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U.S.-Iran Peace Deal To Be Signed On Friday At Geneva Is Welcome
By Asad Mirza The historic June 2026 US-Iran framework agreement marks a volatile culmination to over 100 days of devastating attrition, fundamentally shifting Middle Eastern security paradigms while altering India’s energy and strategic landscape. The announcement of the comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in mid-June 2026—slated for a formal...
U.S. President Donald Trump Turns Eighty In Style Challenging Age
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: On the evening of his 80th birthday on June 14, while most men his age would be discussing grandchildren, medications and retirement plans, the most powerful man in the world was watching cage fighters batter one another inside an octagon erected on the...
Opposition India Bloc Has To Reinvent Itself To Take On BJP In Coming Polls
By Kalyani Shankar The INDIA bloc, representing a coalition of opposition parties, recently gathered in Delhi to reflect on their journey so far and to share hopes for the future. On June 8, during a meeting organised by the Congress party, 23 out of the original 27 members expressed...
The Mystery Behind The Rise And Rise Of Elon Musk, World’s First Trillionaire
By T N Ashok SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. On June 12, 2026, the company pulled off a blockbuster initial public offering, selling about 5% of its shares at $135 apiece and raising roughly $75 billion. That frenzy sent SpaceX’s market value soaring to around...
Inflation Could Breach RBI’s 6% Upper Band In 2nd Half Of FY 2026-27 As El Nino Meets Geopolitical Stress: Report
NEW DELHI: Inflation in India has a high probability of shooting through the Reserve Bank of India’s targets in the second half of the financial year 2026-27, with a potential spike beyond the 6 per cent upper band, according to brokerage firm Prabhudas Lilladher. As El Nino combines with...
Rupee-Dollar Fluctuations Driven By Global, Domestic Factors: FM
BENGALURU: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said fluctuations in the rupee against the US dollar are driven by multiple global and domestic factors, including geopolitical uncertainties, foreign capital movements and India’s import dependence on crude oil, fertilisers and gold. She underlined that the Reserve Bank of India...
Free Trade Pacts To Boost Furniture Exports, Domestic Manufacturing: Industry
NEW DELHI: Exports and domestic manufacturing of India’s furniture sector will witness a major boost from the number of free trade agreements (FTAs) finalised by India in recent years, industry experts say. They said the duty concessions under these trade agreements would not only provide domestic players with preferential...
RBI Curbs Set To Hit Leverage, Drain Market Liquidity
MUMBAI: Market intermediaries are likely to face a liquidity squeeze in the near term after the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) tighter lending norms come into effect from July 1. Industry estimates suggest the measures could impact market liquidity by ₹50,000-₹60,000 crore and significantly raise the impact cost for...
Labour Ministry Eyes Universal, Flexible Pension Scheme Under EPFO
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Labour and Employment is considering a new pension scheme that would allow workers to contribute any amount at any time towards their retirement savings. This marks a departure from existing pension products that require periodic contributions, according to people familiar with the matter. The...
The ‘Great Settlement’ That Could Decide Price Of Iran War World Will Pay
By K Raveendran The promise of a ‘great settlement’ from President Trump has been enough to pull oil prices lower, calm equity markets and revive hopes that the Strait of Hormuz may return to normal traffic. Yet it shows how fragile the relief remains. A diplomatic opening can move...
India’s Credit System Is Failing The Businesses It Claims To Champion
By R. Suryamurthy India’s political class loves to talk about financial inclusion. Governments boast about hundreds of millions of bank accounts opened under Jan Dhan. Ministers celebrate record digital transactions. Banks advertise their expanding reach. Fintech companies promise to democratize credit. Every budget speech, economic survey and policy document...
Central BJP Has A Role In TMC Split But The Party’s Political Opportunism Paved The Way
By Sagarneel Sinha The rebellion within the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, the erstwhile ruling party of West Bengal, has been the discussion of mainstream media for days now. The party has split in two ways — MLAs led by Ritabrata Banerjee and Lok Sabha MPs led by Kakoli Ghosh...
India Once Again Restricted Trade Union Delegates To Attend ILO Session
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India once again restricted Central Trade Union’s delegates to attend the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference (1-12 June 2026) organized by the International Laobur Organization (ILO) at Geneva, Switzerland. The country has been adopting this policy of restriction since 2018, and the ILO’s...
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Residents Are Fighting Islamabad For Protecting Rights
By Tirthankar Mitra A month ahead of scheduled local elections, peoples’ protests have erupted in the streets of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).At least, 15 persons have been killed after security forces fired on protestors at Rawalkot. The firing triggered fresh protests in several towns, including Khai Gala in PoK’s...
Former TMC MP Sushmita’s Political Future In Assam Is Uncertain After Resigning From Party
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: The resignation of Assam’s Barak Valley’s Silchar-based politician Sushmita Dev from the Trinamool Congress and Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, June 10 throws light on the kind of politics Sushmita has been practicing over the last five years as also her organisational capabilities. However, in...
Bollywood’s Gen-Z Heroines And The Long Queue To Stardom In Digital Age
By T N Ashok Bollywood has always been a kingdom ruled by queens, but unlike monarchies, its queens seldom die. They merely refuse to abdicate. In the golden decades from the 1950s through the 1980s, heroines enjoyed surprisingly long reigns. Actresses such as Nargis, Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman, Hema Malini...
The Mystery Behind Sure Congress Candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s Defeat In Rajya Sabha Polls
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Despite having more than the required number of votes, the Congress failed to get its candidate Meenakshi Natarajan elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. All the three vacant seats went to the BJP, though it had the numbers to win just two....
NTA Model Of Centralised Examinations Is Witnessing Continuous Failures
By Shishu Ranjan & Niranjan K.S. In the past few months, paper leaks, examination glitches, discrepancies in the computation of marks, and mismanagement in conducting the examinations have become alarmingly commonplace. On May 30, 2026, due to a technical glitch, around 3,765 students couldn’t appear for the CUET (UG)...
