, is scheduled to lift off on November 2, 2025,...
Talibani Patriarchy Has Similarities With Sangh’s Role In Indian Society
By Dr. Ram Puniyani The Government of India gave a red-carpet welcome to the Taliban delegation led by their Minister of Education Muttaqi. In response, India’s Gen Prakash Katoch asks, “Should India be seen deferring to the Taliban? Taliban’s human rights record, particularly its regressive misogynistic policies, are well...
Drug Menace In Punjab Is Affecting The Youth From All Social Strata
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH:As per media reports, onlastFridayOctober24, a video reportedly floated on social media, the footage of which went viral, shows several girls covering their faces with scarves, entering the shop, purchasing liquor, and leaving briskly with bottles tucked discreetly into their school bags in Nainpur town...
Kerala Opposition Bid To Create Rift In LDF Foiled
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A determined attempt by the Opposition in Kerala to create a rift in the Left Democratic Front (LDF) on the PM SHRI scheme has failed. The exercise, which came to grief, was to discredit the LDF Government and create a rift between the principal partners...
Coal Gradually Gives In To Renewables For India’s Green Energy Push
By Kunal Bose For all the ills associated with its mining, including biodiversity loss, soil degradation, mines fire, frequency of accidents leading to loss of lives and serious injuries and soil subsidence (Jharia in West Bengal stands as a stark example) and burning to produce energy and electricity, coal...
Kerala’s Silent Valley National Park Is A Living Laboratory Of Life
By Bhasha Singh Silent Valley National Park stands unique in itself. Without knowing its special features, one cannot truly understand the vast ecological diversity of India. At every step, rare trees, birds, animals, and natural beauty extend their arms in welcome. Filled with mythical stories, crystal-clear waters, and the...
Will Trump-Xi Summit In Seoul Lead To A Serious Trade Deal?
By Nitya Chakraborty The U.S. President Donald Trump is finally meeting the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Seoul by this month end, possibly on October 30, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in the South Korean capital scheduled for October 31 and November 1. Both the...
Dipankar Bhattacharya Has Emerged As A Prominent INDIA Bloc Leader
By Arun Srivastava Whether CPI(ML) Liberation, led by Dipankar Bhattacharya, becomes the “big brother” of the communist parties in India by adopting an energetic and farsighted role in shaping and providing an ideological-political sustenance to the INDIA bloc is debatable, but one thing is certain — that CPIML)-L joining...
CJI Gavai’s Tenure Has Left An Indelible Mark On Indian Judiciary
By K Raveendran Chief Justice B. R. Gavai’s impending retirement next month marks the end of a brief but memorable chapter in India’s judicial history. His was one of the shortest tenures for a Chief Justice of India, lasting just about six months, yet in that fleeting span, he...
China’s 15th Five-Year Plan: Pioneering High Quality Development
By Dr Imran Khalid In an era when the global economy staggers under the weight of inflation, trade wars, and geopolitical fractures, China’s Communist Party has just unveiled a roadmap that feels less like a policy document and more like a quiet revolution. The fourth plenary session of the...
Bihar State Polls: Minor Parties Make Hay As The Electoral Sun Shines
By Tirthankar Mitra Predominance of caste system has been stated to be the bane of Bihar, but the forth coming assembly election next month is witnessing regional allies of BJP and Congress getting a lion’s share of seats lest the caste equation go awry. Keenly aware of the deciding...
Indian Workers, Farmers Are Once Again Up In Arms Against Centre’s Policies
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Workers and farmers of India are once again up in arms against Centre’s overall policy framework relating to them which they have termed ‘vindictive and oppressive’. The immediate cause that has prompted them to launch a month-long nationwide campaign to be culminated on November 26,...
Despite Tariff Hike, Indian Exports To USA Have Surged In Last 6 Months
By Subrata Majumdar Defying all the predictions about the fall in Indian exports to the USA following the imposition of high tariffs of a total of 50 per cent, the Indian exports to USA in the first six months of 2025-26 (April-September) surged to the big relief of the...
Sabarimala Gold Theft Case Takes A Decisive Turn In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The Sabarimala gold panels theft case, which has triggered a political storm, has taken a crucial turn with the arrest of two persons. They are the prime accused, Unnikrishna Potti and Murari babu, a Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)official. More arrests are likely as...
