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West Bengal Heading For A Layered Electoral Battle In 2026 Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As West Bengal approaches the 2026 Assembly elections likely to be held in April-May, the contest has moved well beyond a conventional TMC-versus-BJP face-off. What is unfolding is a layered political struggle shaped by the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the deployment of...
Narendra Modi Is A Partner In US Israel Strategy In Current War
By Dr Arun Mitra The Indian government has not issued any forthright statement condemning the aggression against Iran jointly carried out by the United States and Israel. This is despite the fact that Iran has been a time-tested friend of India with deep civilizational commonalities. One may or may...
Stirring Saga Of LDF Govt’s Will Power, Courage And People’s Unity
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: This is the real Kerala Story. Not the films with the same title which seek to divide people. And this is also the Kerala model, which puts a premium on communal harmony and unity in adversity. A model which other states in the country would...
China Focuses More On Social Welfare And Equity Than High Growth
By Dr Imran Khalid As Beijing prepares to convene the annual Two Sessions on March 5, the traditional political pageantry at the Great Hall of the People carries a weight that transcends mere ritual. This year’s gathering of the National People’s Congress and the top political advisory body marks...
Gargi Chakravartty Combined In Herself Rigorous Scholarship With Commitment
By Satyaki Chakraborty Dr. Gargi Chakravartty, eminent historian and a leading figure of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) passed away in Kolkata on March 2. She was 78. Her husband famous journalist Sumit Chakravartty passed away only last year. She has left behind a son who is...
To Tap OBC Votes In Punjab, State BJP Projecting Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Punjab is the land of Gurus, who taught the lesson of equality, no-discrimination on the basis of caste and creed, but the present-day political parties are trying to divide this unity of society into castes and sub-castes to woo the votes. Shiromani Akali Dal...
The Hormuz Heart Attack: India’s Fragile Hinge In A Time Of Iran War
By T N Ashok For PMO and foreign ministry in New Delhi, the geography of the Persian Gulf has long been a source of both sustenance and anxiety. But as of this week, that anxiety has curdled into a full-blown systemic shock. The coordinated strikes by the United States...
Pakistan’s Afghan War Has Serious Consequences For Indian’s Security
By Tirthankar Mitra Even as part of Middle East is under a shroud of a war locking Iran, America and Israel, another war is raging nearer home. Fighting along the Durand Line has intensified post Pakistan bombing Kabul and other Afghan cities recently. Pakistan’s strike follows it’s accusation of...
India, Canada Seal $2.6 Billion Uranium Deal, Aim To Finalise Trade Pact In 2026
NEW DELHI: Amid escalating volatility in the global energy sector driven by geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions, and shifting energy demands, India and Canada took a significant step on Monday by signing a long-term Uranium supply agreement valued at $1.9 billion between Cameco Corporation and the Department of Atomic...
Current Account Deficit Widens To $13.2 Billion In Q3 As Trade Deficit Expands
MUMBAI: The current account deficit (CAD), which is the difference between forex earned from exports and forex spent on imports, widened to $13.2 billion or 1.3% of GDP in the quarter to December as the trade gap expanded, though higher services receipts, lower investment outflows and stronger remittances provided...
Marquee PSUs Slipping On Corporate Governance Standards, Says Survey
NEW DELHI: A large number of public-sector companies —Maharatna and Navratna — are coming up short on several parameters of corporate governance, including having a minimum number of independent directors and appointing women directors, apart from doing succession planning and a shareholder-satisfaction survey. The fifth “Annual Corporate Governance Survey”,...
Manufacturing PMI Climbs To Four-Month High In February, Rises To 56.9
NEW DELHI: India’s private sector manufacturing activity growth surged to a four-month high in February even as exports plummeted, according to data compiled by S&P Global on Monday. HSBC’s India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, which measures monthly change in manufacturing output, rose to 56.9...
IIP Growth Eases To A Three-Month Low Of 4.8 Per Cent In January
NEW DELHI: India’s industrial production growth slowed to a three-month low of 4.8 per cent in January, down from an upwardly revised 26-month high of 8 per cent in December, driven by a broad-based slowdown across mining, manufacturing, and electricity, along with some base effects, according to data released...
A New Oil Shock For India: Crude At $80 Means Serious Trouble
By K Raveendran Brent crude ended the week near seven-month highs at roughly $73 a barrel, extending gains of about 16 per cent since the start of the year and injecting a fresh layer of uncertainty into the global macro outlook. Traders are now modelling far wider trading bands...
India Is Playing A Diplomatic Trapeze, Navigating Tensions, Building Friends
By Nantoo Banerjee Few will deny that India is navigating a complex foreign policy balancing ties with countries such as the US, Russia, China, Israel and Iran among others, some of them being known to be arch enemies of each other. India has been leveraging platforms like the BRICS,...
Centre Has Mooted The Idea Of A New Union Territory In Bihar-Bengal Border
By Arun Srivastava After a long five years’ of enigmatic predicament, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has come out with the repaired manifesto of creating the ninth Union Territory (UT) in India comprising of five districts of Bihar and carving out two districts from West Bengal including ‘Chicken’s Neck’...
Gratuity And Leave Encashment Not Applicable For Majority Under New Codes
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Gratuity and leave encashment rules will not be applicable for majority of the workers in India under the new labour codes, which is likely to be rolled out for full implementation from April 1, 2026. According to the latest February 2026 assessment of the ICRA,...
India Security Is Also At Risk Due To Trump’s Gamble In War With Iran
By Anjan Roy With US president Donald Trump’s unique pursuit of peace by launching another war with Iran, he emerges as the top candidate for this year “Ignoble Peace Prize”. Trump has been crowing for the Noble Peace Prize for some time now and even slammed the Noble Committee...
