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Wars Are Leading To Massive Health Care Problems Apart From Deaths
By Dr Arun Mitra Ongoing wars across the world have turned entire regions into landscapes of injury, death and devastation. In earlier times, the primary victims of war were combatants. Today, that reality has dramatically changed. Modern warfare, especially in densely populated urban areas, disproportionately affects civilians. In many...
LDF Manifesto Stresses On Jobs For Youth, Pension Hike
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The manifestos of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front present a fascinating study. The contrast is too glaring to be missed. While the LDF manifesto lays accent on implementation of the promises, the UDF’s attempt is thinly-veiled attempt to secure votes....
BJP Seeking To Disqualify Congress Legislators In Madhya Pradesh Assembly
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: The office of Secretariat of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha was opened at midnight on April 3 to issue a notification disqualifying a Congress MLA from the membership of the House and declaring his seat vacant. The move came hours after a Delhi court...
Mallikarjun Kharge And Kiren Rijiju Fight In Rajya Sabha Over Iran War Debate
By Rahil Nora Chopra Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju had a heated argument in the House after Kharge targeted Prime minister Narendra Modi, questioning his absence from the all party meeting on the West Asia crisis and criticising the...
‘Revolutionary State’ Iran Now Under Military Rule Without Checks And Balances
By Manish Rai Since 1979, Iran has been portrayed as a “revolutionary state” governed by a theocracy; however, it is currently evolving into a military state. The Iranian government, formed post-revolution, is a theocratic system that includes an elected civil administration and military officials; however, these bodies are subordinate...
LNG Imports Fall 34% From January; Qatar Share Down To A Trickle
NEW DELHI: In a sharp reset triggered by soaring prices and supply disruptions, India’s LNG imports fell 12.5% month-on-month to 1.68 million tonne (mt) in March. Qatar’s share — once as high as 40% — collapsed to just 3.6%, marking one of the most dramatic shifts in the country’s...
RBI Gives Nod To Emirates NBD Bank To Acquire Up To 74 Per Cent Stake In RBL Bank
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has accorded approval to Dubai-based Emirates NBD Bank to acquire up to a 74 per cent stake in RBL Bank, paving the way for the bank to become a foreign lender. The approval from RBI came on April 1 with one year...
China, India Signal Shift In Trade & Economic Ties
NEW DELHI: Trade and economic relations between India and its largest trading partner, China, seem poised to enter a new phase where both sides acknowledge a desire for strategic alignment and mutual ambition. China on Friday said it stands ready to work with India to fully leverage the role...
Trump Orders 100% Tariffs On The Imports Of Patented Drugs
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump has imposed a 100 percent tariffs on the imported patented drugs and associated pharmaceutical ingredients. Trump said that generic drugs and their associated ingredients will not be subject to tariffs at this time, a move that provides a relief to the Indian drugmarkers....
2025-26 Goods Exports Grew Despite Multiple Challenges
NEW DELHI: Despite challenges of US tariffs, ongoing conflict in Ukraine and tensions in West Asia, India’s merchandise exports have closed 2025-26 on a positive note exhibiting growth over previous year, a senior official said Friday. “Despite the war, we will be closing the year with positive growth. With...
India Gets Highest Number IMF’s Advice To Tax Lower-Income Households More
By Dr. Gyan Pathak While world’s untaxed wealth of the richest 0.1 per cent hidden offshore surpasses entire wealth of the poorest half of the humanity, India remains the receiver of the highest number of the regressive tax recommendations by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that increases tax burden...
Trump Is Bruised In Iran War, He Is Looking For Exit Claiming Big Victory
By Anjan Roy Donald Trump, US president, is calling it quits. Badly bruised, Trump is claiming to have achieved his aim of a regime change in Iran. He is also claiming that Iran is insisting on an end to the war. Having created a mess, Trump is seeing no...
In Kerala Assembly Elections, LDF Is Fighting The UDF On The Basis Of 10 Years Of Governance
By Nilotpal Basu A report by the Kerala correspondent of The Indian Express, datelined Thiruvananthapuram, March 7, 2026, observed: “Unlike previous assembly elections that were dominated by allegations and counter-allegations over various corruption scandals, the LDF Government 2.0 is seen to have avoided any such major rows, around which...
Pakistan Is Trying To Impose Its Importance In US-Iran War Through Mediation Talks
By Tirthankar Mitra As the war between US and Iran rages on, Pakistan has suddenly emerged as a would be mediatory. It is patting itself on its back for this “diplomatic agility”. Actually this is more of a calculated gamble born less of strength than compulsion. In so many...
Why India’s New Labour Codes Leave Migrant Workers Behind?
By Abdullah Ghazali, Abdullah Samdani Inter-state migrant workers are already leaving the country’s industrial hubs as shortages of commercial LPG and piped natural gas have disrupted access to affordable food, making survival in native places easier than in urban industrial areas. What is less familiar is that the law...
America Reaches For The Moon Again — For The First Time In 52 Years
By T N Ashok There are moments when a nation rediscovers its nerve. On the evening of April 1, 2026, one such moment arrived for American nation on a column of fire rising from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, as NASA’s Space Launch System rocket climbed into...
Gross GST Growth In FY26 Least Since Covid-Hit 2020-21, Net Up 7.1 Per Cent
NEW DELHI: Gross and net goods and services tax (GST) collections rose 8.3 per cent and 7.1 per cent, respectively, in 2025-26, a year that witnessed a major rate rationalisation in September. Annual gross revenue growth was the slowest since the Covid-hit 2020-21, when collection contracted by 7 per...
US Lists Trade Issues To Address With India
NEW DELHI: India and the US would continue to work towards finalising the interim trade agreement whose framework was finalised in February, the US Trade representative said in a report that listed the tariff and non-tariff barriers American businesses face across the world and Washington would like to be...
