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February 7 All India Strike Disrupted App Based Delivery And Transport Services
By Dr. Gyan Pathak All India strike of app based transport workers on February 7 has disrupted transport services in major cities of India like Delhi Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. Delivery and transport services have also impacted many other cities across the country. This is the second strike...
Trade Unions And Activists Flay CJI’s Remarks On Domestic Workers Rights
By Ayush Kumar Certain comments from a Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India (‘CJI’) Surya Kant, made on January 29, 2026, has faced widespread condemnation by trade unions and activists. The bench dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by ten domestic workers’ unions seeking statutory recognition...
Mandelson, Trump And The Plutocracy: Why The Rule Of Rich Should End?
By Ben Chacko LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is trying to contain the Mandelson-Epstein scandal to Peter Mandelson. Some Labour MPs hope to contain it by sacrificing Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney. Others rightly say Starmer himself must go. But even that isn’t nearly enough. The horrific...
IDBI Bank Sale Nearing Completion; Kotak, Emirates NBD, Fairfax To Place Final Bids Next Week
MUMBAI: After years in the making, the government is set to complete the divestment of its stake in the already privatised IDBI Bank next month, with the three bidders — Kotak Mahindra Bank, Emirates NBD Bank, and Fairfax India Holdings — set to submit their final bids next week...
RBI Promises Long Period Of Easy Money Even As It Opts For Status Quo On Repo Rate
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank-led rate-setting panel has opted for continuity in the final monetary policy review of the current fiscal, keeping the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% and also retaining the neutral policy stance. However, it has promised that lower rates are here to stay for longer unless macro...
India-EU FTA To Provide Better Access To European Markets For Indian Auto Component Firms: ICRA
NEW DELHI: The India-EU deal is expected to reshape competitive dynamics and market access on both sides while providing better access to European markets for Indian auto and component exports, aiding the sector’s long-term growth prospects, according to a report by ICRA. It is expected to give a boost...
Govt Extends Oil And Gas Block Auction Deadline For Fourth Time
NEW DELHI: The government has extended the deadline for submitting bids for India’s largest oil and gas acreage offering for a fourth time, granting potential investors an additional three months, the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons said. “Bid submission closing date for OALP Bid Round X (has been) extended till...
Big Tech Capex To Hit $650 Billion This Year As AI Race Intensifies
Four of the biggest US technology companies together have forecast capital expenditures that will reach about $650 billion in 2026 — a mind-boggling tide of cash earmarked for new data centers and all the gear housed within them. The spending planned by Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Meta Platforms Inc....
Supreme Court’s Refusal To Hear Direct Cash Transfer To Voters Case Is Flawed
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Supreme Court’s refusal to entertain a petition challenging the direct cash transfer to voters while Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for election was in operation, the Election Commission of India’s turning blind eye to the violation of MCC in this way, and deploying beneficiaries...
Trump May Use India-US Trade Agreement To Delink India From Global South
By Dr. Arun Mitra When the Seed Bill was introduced, followed by the Electricity Bill, and the subsequent budget made no reference to the agricultural sector, it had already become apparent what kind of India–US trade agreement was being shaped. Although the Government of India has not yet disclosed...
Trump Is Gasping In His Own Trap In Iran As He Fails To Deal With Self Created Crisis
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: Donald Trump likes to project the image of a man who creates crises in order to dominate them. In Iran, that theory is collapsing in real time. What was meant to be a demonstration of American willpower has instead become a case study...
Budget 2026-27 Has Adversely Hit The Agriculture Sector And Rural People
By Prabhat Patnaik Since even the highest bourgeois oracle, the IMF, has cast doubts on the veracity of India’s GDP estimates, the precise budget figures based on the assumptions of a certain level, and growth rate, in nominal GDP, mean very little; in fact, the current budget, while announcing...
Anatomy Of Kerala HC’s Clean Chit To Sit In Gold Theft Probe
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Opposition parties in Kerala, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) once again got it in the neck from the Kerala High Court in the Sabarimala gold theft case. In a ruling which has come as a big relief...
Moving Away Totally From Russian Oil Supply Is Not In India’s Interests
By Anjan Roy It is becoming increasingly clear that the acclaimed trade deal between India and US is at best a high profile theatrical. So far, it is not even on paper. It exists on sound waves. Experts are eagerly looking for the joint statement of the two countries...
Indian Officials Have Negotiated Well With U.S. On The Terms Of Trade Deal
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: When Donald Trump and Narendra Modi announced their trade agreement on February 2nd, the American president called it evidence of an “amazing relationship.” The Indian prime minister thanked his “dear friend” with characteristic diplomatic warmth. Yet beneath this bonhomie lies a more complex...
Sharad Pawar Hints At Potential Merger Of Two NCP Factions
By Rahil Nora Chopra After hinting at barriers before a possible merger between the two NCP factions, the NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar held a closed-door meeting with the sons of the late Ajit Pawar and later visited the Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar in Baramati to pay tribute to...
To Combat The Far Right Challenge In Europe, Left Must Unite Its Ranks
By Roger McKenzie LONDON: I’ve been able to spot a racist from a mile off from an early age. This has been necessary as a matter of physical and mental health rather than due to any magical powers. I should be really clear that I have never believed that...
India Faces A Precarious Situation In Myanmar As China Supports Junta Led Rigged Elections
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh, Nepal and now Myanmar. Indian foreign policy makers are clueless in dealing with the developing situation. Myanmar’s three phase general elections organized by the military junta ended on January 25 and the results were released on January 29 and 30. As expected, the military aligned...
