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ED Enjoying Political Patronage Treats Itself As Above Law And Bar
By Arun Srivastava The Enforcement Directorate ultimately has to for the time being abandon its nefarious conspiracy to resort to character assassination of the two senior advocates of the Supreme Court Pratap Venugopal and Arvind Datar, with the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) writing to the Chief...
Latest Upsurge In Military Expenditure All Over The World Is An Ominous Sign
By Prabhat Patnaik There is an upsurge in military expenditure all over the world which is spearheaded by the upsurge in Europe. Of course there are different estimates of military expenditure, depending on what one includes under this heading. We shall, in what follows, take the estimates of the...
Trump’s Unilateral Tariff Rates Have Put Hold Many Investment Projects
By Kunal Bose Leading economist and professor emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University Prabhat Patnaik has likened the weaponization of tariffs by the US President Donald Trump to beggar-thy-neighbour policy for naked aggrandisement of his country’s business and commerce. Rarely used by major countries, the policy is tantamount to building...
China-Russia Joint Intervention Delays Trump’s Decision To Join War Against Iran
By Nitya Chakraborty The Israel-Iran war which entered its eighth day on Friday June 20 witnessed some major developments in the last 24 hours frustrating Tel Aviv’s desperate bid to speedily finish off its task of destroying Iran, especially Teheran. Chinese President Xi Jinping talked to Russian President Vladimir...
Israel-Iran War Will Have No Major Impact On Indian Economy In Short Term
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Tensions between Iran and Israel have long simmered beneath the surface of Middle Eastern geopolitics, but recent escalations have reignited fears of a broader regional war. At the heart of the economic fallout is the energy market. Iran, a major oil producer and a member...
The Big Mystery Around Trump’s Luncheon Meeting With Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The Talk of the Town. Much chest thumping in Pakistan. Lots of analysis and hypotheses in Indian publications. The subject matter is of course the much-hyped Trump’s invite to Field Marshal Asim Munir, who is licking his wounds after the operation Sindoor, (GOK...
Unemployment Rate Among Youth Rose Sharply To 15 Per Cent In May 2025
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin for May 2025 has revealed that unemployment rate among youth (age group 15-29 years) rose sharply to 15 per cent from 13.8 per cent a month ago in April. Youth unemployment rate in urban areas of the...
Bangladesh Angry With Delhi For Pushing “Immigrants” Through Border Without Formalities
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: The Muhammad. Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh may take a firm stand against Indian government for ‘pushing in’ hundreds of people without citizenship or other identity, into Bangladeshi territory : Dhaka’s recent letter to India on this issue, urging upon Delhi to follow standard operating...
Sharad Pawar Is Categorical About No Alliance With Ajit Pawar In Any Poll
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political arena of Maharashtra witnessed a twisting development as Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar will fight against each other again, this time in the Malegaon co-operative sugar mill elections in Bamarati. Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, as head of the Nilkanteshwar...
As War Drums Beat Louder, The Ghosts Of Iraq War Haunt Keir Starmer
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The spectre of the Iraq war is hanging heavy over Keir Starmer today. The Prime Minister opposed that act of criminal aggression at the time, at least in part because he knew that Tony Blair was acting in flagrant violation of international law in invading...
Fifty Years After Emergency, The Present Modi Regime’s Authoritarianism Is No Less Stifling
By P. Sudhir It may appear rather unusual to recall the inglorious sequence of events that began at midnight on June 25, 1975, with the declaration of the Internal Emergency. However, we are reminded of those immortal words of wisdom: ‘those who tend to forget the lessons of history...
Israel Depending On Us To Use Its Bunker Blaster To Hit Nuclear Facility At Fordow
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Suspense mounts over when the US will join in Israeli pounding of Iran to completely destroy its nuclear facilities., one thing standing in the way is the Fordow facility, deeply embedded in a mountainous region virtually in the under belly which Israel cannot...
RSS Launches Big Drive In Bihar And Bengal Before Assembly Elections
By Arun Srivastava The RSS which observes its centenary year of foundation in October this year, is all set to play a key role in the victory of the BJP candidates in Bihar assembly poll scheduled around the year end. After helping the BJP win assembly elections comfortably in...
Israel-Iran War Has To Stop Unconditionally With Immediate Effect
By Dr Arun Mitra Two telephone calls that shook me and are still haunting were that I made to my acquaintances today. I could feel the anguish when I called my friend in Srinagar whose son is studying medicine in Tehran and with whom they are not having easy...
Manipur BJP Karyakarta Wants SoO Abrogated, Other Leaders Share View
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Even as the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) proceeds to recast and limit the scope of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) deal with Manipur’s Kuki-Zo insurgent groups, dissenting views from within the Bharatiya Janata Party have come to the fore. This development has...
Like George W. Bush, Donald Trump Is Lying His Way Into War In Middle East
By Branko Marcetic NEW YORK: For the past two decades, disastrous Middle East wars have been synonymous with the name of Bush. The current US president seems determined to now make them synonymous with the name Trump. It is widely understood that the US war with Iran that the...
Global Energy Transition Gains Ground, But Security And Capital Challenges Persist
By Satyaki Chakraborty Global progress towards secure, equitable and sustainable energy is accelerating after years of sluggish gains, according to a World Economic Forum report released on June 19 in Geneva. However, rising geopolitical tensions, investment gaps, and a growing disconnect between clean energy innovation and deployment where it...
Economic Fallout Of Israel-Iran Conflict Could Extend Way Beyond Region
By K Raveendran With the likelihood of a diplomatic solution appearing increasingly distant, West Asia is now clearly veering toward a longer and more intense confrontation, one that may significantly reshape economic, geopolitical, and energy dynamics not only in the Middle East but globally. What was initially perceived as...
