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Congolese Leader Patrice Lumumba Is Still Remembered On His Centenary
By Keith Barlow LONDON: July 2 marked the centenary of the birth of the Congolese independence leader, Patrice Emery Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and icon of the anti-colonial struggle in Africa. Alongside independence leaders like Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana,...
Special Intensive Revision Of Electoral Rolls Cannot Be Allowed To Proceed In Its Current Form
By P. Sudhir The heart and soul of parliamentary democracy lie in the essential process of holding free and fair elections – a process that ensures a level playing field for all political parties. Owing to this feature, parliamentary democracy is often regarded as electoral democracy. It is not...
Issue Of Nomination Of Successor To Dalai Lama May Lead To India-China Tensions
By Anjan Roy TORONTO: The supreme leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, has declared that he intends to reincarnate after his death and his council— the Gaden Phodrang Trust— is the only body on earth which can nominate the next Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama’s announcement from Dharamshala...
The Election Commission Is Depriving A Section Of Poor Of Their Voting Rights
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election Commission of India (ECI) has turned totally undemocratic. Its order of June 24, 2025 for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Electoral Roll of Bihar is autocratic. It does not give enough time to the citizens to get themselves enrolled, but it has been...
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Robs The Marginalised, Gives Relief To Rich
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” even after revisions accommodating concerns of republican holdouts, impacts various spheres of economic activity in the country and people in ways that could be best described as being unfair to a certain class of citizens who end up...
Congress May Get Some Advantage In Bihar Polls From Delhi Govt’s Demolition Of Slums
By Sushil Kutty INDIA bloc leaders are disappointed after meeting with Election Commission officials with a specific complaint related to Bihar Voter Roll Revision, alleging that this could trigger “mass disenfranchisement” of Bihar’s poor from the electoral list. An INDIA bloc delegation met the Election Commission on July 2...
Young Leaders In Bihar Are Playing Crucial Role In Assembly Polls
By A K Shrivastav The 243-member Bihar assembly is poll-bound, with elections likely in October-November this year. With 132 seats, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) having 78 and 45 seats respectively is in power. The opposition INDIA Alliance...
Four Names In BJP Top Brass’ View For Manipur CM Post
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Back channel and informal discussions seem to be making the Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs, who have a comfortable majority in the Manipur Assembly, optimistic about the state having a new ministry in place much before the expiry of the first six months of President’s...
Indian Constitution Has A Vision For Cultivating Scientific Temper In Citizens
By Rishabh Kachroo What does it mean for a democracy to entrust its citizens with the duty to cultivate “scientific temper”—even as it offers them little say in how science is governed? This quiet paradox lies buried in the folds of the Indian Constitution. There is no grand clause...
Keir Starmer’s Government Left Floundering After Labour Rebellion
By Andrew Murray LONDON: More cuts are coming as British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s floundering government on Wednesday attempted to recover from his shattering defeat over targeting disabled benefits. Senior minister Pat McFadden warned that the decision forced on ministers to abandon £5 billion-worth of cuts “does have...
Private Sector Share In Investment Intent Jumps, As Govt Sector Languishes
NEW DELHI: The share of the private sector in new investment announcements rose to a multi-decadal high of 87% in the three months to June this year, data from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed. In fact, the private share in new projects in the quarter was the...
Mergers & Acquisitions Soar 50% To $61.3 Billion In First Half
MUMBAI: The domestic deal street remained strong through the first half of 2025, with total deal value reaching $61.3 billion, up 50% from the same period last year, marking the highest first-half since 2022, according to a market data. The number of transactions rose 9%, reflecting sustained market momentum,...
India-UK FTA To Boost Indian Exports, Enhance Worker Mobility: S&P
NEW DELHI: The free-trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK is set to boost Indian exports, enhance worker mobility, and secure greater access to India’s middle-class market, S&P Global Market Intelligence said on Wednesday. The FTA will also facilitate ongoing trade diversification efforts for India amidst evolving global...
India Emerging As The Fastest-Growing Economy Globally: Morgan Stanley
NEW DELHI: India is set to remain the fastest-growing economy among all countries covered by Morgan Stanley, the global investment firm said in its latest Global Investment Committee (GIC) report. As per an ANI report, the recent findings from Morgan Stanley forecast India’s real GDP to grow by 5.9...
RBI Panel Likely To Recommend India Retains 4% Inflation Target
MUMBAI: An internal committee of the Reserve Bank of India is in favor of retaining the current inflation target in an upcoming government review, according to people familiar with the matter, giving investors some reassurance about the continuity of monetary policy. The panel will likely recommend the RBI ask...
Trump’s Tariff Bombs Often Fail To Explode; Latest 500% May Also Fail To Fire
By K Raveendran President Donald Trump’s latest volley in the global economic battleground — a proposal to impose a 500 percent tariff on countries that do business with Russia — marks the continuation of a pattern that has come to define his trade diplomacy: bold, blustering declarations followed by...
QUAD Foreign Ministers Joint Statement Ignores Indian Position On Action Against Pakistan On Terror
By Nitya Chakraborty India’s three QUAD partners USA, Australia and Japan ignored on Tuesday Indian foreign minister Dr. S Jaishankar’s appeal ahead of the four nation QUAD foreign ministers meeting to understand and appreciate that India will exercise its right to defend its people against terrorism. Jaishankar did not...
Special Intensive Revision Is Turning Out To Be A Vote Bandi For Muslims And Dalits
By Arun Srivastava Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll is more treacherous having wider political and economic implication than the National Register of Citizens (NRC) which is a register maintained by the Indian government to record the names of genuine Indian citizens. NRC differentiates between citizens and those...
