By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even as Bihar is going to poll on Tuesday November 11, 2025 for the second and final phase, political parties and alliances have not yet a clue of the possible outcome. They only guess that the women voters in Bihar hold the key to government...
By Subrata Majumder USA-China tariff war pause, coupled with marginal reduction of tariff by 10 percent, are unlikely to arrest the attempt by India-China to reduce tension. Pause is fragile and does not usher for any final deal between USA and China in the near future. In the light...
By Kalyani Shankar Zohran Mamdani’s recent record-breaking achievement in New York as its Mayor is astonishing. Elected as the first Muslim South Asian Mayor, he represents a unique mix of identities. Born in Africa with South Asian heritage and a practitioner of Shia Islam, he is also the son...
By Kunal Bose Whatever be the state of our relations with the next-door neighbour Pakistan – the bitterness was much in evidence when our cricketers refused to shake hands with the Pakistani players at the recently held Asia Cup finals – we should for our own benefit keep ourselves...
By Asad Mirza An International Panel on Inequality has pointed out that the global income inequality has reached ‘emergency levels’, endangering democracy, and social cohesion. The report says that during the last 15 years the rich have grown more richer while the poor have become poorer. Despite numerous welfare...
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Even before the Intensive review of the electoral rolls (SIR) has really started in West Bengal, the state is witnessing a phenomenon that would have been inconceivable earlier: scores of self-confessed Bangladeshis going back to their former homeland with bag and baggage, from North as...
By Rabindra Nath Sinha As of Monday, there is more than usual curiosity in political circles about two issues as far as the Bihar Assembly election is concerned. The two-phase election concludes on Tuesday, November 11.. The exercise is to cover 122 seats for the 243-member House. Therefore, the...
By Aman Alam, Maimuna Siddiqui It has been one year since the Supreme Court pronounced its verdict on Aligarh Muslim University’s (‘AMU’) minority status. Yet the crucial six-decade old question -Whether AMU is a minority institution or not?’ remains unanswered till date. The judgment doesn’t so much resolve the...
By Nitya Chakraborty In Chinese media, lot of interest is focused on the future of the US sponsored security bloc QUAD and what will be India’s relations with it in the backdrop of US President Donald Trump’s strained relations with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the last...
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: When President Donald Trump told reporters on November 8 that trade talks with India were “going good” and floated the possibility of visiting New Delhi next year, he was doing more than exchanging diplomatic pleasantries. He was attempting damage control on a relationship...
By K Raveendran A landmark order by the Supreme Court of India mandating the removal of stray dogs from public-spaces and their relocation into designated shelters marks what appears to be a significant blow to the interests of the vaccine-industry lobby and its aligned advocacy networks. That lobby, long...
By Anjan Roy China has commissioned its latest aircraft carrier, Fujian, this week which further confirms it is the world’s largest blue water navy by vessels count. Fujian aircraft carrier is a mammoth ship comparable only to the largest ones of the US navy in the same class and...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even as the Central Trade Unions and farmers have started their month-long campaign and protests against the Draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025 and Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025 to be culminated on November 26, 2025, the Centre has started pushing for early finalization of the...
By Bhavya Johari The Supreme Court’s October 7, 2025 ruling in Zainul v. State of Bihar arrives at a critical moment for the Indian criminal justice system. As mob violence cases surge in India, the ruling redefines the evidentiary threshold for prosecutions under Section 149 of the Indian Penal...
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Battle lines are emerging that could determine whether the left re-emerges as a serious challenger in British politics. For most of the year the main disruptor has been the right, with Reform establishing a steady lead in opinion polls and a huge march through London...
By Nitya Chakraborty US President Donald Trump’s favourite grouping Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) is in deep crisis due to the strain in India-US relations in 2025 covering both trade and political issues and also a dip in personal ties between Trump and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Echo of national discontent among youth is now prominently heard from Bihar to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Educated youth in Bihar have been vocal during the continuing election in the state where first phase of election has just been concluded on November 6, 2025, while...
By Prabhat Patnaik The Narendra Modi government has made much of the revision in rates of the Goods and Services Tax that it has announced. Its propaganda machine has worked overtime to tom-tom the benevolence of the government, how it has lightened the load on the common man precisely...