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86 Year Old Killed Iranian Supremo Khamenei Has Left No Chosen Successor
By Asad Mirza Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (1939–2026), the second Supreme Leader of Iran, was killed on February 28, 2026, during coordinated US and Israeli airstrikes on Tehran. His death was confirmed by the Iranian state media on March 1, 2026, following an initial announcement by US President Donald Trump....
Cuba Under Seize Once Again Through Trump’s Latest Order On Blocking Oil Supply
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. NEW YORK: President Donald Trump, on January 29, imposed import tariffs on any country providing Cuba with oil. The false claim that Cuba threatened terrorism against the United States served as a pretext. The U.S. Supreme Court on February 20 ruled that President Trump...
Hollywood’s New Power War: Netflix Retreats, Paramount Advances To Get Warner
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: When Netflix walked away from its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Wall Street cheered. But Hollywood did not exhale. Instead, the streaming giant’s retreat has cleared the path for Paramount Skydance to pursue what could become one of the most consequential media...
Credibility Of CBI, And By Implication Modi Govt, Destroyed Beyond Redemption
By K Raveendran A trial court’s decision to throw out the Delhi excise policy case against Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and 21 others triggers a political and institutional reckoning that goes far beyond the fate of one prosecution. By sharply criticising the Central Bureau of Investigation for procedural violations,...
AAP Supremo Kejriwal’s Acquittal Is A Big Boost To Party Nationally
By Dr. Gyan Pathak AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s acquittal along with all 23 accused persons in liquor policy scam case has suddenly changed India’s political narrative. The illusion of ‘free and fair elections’ under PM Narendra Modi’s rule has been lost among people which may reset the national politics,...
India’s Reassessed GDP Growth Rate Of 7.6 Per Cent Is Good But Unevenly Distributed
By R. Suryamurthy India’s 7.6 per cent real GDP growth in FY26, as per the Second Advance Estimates released under the rebased national accounts with 2022–23 as the base year, is being widely read as confirmation of macroeconomic strength. In a global environment where most large economies are struggling...
Balen Shah Of RSP, Backed By Gen-Z Is Getting Good Support In Last Leg Of Nepal Elections
By Asad Mirza Nepal will go to the polls on March 5 to elect a new government. Nearly 19 million people will take part in the ballot for Nepal’s House of Representatives. The general election will be the first the country has held since the youth-led anti-corruption protests toppled...
Decision On PSC Age Limit Raise To Benefit Govt Job Aspirants In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Government has announced a slew of steps aimed at benefiting a wide spectrum of people in the State. Topping the list is the decision to raise the age limit for general category candidates applying for the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) examinations from...
Greens Candidate Hannah Spencer’s Seismic Win Shows British Politics Is Changing Fast
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Hannah Spencer’s resounding win for the Greens in Gorton and Denton is a slap in the face for Reform, the writing on the wall for Starmer-Labour and good news for the whole left. Polls indicating it was neck-and-neck misled us: the Greens, with 41 per...
Drug Lord El Mencho’s Killing In Mexico Shows The Extent Of Mafia Control
By Tirthankar Mitra Mexico has seen the riots over the killing of a drug lord many times in the past: a man at the head of a criminal empire falls, and the country holds its breath for the aftershocks. Now a long trek awaits it to bring back a...
India’s FY26 Growth Outlook Raised To 7.6 Per Cent After GDP Series Reset
NEW DELHI: India’s new national accounts series, rebased to 2022-23, has lifted the economy’s estimated real growth for FY26 to at least a three-year high of 7.6 per cent, even as it unexpectedly lowered the nominal gross domestic product (GDP) base that underpins the Union Budget. The second advance...
PM Modi Moots ‘Reform Partnership Charter’ With Industry, Lenders
NEW DELHI: With the government ramping up capital spending and fostering a conducive policy environment in successive Budgets, it is now time for the private sector to invest, innovate and drive the next phase of globally competitive growth for India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Friday, mooting a...
India, EU Free Trade Agreement Includes Model Mediation Procedures
NEW DELHI: The free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the EU has included an annexure for mediation for a mutually-agreed solution to a dispute through an expeditious procedure with the assistance of a mediator. According to the text of the FTA, an annexure on ‘model mediation procedures’ has...
New Series Shows A More Investment- And Export-Driven Growth Structure
NEW DELHI: The revised GDP series indicates a shift in India’s demand composition, with investment and exports gaining prominence. In constant prices, private final consumption expenditure remains the largest component but declined gradually as a share of GDP from 57.1% in FY23 to 55.7% in FY26. Gross fixed capital...
Lifecycle Funds Nudge Investors To Stay The Course Amid Market Jitters
MUMBAI: Individuals planning to invest in mutual funds for long-term goals such as retirement or children’s education will soon be able to select life cycle funds. The automatic transition feature in these funds ensures portfolio risk gradually aligns with the investor’s time horizon without requiring manual rebalancing. These funds...
How Narendra Modi Shattered The Indian Foreign Policy Tradition During Visit To Israel
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: When Narendra Modi walked into the Knesset and told Israel’s parliament during his visit to Israel on February 25-26, that “peace and stability in West Asia are directly linked to India’s security,” he was doing more than delivering a diplomatic courtesy. He was...
OPS Joining DMK Is The Latest Twist In Tamil Nadu Politics Ahead Of Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Twists and turns in Tamil Nadu politics continues even a few weeks ahead of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election to be held in April-May. The latest in the series is O Panneerselvam’s, popularly known as OPS, joining DMK today, which is being dubbed as a...
After Supreme Court Order On NCERT, This Is Right Time To Debate The Bias Of Syllabus
By T N Ashok When bureaucrats forgot to ask a single lawyer to review a chapter on judicial corruption, they didn’t just publish a flawed textbook. They lit the fuse on a constitutional crisis — and handed India’s apex court the perfect stage to remind everyone who, ultimately, holds...
