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2026 Poll Results Show Tamil Nadu Has Moved Over From Identity Politics To Aspirations
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers The first thing to get out of the way: the idea that caste “did not work” in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 is a bit too neat—and not entirely true. Caste didn’t vanish. It loosened. It blurred. And into that blur walked a man...
SP Supremo Akhilesh Yadav Has To Learn Lessons From Mamata Disaster In Bengal
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national President and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has to learn lessons from the defeat of TMC in Bengal assembly polls. Otherwise it would be very difficult for Samajwadi Party to put up challenge before resurgent BJP in 2027 assembly polls...
EAC-PM Calls For Mapping Economic Vulnerabilities In Food, Other Areas
NEW DELHI: India must map and monitor key economic vulnerabilities, particularly in areas such as energy, food, fertilisers, metals, and critical minerals, and proactively address both supply disruptions and price volatility to mitigate the impact of future West Asia-like crisis, a top government official said on Monday. Economic Advisory...
Manufacturing PMI Rises To 54.7 In April, Cost Pressure Hits 44-Month High
NEW DELHI: India’s private sector manufacturing activity growth recovered in April on the back of a sharper export rise, after plummeting to a four-year low in March due to the West Asia situation, data compiled by S&P Global on Monday showed. HSBC’s India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which...
Asia, Pacific Must Build Shared Resilience: ADB
SAMARKAND (UZBEKISTAN): Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda on Monday called on countries in Asia and the Pacific to strengthen cross-border cooperation to build resilience and ensure inclusive growth in an increasingly fragmented world. Speaking at the inaugural session of ADB’s 59th Annual Meeting, Kanda said the region...
Industry Body Seeks Nodal Authority For Recycling, Flags Policy Gaps
NEW DELHI: The Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) has called for the creation of a centralised nodal authority or a dedicated ministry for recycling and circular economy, citing structural bottlenecks that are hindering effective policy implementation. Drawing from industry experience, MRAI President Sanjay Mehta said frequent administrative transfers...
Direct Tax Collections Fall Short Of Revised Estimates By Rs 80,594 Crore In FY26
NEW DELHI: India’s direct tax collections after refunds grew at a five-year low of just 5.12% year-on-year in FY26 (provisional figures) and fell short of the revised estimates of Rs 24.21 lakh crore by Rs 80,594 crore, according to data released by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)...
State Assembly Results Signal Big Pan India Consolidation Of BJP
By Nitya Chakraborty The results of the five assembly elections available on Monday May 4 give unmistakeable signs of further consolidation of the BJP pan India and fresh setbacks for the opposition INDIA Bloc. Two stalwarts of the opposition Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal and M. K. Stalin in...
BJP Establishes Dominance In East India, Still Faced Hurdle In The South
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The results of the Legislative Assembly elections of Assam and West Bengal have just confirmed – BJP has established its political dominance in the East India scripting a new electoral history having far reaching political implications for the country. However, in the elections in South...
Vijay Storms The Citadels Of Dravidian Dupoly In Tamil Nadu
By T N Ashok The scale of what Vijay has pulled off in Tamil Nadu is not just unexpected—it is structurally disruptive. In a state where politics has, for over half a century, oscillated between two Dravidian poles—Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam—the sudden emergence...
UDF Stages Spectacular Comeback In Kerala Polls
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has scored a spectacular victory in the Kerala Assembly elections by riding the crest of an electoral tsunami. Conversely, the CPI(M)-headed Left Democratic Front (LDF) has suffered a shocking defeat. While the UDF is set to win 102 seats,...
Iran’s Grip On The Strait Of Hormuz Will Be Difficult To Break By U.S. Navy
By Asad Mirza The ongoing confrontation between Iran and the United States has brought renewed global attention to the Strait of Hormuz—a narrow maritime chokepoint vital to global energy flows. Despite superior Western military power, Iran’s ability to disrupt, control, and condition access to this corridor underscores a complex...
Donroe Doctrine Is Being Used To Make Latin America U.S. Investor’s Paradise
By Logan McMillen NEW YORK: Venezuela’s sweeping new mining law, passed on April 9, is the latest in a series of domestic “reforms” purportedly directed at rebuilding the country’s energy and mining sectors. This follows years of debilitating US sanctions and disinvestment, which have seen the mining centres of...
Remembering Karl Marx On His Birthday In Times Of Global Turmoil
By Dr Arun Mitra Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818.The ongoing global turmoil compels us to revisit the ideas of Karl Marx, whose critique of capitalism remains strikingly relevant. The recent aggression by the United States and Israel against Iran once again exposes the extreme greed that...
New Report Shows How AI Gives Cybersecurity Competitive Advantage
By Satyaki Chakraborty GENEVA: Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping cybersecurity and is the biggest driver of change in the field, according to a new World Economic Forum report released on May 4. Some 94% of cyber leaders identify AI as a defining force and 77% of organizations already use...
With Elections Over, Realistic Pump Prices Only A Matter Of Time
By K Raveendran Election-season restraint on fuel pricing is giving way to a harsher economic reality, and Indian consumers are likely to feel the impact first through the everyday costs that rarely appear as headline inflation until they have already entered household budgets. Petrol, diesel and cooking fuel are...
U.S. Withdrawal Of 5,000 Troops From Germany Signals Worsening Relations With Europe
By Satyaki Chakraborty The U.S. decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany announced on Friday, marks further deterioration in U.S. relations with Europe and NATO in the context of the Iran war as also the Russian war in Ukraine. Trump indicated his displeasure with the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz...
Enactment Of IR Code In November 2025 Is Not Helping The Indian Labour
By Sophy K.J The enactment of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (‘IR Code’) November 21, 2025, brought about a significant change in the labour adjudication mechanism. The IR Code effectively abolished Labour Courts leaving behind a one-window adjudication forum at the Industrial Tribunal level. By its legislative scheme for...
