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Communist Party’s Jeannette Jara Is The Presidential Nominee Of Chile’s Ruling Coalition For November Polls
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: Voters in the presidential primary of the Unity for Chile (Unidadpor Chile) coalition have selected the Communist Party’s Jeannette Jara as their candidate to face off against the right-wing candidates José Antonio Kast and Evelyn Matthei in November’s general election in Chile. Presently Gabriel...
International Booker Prize Winner Banu Mushtaq Transcends Her Regional Roots
By Jenny Farrell NEW YORK: When Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp became the first Kannada work—and the first short story collection—to win the 2025 International Booker Prize, it marked more than a literary milestone. It represented a long-overdue recognition of India’s regional literatures and, more crucially, brought global attention to...
Geopolitical, Trade Risks May Weigh On India’s Growth Despite Resilience: RBI
MUMBAI: Though elevated economic and trade policy uncertainties are testing the resilience of the global economy and the world’s financial system, the domestic economy, especially the financial system, is in good shape and is a major driver of global growth, the Reserve Bank has said in its financial stability...
Industrial Output Growth At 9-Month Low Of 1.2 Per Cent In May
NEW DELHI: India’s industrial production growth slowed to a nine-month low of 1.2 per cent in May 2025 due to poor performance of manufacturing, mining and power sectors caused by the early onset of Monsoon, according to official data released on Monday. The factory output, measured in terms of...
India To Lead Global Oil Demand: S&P Global
NEW DELHI: Even as long-term global oil demand is projected to decline due to alternative energy adoption and efficiency gains, India is expected to lead the global oil demand growth, as per S&P Global Commodity Insights. The growth in demand will, however, increase the country’s import dependency, reinforcing the...
India, US Talks On Interim Trade Deal Enters Final Phase
NEW DELHI: With India toughening its stand on opening up its agriculture sector in a way sought by the US, the talks between the two countries on an interim trade agreement has entered a sensitive stage. To get an agreement the Indian team of negotiators who are currently in...
Household Debt Marginally Down To 41.9 Per Cent In December: FSR
MUMBAI: Household debt came down from 42.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in June 2024 to 41.9% (current market prices) in December 2024, the Financial Stability Report showed on Monday. However, it is still up compared with December 2023, when it stood at 40%. In June 2021, the...
India Must Step Up Attack Drones Production For Its Defence
By Nantoo Banerjee The techniques of traditional warfare seem to be fast changing. Attack drones are increasingly playing a significant role in military aggression alongside missiles. The 12-day Israel-Iran war and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine battle showed how devastating the role of drones in modern wars is. In one of...
New Insights About Operation Sindoor Vindicate India’s Superb Precision Strike Capability
By Satyaki Chakraborty More than seven weeks have passed since India-Pakistan ceasefire took place on May 10 at 5 PM after four days of war. As more and more insights are being made available to the global defence experts relating to India’s performance in its Operation Sindoor, critical acclaim...
Indian Prime Minister’s Stand On Israeli Genocide In Gaza Is Pathetic
By P. Sudhir The events of the last fortnight have been dramatic – some might even call them cataclysmic. The sequence began with Israel’s surprise attacks on Iranian targets, particularly the nuclear enrichment and production sites at Natanz and Isfahan. The third and most crucial site, Fordow, remained untouched....
AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal Has Got A Major Boost Through Bypoll Win
By Kalyani Shankar The Aam Aadmi Party is delighted after its recent win in the Gujarat and Punjab bye-elections. These victories in states indicate a shift in the Party’s fortunes. The AAP, once viewed as a Delhi-centric party ruling only in Delhi, has expanded over the years, gaining a...
Most Of The States Struggling With The Three Language Formula
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP’s rhetoric on Hindi Language politics has been acquiring higher note with passing of the day, so is the counter rhetoric in the non-Hindi speaking states, since their struggle with the implementation of the three languages formula under National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 faces fresh...
Utter Confusion Remains Over Exact Nature Of Damage To Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
By Asad Mirza It has been almost one week since US bombers conducted “Operation Midnight Hammer” against Iran and its nuclear development sites. However, it is still not clear whether Iran’s’ capabilities have been damaged; if yes, then to what extent? Further, it also puzzles one with Iran’s obsession...
BJP Decision On New President May Be Delayed Further Due To Modi-Bhagwat Tussle
By Arun Srivastava Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will celebrate its centenary year in 2025 on Dussehra Day. In Hindu soliloquy attaining an age of one hundred years, “Jeevem Saradah Satamah” by an individual, is the most propitious achievement. In the case of RSS, as an organisation, this has got more...
Arvind Kejriwal Is Back In Delhi Politics With His Protest Against Slums Demolition
By Sushil Kutty The fiery ‘Mr Kejriwal’ was seen in Delhi after a gap of months. On June 29, Sunday, the AAP convener addressed a crowd of AAP workers at Delhi’s given protest venue Jantar Mantar. A few hundred slum dwellers whose “jhuggi-jhopri” have faced bulldozer-action under the vigil...
Defence Spending Hike Of NATO Members Means More Readiness For Future Wars
By Diane Abbott LONDON: At the recent NATO summit most member countries committed themselves to a target of spending 5 per cent of GDP on the military budget. This is more than we were spending during the Gulf war and much more than when this country was waging war...
Clauses On Critical Minerals To Be Part Of FTA Ambits
NEW DELHI: In the worldwide scramble for critical minerals, the government will look at more collaborations through expansion of free trade agreements and special partnership agreements to meet its requirements of these resources, the bedrock of modern manufacturing. “The government shall aim to enter into Critical Minerals Partnership Agreements...
India-US Trade Talks Heat Up As India Pushes Back On GM Crop Demands
NEW DELHI: The trade negotiators from India have stayed longer in Washington to sort out some differences, as both countries try to reach a trade agreement before July 9. That’s the date when US President Donald Trump’s higher US tariffs are expected to take effect. The face-to-face talks were...
