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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...
Amazon Looks To Be Third-Time Lucky In Healthcare With Diagnostics Foray
BENGALURU: Amazon’s latest move to enter the diagnostics segment could mark a turning point in its healthcare ambitions, following two underwhelming attempts in the e-pharmacy and teleconsultation segments. Industry executives are of the view that since the diagnostics sector has potential for growth, it may finally provide the e-commerce...
Portfolio Management Services Assets Double In 5 Years, Hit Rs 32 Lakh Crore
MUMBAI: The recent surge in the Indian stock market has prompted a sharp rise in investor interest in discretionary portfolio management services (PMS) as they seek higher returns. Over the past two years, the number of investors in discretionary PMS has soared by 58%, rising from 1.22 lakh in...
Russia’s Rosneft In Early Talks With Reliance To Sell Stake In Indian Unit
NEW DELHI: Russian oil giant PJSC Rosneft Oil Company is in early talks with Reliance Industries for sale of its 49.13 per cent stake in Nayara Energy, which operates a 20-million tonnes-a-year oil refinery and 6,750 petrol pumps in India, sources said. Reliance has held preliminary talks for acquisition...
Ways to modify Ganga pact with Bangladesh under study
After New Delhi’s decision to suspend Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, India is now exploring various alternatives to modify and reassess a significant agreement with Bangladesh regarding the distribution of Ganga waters. The agreement for sharing Ganga waters, called the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, expires in 2026, marking 30...
India rejects Hague arbitration court ruling on Indus Water Treaty
India has strongly rejected the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague over two hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir saying it has never recognised the so-called framework for dispute resolution with Pakistan. Pakistan on Saturday welcomed the ruling and indicated its readiness for talks with...
Republicans demand Mamdani deportation
Republicans are calling for the deportation of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who himself has vowed to expel the ‘fascist’ US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from the city. US President Donald Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan has responded by saying, “Good luck with that, federal law...
Key Op Sindoor officer set to become new RAW chief
Senior IPS officer Parag Jain, credited with key intelligence operations during Operation Sindoor, has been appointed as the new head of the country’s external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). After a deadly attack on tourists in Pahalagam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, New Delhi...
Kolkata rape case: Security guard arrested
A total of four persons have been arrested so far. A complaint was filed on Thursday night, and the Kasba police station arrested three people in connection with the incident. They were identified as Manojit Mishra, 31, Zaib Ahmed, 19, and Pramit Mukhopadhyay, 20. They were produced before court...
CJI’s Weighty Contribution To Constitution Versus Parliament Debate
By K Raveendran When Chief Justice B R Gavai stated the other day that the Constitution is supreme and all arms of governance come under it, it may have seemed like a routine assertion at a felicitation event in his hometown, but in India’s current political atmosphere, it was...
Trade Deal With China Is A Major Victory For Trump As U.S. Got Precious Rare Earth Minerals
By Anjan Roy TORONTO: Everyone understands the force of power and more so, China. While China has agreed to lift curbs on exports of one of the most sought out mineral currently, rare earths, to US, it is increasingly throttling similar exports to India. Trade, economic issues and geo-politics...
600 Million Jobs Needed By 2030 To Absorb Growing Global Workforce
By Dr. Gyan Pathak World celebrated Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) day on June 27, 2025. The celebrations have acquired a special significance this year since the world has a great task to create 600 million jobs needed by 2030 to absorb the growing global workforce. MSMEs employs...
Trump’s Win In Automatic Birthright Citizenship Case Is Leading To A Social Mess
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The US Supreme Court has curbed national injunctions on President Trump’s effort to end automatic birthright citizenship. The full bench of the apex court ruled 6-3 in a majority ruling that lower courts did not have the right to grant stays or injunctions...
