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Right Parties Leading In Opinion Polls On The Eve Of Portugal Elections On May 18
By Satyaki Chakraborty Portugal, a very important member of the European Union with a strong economy, is going for national elections next Sunday, May 18 to elect its 230 member Parliament. The 2025 elections will be the third one in the last three years showing the fragility of the...
The New Covid 19 Death Data Proves That The Centre Earlier Fudged The Figure
By Krishna Jha The new Covid death data, released recently by the government, reveals everything that confirms what was feared at the time of the pandemic – a massive mismanagement on the part of the government. The new data from the Civil Registration System (CRS), published on May 7,...
The Tale Of Two Super Power Presidents Amidst Global War On Trade, Tariffs
By Nitya Chakraborty Soon after organizing a 90 day truce last week end at Geneva through three day intensive talks between top officials of the United States and China, President Donald Trump is on a three nation tour covering Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE to pursue his deal making...
High Contrast In Stewardship Of Two Supreme Court Chief Justices
By K Raveendran Sweet and short: that aptly describes Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna’s stewardship of the Supreme Court. In a time when judicial personalities often become larger than the institution, Justice Khanna offered a quiet, yet powerful contrast. His tenure followed that of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, and...
Indian Air Force Did A Magnificent Job In Damaging Pakistan’s Air Defence
By Sushil Kutty The Indian Air Force is drawing kudos from all flying quarters except from fly-by-night operators in the Pakistani media and Pakistani intelligentsia along with retired Pakistani diplomats and Pakistani generals, for laying waste nine Pakistan Air bases and downing hundreds of Turkiye drones, in the “4-Day...
New Ayurveda Day Decision Is A Significant Shift In Hindutva Politics
By Gyan Pathak At a time when RSS-BJP clan has been politically opposing everything foreign in the name of Hindutva nationalism, designating a new date by PM Narendra Modi led government for celebrating Ayurveda Day on 23 September in the Gregorian Calendar in place of celebrating it traditionally on...
Labour Law Reform Without Domestic Workers Would Be A Big Omission
By Dithhi Bhattacharya The ILO Convention On Domestic Workers (C189) was adopted in 2011 with India supporting it. Over a decade later, India continues to debate ratifying the convention despite being the largest employer of domestic workers across the world. Estimates vary that there are as many as between...
Where Is The Accountability Of Indian Media, Especially TV Channels?
By Dr Pragya Sharma, After the most welcome ceasefire announcement, one question kept resonating in my mind. I was baffled to see the role of Indian mainstream media during this emergency like situation. Their primary purpose is to provide information and keep the masses aware, but they proved to...
Can The New KPCC Chief Sunny Joseph Takes On LDF In 2026 Polls?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Will Sunny Joseph, who has been named the new president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) can lead the Congress to power in the 2026 Assembly elections? That is the million dollar question doing the rounds in the State’s political corridors. Congress leaders say...
India Only Reserved Right To Impose Retaliatory Duty On American Goods
NEW DELHI: India has “only” reserved its right under WTO norms to impose retaliatory duties on certain American products over the US’ steel and aluminum tariffs and it may choose to resolve the issue through the ongoing bilateral trade agreement (BTA) negotiations between the two countries, an official said...
Inflation Cools To Six-Year Low Of 3.16 Per Cent In April
NEW DELHI: Retail inflation eased to a nearly six-year low of 3.16 per cent in April mainly due to subdued prices of vegetables, fruits, pulses, and other protein-rich items, creating enough room for the Reserve Bank to go for another round of rate cut in the June monetary policy...
SEBI Proposes Relief For FPIs Investing In Government Bonds Under VRR, FAR
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Tuesday proposed regulatory relaxations for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) investing solely in Indian government bonds under the Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) and Fully Accessible Route (FAR). Sebi has suggested easing registration and other compliance requirements for a new FPI...
Food Inflation Plunges To 41-Month Low
NEW DELHI: Retail food inflation eased for the six consecutive months to 1.78%% in April compared to 2.69% in March, as prices of vegetables, pulses, meat, fish and spices declined with arrivals of winter harvest. The consumer food price index (CFPI) declined by 0.153% sequentially last month compared to...
Government To Review Profitability Of Public Sector Banks, Bad Loan Recovery
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will likely meet the chiefs of public sector banks (PSBs) on Thursday to assess their performance in 2024-25 in various parameters, including profitability, bad loans recovery, deposit mobilisation, digital payments, cyber security and implementation of government schemes, sources told FE. It is to...
Narendra Modi Must Tell Trump That Kashmir Is A Bilateral Issue Needing No Mediator
By Sushil Kutty The western Press is egging United States President Donald Trump to press India for third-party mediation in the Kashmir imbroglio roiling India-Pakistan relations, while at the same time asserting that Trump has put India, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a “tight spot”. Prime Minister...
Narendra Modi Is Having A Difficult Time In Dealing With His Good Friend Trump
By Anjan Roy The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, demonstrates the predicament of a man fighting an unseen foe. Prime Minister’s address on Monday night was meant for the outside world, though it had its import on those inside the country. He was fighting what has been cast broad and...
Statesmanship – Not Rhetoric Is The Need Of The Hour In India
By Dr Arun Mitra War brings misery and deaths. ‘War is neither romantic nor a Bollywood film’ said former Army Chief Manoj Narvane while addressing at an event organised by the Cost Accountants of India at Pune. Diplomacy would be his first choice he added, ‘there is trauma among...
Union Minister Boasts Of Historic Achievement For Major Ports
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (PS&W) Sarbananda Sonowal has boasted about the achievements of India’s Major Ports in FY 2024-25, the ministry under him performed very badly, reveals the Annual Report. Actual Expenditure of the Ministry was totally unsatisfactory being it...
