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ED’s Neutrality As Central Investigating Agency At Its Lowest
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) neutrality as a central investigating agency under the Union Government led by PM Narendra Modi has plummeted to its lowest since its inception in 1956, when a bench of the Supreme Court of India has to ask it on August 7, 2025...
Rahul Gandhi’s Exposure Of Electoral Fraud Unites INDIA Bloc Parties
By Arun Srivastava Undeterred of the innuendos and jibes by the second rung BJP leaders, describing him as destroyer of the democratic system and having some brain problem, which are being hurled against him certainly at the behest of Narendra Modi, for his expose of the Chief Election Commissioner’s...
Trump’s Tariff Threats Have Opened Up Possibilities Of A Viable Alternative
By Dr. Soma Marla President Trump’s imposition of 25 percent tariffs on Indian exports, effective August 1, 2025, is beyond mere commercial friction. Mr. Trump, is now attempting to pressure India by imposing various measures aimed at weakening our economy. USA now is weaponizing tariffs as a political leverage...
Rahul Gandhi’s Presentation On Electoral Fraud Enthuses INDIA Bloc
By Rahil Nora Chopra Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hosted a dinner for leaders of 25 INDIA bloc parties at his Sunehri Bagh residence in Delhi, where he showed them a presentation alleging fraud in the Lok Sabha voter rolls in a...
Rahul Gandhi Is Going All Out Against The Prime Minister Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty The whole thing about Trump’s tariffs bringing all sorts of Indians on to the same platter is a chimera, a lie told in the flush of the moment; in times of adversity when people comfort themselves with dreams and lies, which is what has happened and...
BNP Wooing Jamaat-e-Islami For Alliance In Bangladesh Polls In February
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) the strongest political party in Bangladesh that had fought a running battle against the ruling Awami League (AL)-run Governments for over a decade, has appealed to the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) to contest the coming elections in February next year. Mr Shamsuzzaman Dudu,...
Need For Strong Peace Movement To Harness Nuclear Weapons Abolition
By Dr Arun Mitra Everyone by now knows the dreadful effects of the atomic bombs used by the US on human population at Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August 1945 respectively. Testimonies by the survivors, the Hibakusha and the reports by the Red Cross speak effectively of...
From ‘Howdy Modi’ To 50 Per Cent Tariffs On Indian Exports: The End Of An Illusion
By R. Suryamurthy Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declaration that he is willing to “pay a heavy price” to stand by Indian farmers in the face of escalating U.S. trade tariffs has captured headlines—but not necessarily for the right reasons. It is a speech crafted more for the political stage...
Trump’s 50% Tariff Gives A Big Jolt To The India-US Trade Target Of $530 Billion By 2030
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Indo-U.S. trade tensions escalated to a flashpoint, on Wednesday as U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on a defiant India with 50% tariffs on Indian imports, raising it from 25%, citing its continued purchases of Russian oil as a blatant violation of Washington’s...
Trump’s Imposition Of Highest Tariffs On India Is Now A Real Threat To Economy
By Anjan Roy TORONTO: US president, Donald Trump, has implemented his threatened additional tariffs on Indian exports of 25 per cent on August 6. This tariff will be loaded on the earlier “reciprocal tariffs” of 25%, taking the overall tariff to 50% in just 21 days from now. With...
ECI’s Latest Blitz Of Advertisement On SIR Is A Big Example Of Hypocrisy
By P Sudhir The latest blitz of advertisements by the Election Commission (EC) is a textbook example of hypocrisy. In order to establish that Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls is inclusive, the text of the advertisement claims that it is...
Low Quality Of Rural Roads Under PMGSY Remains A Worrying Issue
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The rural roads being constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) are found to be of low quality, their maintenance is poor, and their linkage to actual villages are unsatisfactory, finds the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. In its...
Divided Ruling Bolivian Left Facing Tough Fight In August 17 Presidential Polls
By Satyaki Chakraborty Bolivia, a small nation of 7.9 million voters in Latin America is going to the Presidential elections on August 17 this year with the ruling left wing Movement for Socialism(MAS) vertically split giving a big opportunity to the right wing opposition forces to defeat the ruling...
On 80th Anniversary Of Hiroshima, New Questions Arise About ‘The Bomb’
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON DC: On the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Atomic Age, with the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on August . 6, 1945, new questions are arising about the U.S. government’s decision to initiate that fatal blast and the following...
Decoding US Bombing Of Hiroshima On August 6, 1945 After 80 Years
By Ben Chacko LONDON: At first impression, Hiroshima is a busy, hyper-clean and efficient city with a backdrop of hills and a river running through the centre. A short walk from the station, where a very impressive super fast train from Tokyo pulls up exactly on time, will tell...
Decisive And Forward-Looking Measures To Support Growth: RBI
MUMBAI: The monsoon season has been progressing well. We are also approaching the festival season, which typically brings greater enthusiasm and buoyancy in economic activity. This favourable domestic setting, together with supportive policies of the Government and the Reserve Bank, augurs well for the Indian economy in the near...
Analysts Rule Out More Repo Rate Cuts This Year Amid Inflation Worries
MUMBAI: Most analysts have ruled out further repo rate cuts in 2025 given the hawkish inflation stance that the central bank has taken in the current review wherein it has unanimously voted to leave all the key rates unchanged at 5.5%. Soumyakanti Ghosh, the chief economic advisor to the...
US Doubles Tariff On India To 50% Over Russian Crude Oil Purchases
NEW DELHI: In a significant escalation of trade tensions, the Donald Trump administration on Wednesday imposed a further 25 per cent tariff on Indian exports to the United States (US), blaming New Delhi’s continued purchases of Russian crude oil. The move brings the total tariff burden to 50 per...
