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Fresh US Strikes Against Iran Give A Big Jolt To Peacemaking Efforts
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: The renewed accusations by Iran that the United States violated the fragile ceasefire by launching missile strikes on Iranian facilities have once again pushed the Middle East to the edge of a wider conflagration. Tehran claims that the latest strikes on missile installations...
American Left For Anti-MAGA Coalition To Take On Trump In November Mid Term Polls
By Satyaki Chakraborty The United States domestic political situation is hotting up as only five months are left for the crucial midterm elections in November this year. During the coming polls, elections will be held for the entire House of Representatives as also one third of the Senate. Though...
As IPL 2026 Drawing Closer, Old Giants Giving Place To New Kings Of T20 Cricket
By T N Ashok There is something poetic about the IPL in 2026. The league that was once ruled by dynasties has suddenly become a tournament of rebellion. The old powers are wobbling, the young captains are fearless, and the white ball cricket is being played at a tempo...
Sonny Rollins, Pioneer Of Jaaz Saxophone In India, Is No More
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: The swinging ’60s which revolutionized music in Europe and America did not leave India untouched. If there were the Beatles, Queen, The Rolling Stone, nearer home there came up Mohiner Ghoraguli in Calcutta together with Indian Ocean in Delhi and not to forget The Local...
QUAD Launches $20 Billion Critical Minerals Initiative To Cut China Dependence
NEW DELHI: The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) partners on Tuesday launched the Critical Minerals Initiative to mobilise up to $20 billion in government and private sector support to strengthen supply chains across mining, processing and recycling. The Quad foreign ministers voiced “grave concerns” over “economic coercion”, in a reference...
Odisha May Attract Rs 25,000-30,000 Crore In Power Investments After Policy Shift
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha could attract investments worth Rs 25,000-30,000 crore in the power sector over the next six to 12 months after the state moved to align with the Centre’s policy on concessional power allocation from thermal plants, an industry body official said. The state government is set to mandate...
Experts Seek Import Discipline, Trade Reforms Amid West Asia Tensions
NEW DELHI: India should adopt a three-pronged strategy of tax moderation, tighter control on non-essential imports, and quicker enforcement of trade-remedy measures to shield the economy from disruptions arising out of the West Asia crisis, experts said at a roundtable organised by policy think tank Think Change Forum (TCF)...
India, Canada Sticking To Year-End Deadline For CEPA
NEW DELHI: India and Canada have reaffirmed their resolve to conclude negotiations of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney termed as a game changer, by the end of this year. After his meeting with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in a post...
SEBI Weighs Framework For Corporate Bond Tokenisation
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is exploring a pilot project to introduce the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for the tokenisation of corporate bonds, Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the CareEdge Debt Market Summit, Pandey said, “Once...
Trump Has Downgraded Status Of QUAD-India Should Not Waste Time On It
By Nitya Chakraborty With the U.S. President Donald Trump himself downgrading the status of the four nation Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), why is Indian government spending so much of its precious time on QUAD meetings? It is sheer wastage of time for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi as also...
Sharp Rise In Diesel And Petrol Prices Starts Impacting Transport Costs
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Starting from May 15, 2026, India has been increasing prices of petrol and diesel, in quick succession – four times in 11 days on May 15, May 19, May 23, and May 25 – cumulatively between Rs 7.50 – Rs 8 per litre by May...
Chinese Food Assistance Gives A Big Boost To Sieged Cuban Regime’s Morale
By Satyaki Chakraborty China has finally responded to Cuba’s appeal to its friendly nations to send humanitarian assistance to take care of the immediate needs of the nation whose economy has been battered due to continuous economic blockade by the USA. On Saturday last Chinese ambassador to Cuba handed...
Trump’s Shifting Positions On Iran War Truce Complicating Final Talks
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: The month-long ceasefire that followed the most dangerous phase of the U.S.-Iran conflict in decades is beginning to resemble an uneasy diplomatic intermission rather than a settled peace. Yet in the past 72 hours, a convergence of signals from Washington, Tehran, New Delhi...
China-Aided Housing Project In Sri Lanka Causes Uneasiness Among Citizens
By Ashis Biswas Even as Sri Lanka’s fragile economic recovery faces unexpected pressures owing to the continuing Iran/US-Israel conflict, a new and apparently helpful Chinese-aided low cost housing project that could have acted as a silver lining, has not brought much cheer among its hard pressed citizens. Sri Lankan...
Assam’s Adoption Of UCC As The Fourth Indian State Is A Win For RSS Goal For Hindu Rashtra
By T N Ashok The march toward a nationwide Uniform Civil Code, once considered politically radioactive in India, is no longer theoretical. It is steadily becoming legislative reality. This week, Assam became the latest battleground in one of the country’s most polarizing constitutional and cultural debates after the government...
An End To The Iran War Won’t Stop US Aggression, Britain Must Wake Up
By Ben Chacko LONDON: A deal with Iran may be close, US leaders say: and nobody imagines that the war they began with such bombast and savagery three months ago has been a success. All talk of regime change is abandoned and Iran’s monarchist exiles are already accusing Donald...
India’s IIP Basket Gets A Refresh: Rare Earths In, Kerosene Out
NEW DELHI: The new Index of Industrial Production (IIP) series, which shifts the base year from 2011–12 to 2022–23 and is scheduled for release on June 1, will, for the first time, track rare earths and minor minerals, piped natural gas (PNG), and water supply, sewerage and waste management....
Fuel Price Hikes May Add 30 Basis Points To Near-Term Inflation: Economists
NEW DELHI: A series of hikes in petrol and diesel prices at the retail level has triggered concerns over rising inflation, with economists estimating an addition of around 30 basis points to the near-term outlook. However, they are yet to revise their inflation outlooks for the full financial year;...
