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Disunity In INDIA Bloc Will Pave Their Fall Into A Deeper Political Pit
By Dr. Gyan Pathak INDIA bloc has suddenly fallen into a deeper crisis, a new phase of disintegration has set in, which cheers the BJP the most. The opposition camp has perhaps forgotten the proverb – united we stand, divided we fall. Just after the Legislative Assembly elections results...
BJP’s Mega Show Of Identification With Bengal
By Anjan Roy KOLKATA: With Subhendu Adhikari sworn in as the first BJP chief minister of Bengal on Sunday May 10, an altogether new chapter is begun in the state. With that the recalcitrant, screaming Mamata Banerjee goes into the penumbra of political oblivion. At its mega swearing in...
Govt Mulling FTA Utilisation Plan To Boost Benefits For Businesses
NEW DELHI: With India signing a series of free trade agreements with developed countries, the government is working on an FTA utilisation plan to help maximise benefits from these pacts, an official said. Since 2021, India has finalised free trade agreements (FTAs) with Mauritius, Australia, the UAE, Oman, New...
India Validates Three Strategic Missile Technologies In Three Days
BHUBANESWAR: In a triple triumph for India, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully validated three complex strategic technologies. DRDO conducted successful trials of an advanced variant of the Agni missile equipped with multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicle (MIRV) capability, test of a scramjet combustor critical for future...
India’s M&A Market Resilient Despite Global Uncertainty: StanChart’s Rajesh Singhi
MUMBAI: Despite an unusually turbulent geopolitical backdrop, India’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market is holding its own, with deal activity expected to sustain an annual run-rate of around $200 billion, split roughly equally between domestic, inbound and outbound transactions, according to Rajesh Singhi, global co-head, M&A Advisory, Standard Chartered...
Special Tax Drive Launched As Revenues Shrink
NEW DELHI: With fiscal pressures mounting due to rising committed expenditure and a slowdown in revenue growth, the government has stepped up the tax recovery drive. According to official sources, the Income Tax Department has directed field officers to intensify the recovery of confirmed and undisputed tax demands, strengthen...
Women-Led Households Linked To Better Quality Jobs: SBI Research
BHUBANESWAR: Women-headed households in India are increasingly moving into better quality and more secure employment, marking a significant shift in the country’s labour market dynamics, according to a first-of-its-kind employment study by SBI Research that analysed unit-level data from India’s latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)-2025. The study, titled...
2026 Assembly Polls Outcome Is A Setback To Growing Role Of Regional Parties
By Kalyani Shankar In the recently concluded 2026 Assembly elections, three prominent chief ministers faced unexpected defeats, a situation that many in the political arena recognise as a challenging part of the process. The chief ministers of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala lost their elections. Winning and losing...
Chief Minister Vijay Starts With Massive Goodwill, He Has To Translate It Into Action
By T N Ashok CHENNAI: The rise of Vijay from matinee idol to Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is not merely a political victory. It is a civilisational rupture in the political history of southern India. For nearly seven decades, Tamil Nadu was governed by the iron logic of...
GCC Ecosystem Has Been Emerging As Lifeline Of India’s New Economy
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik In Economics, we teach the concept of exogenous and endogenous variables. In simple terms, exogenous variables are those outside the control of policymakers, whereas endogenous variables are those that policymakers can influence or adjust to improve economic outcomes. Take, for instance, the recent Iran-Israel-US conflict...
Iran Balances Resistance, Regional Outreach And Global Pressure
By Asad Mirza Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has sharpened Tehran’s diplomatic messaging amid escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and mounting pressure from the United States. Rejecting what he describes as “colonialism and exploitation”. Pezeshkian has simultaneously projected defiance toward Washington and expanded outreach to regional neighbours, especially...
U.S. Govt Advisory To Its Women Citizens To Be Careful About Travel In India Has Basis
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Why did the U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India have to issue advisory to warn the U.S. women travelling to India? What fears do they have in their minds? On 18 June, 2025, it issued a Travel Advisory to India – highlighting the increased...
Governor Seeking Receipts Is A Wrong Kind Of Proof In A Hung Assembly
By Rohan Mehta On May 10, Sunday actor-turned politician Joseph Vijay was sworn in as Tamil Nadu’s new chief minister following days of uncertainty across an election season that has given analysts across the country much to talk about. Vijay’s storming win against the AIADMK & DMK duopoly, with...
British Labour Party’s Crisis Runs Deep — It Needs A Real Debate On Its Future
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Labour’s left warns against any bid by Keir Starmer or the wider Cabinet to stitch up a transfer of power without a proper contest. MPs with any sense should recognise the folly of any such move. Forget the received wisdom at Westminster about leadership contests...
Indian Democracy’s Black Friday: Popular Will Held Hostage By Power And Prejudice
By K Raveendran Friday’s twin constitutional dramas exposed two serious threats to Indian democracy: the refusal of a defeated ruler to leave office, and the reluctance of a constitutional referee to invite a claimant who appeared to be assembling the numbers to form a government. Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to...
Tamil Nadu Witnesses Its Most Dramatic Political Transition In Decades
By T N Ashok CHENNAI: The long night of uncertainty in Tamil Nadu politics finally appeared to end on Saturday evening when actor-turned-politician Vijay crossed the majority mark with the support of smaller parties that had, until the last moment, kept Chennai guessing. For six extraordinary days after a...
India Operationalises New Labour Codes On Wages And Industrial Relations
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With the publication of the final rules under the Code on Wages, 2019 and Industrial Relations Code, 2020 on Friday, May 8, 2026, the Union Government of India has fully operationalized them. Apart from these, the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has also notified...
Indian Farmers Producing Livestock, Fisheries Look For More Incentives
By Kunal Bose A hedge against food price inflation that may be caused by domestic crop failures and global supply disruptions, the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration has been created to manage the strategic food inventory. Cornering of global food supplies at the Chinese scale, however, impacts grain...
