Opposition presses rollback of FCRA rules
New Delhi: Two senior opposition leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to withdraw the Foreign Contribution Amendment Rules, 2026, warning that the new framework would tighten state control...
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Waghmare seeks NCW action against Raut
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Jyoti Waghmare has moved the National Commission for...
in Happening Now Jun 27 ·Steel import probe widens trade pressure
New Delhi has opened an anti-dumping investigation into hot-rolled flat steel imports from...
in Happening Now Jun 27 ·Blame duel deepens Lohagad murder probe
Pune rural police are examining conflicting claims by two arrested suspects in the...
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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.Steel Exposes Hard Limits Of Much-Vaunted Free Trade Piety
By K Raveendran India’s decision to initiate an anti-dumping investigation into cheap steel imports marks more than another defensive trade action. It is a reminder that globalisation, which New Delhi has often invoked when Indian exports face barriers abroad, becomes far more complicated when the pressure arrives at home....
Loot Of Ram Mandir Funds Has Weakened BJP Campaign Before 2027 Assembly Polls
By Arun Srivastava Within a week of the accusation by the Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was an unregistered and unconstitutional organisation and should face legal actions, the right-wing Hindu exclusionary body suffered a shattering jolt that its senior leaders managing the affairs...
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi’s Visit To India On July 1-3 Is Aimed At Boosting Investment
By Subrata Majumder India is a vast country. It has long border stretching over the eastern region, which can act gateway to South East Asia. West Bengal has the longest international border, connecting the eastern region. West Bengal is better placed compared to Assam in acting as the gateway...
Bengal BJP Govt’s Announcement On Reviving Calcutta Stock Exchange Is A Political Optics
By Kunal Bose The country has two major stocks exchanges, namely, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Between them, they have a daily turnover of around Rs4 lakh crore across the cash and derivative segments. Though NSE arrived decades after BSE, which prides itself...
Latest Killings In Manipur Have Made A Mockery Of Centre’s Peace Efforts
By Krishna Jha Manipur, a remote eastern state of our country, is in the grip of continual ethnic violence for more than three years. For every moment, deadly ambushes, abductions and protest marches have become the realities of the region and making the violence into a way of life...
Suvendu Govt In Bengal Proposes To Remove The Muslim Names Of All Kolkata Streets
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Kolkata’s streets are not just thoroughfares. They are living chronicles of the city’s souls. Kolkata or Calcutta as it was known then may have been “chance erected, chance directed”, but its streets are not named thus. The city father’s of yore have had a wide...
Can Congress Stop Kerala CM Satheesan’s ‘One-Man’ Show?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress is sharply divided over the low alcohol tax rate cut unilaterally announced by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan. Resentment over Satheesan’s one-man show is growing not only within the Congress but also among the allies. Satheesan has angered both by announcing without consultations...
Possible Union Cabinet Rejig, BJP Organisational Reshuffle Likely Soon
By Rahil Nora Chopra After Union home minister Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi’s interaction with the President Droupadi Murmu, speculation over a possible reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers has gathered pace. BJP has also announced an organisational revamp in its Uttar Pradesh unit ahead of the...
Bangladesh Officials Still Pursuing The Controversy Over Diplomat’s Detention At Delhi Airport
By Ashis Biswas A section of the BNP-led establishment in Bangladesh appears keen to prolong the controversy generated recently over the refusal of an invited diplomat to attend an India-hosted regional conference. The Dhaka-based official Dr. Zahedur Rahman, Information Adviser to Prime Minister Mr. Tarique Rahman had complained of...
Alan Greenspan’s Death Marks The End Of Mega-Central Banker’s Age
By Anjan Roy There are central bankers and central bankers. But Alan Greenspan, who died at the age of 100 four days back, was the central banker’s central banker. The chairman of the US Federal Reserve is always much more than the head of any such institution by virtue...
Collapse Of TMC In Bengal Has Given A Big Opportunity For A Left Turn-Around
By Sobhanlal Datta Gupta The Eighteenth West Bengal Legislative Assembly which was formed in the wake of the poll results in 2026 has catapulted the BJP into power on a scale which is unprecedented, but not totally unsurprising. It has been a verdict by default, a furious act of...
Modi’s Iran Dilemma: Will India Attend Ayatollah Khamenei’s Funeral?
By T N Ashok An invitation from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the funeral ceremonies of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has placed New Delhi in a delicate diplomatic position at a time when West Asia is emerging from one of its...
Massive Acquisitions And Mergers By Adani Group Raise Serious Questions
By Nilotpal Basu Economics and finance tend to manifest in the political process. However, what we are witnessing right now is an extraordinary level of convergence in the contemporary landscape. A deeper exploration reveals that this is more than a mere coincidence. For quite some time now there has...
Kerala CM Takes U-Turn On Low Alcohol Tax Rate Under Pressure
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a clever U-turn on the low alcohol tax rate issue, Kerala Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan has tossed the ball into the United Democratic Front (UDF)’s court for a final decision on the matter. The Chief Minister wilted under pressure mounted by not only...
Sexual Misconduct By Some Passengers In Air Flights Has Become Disturbing
By T N Ashok The modern airliner is one of humanity’s greatest achievements. Hundreds of strangers are packed into a pressurized metal tube and transported safely across continents at nearly 900 kilometers an hour. The system works because of one fundamental principle: discipline. When that discipline breaks down at...
WEF Calls To Scale Innovation Into Growth, Jobs And Competitiveness
By Satyaki Chakraborty Against a backdrop of evolving geoeconomic realities and exponential innovation, the World Economic Forum brought together more than 1,800 global leaders from business, government, civil society, international organizations and academia for the 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 in Dalian, China which ended on...
Nepal Govt Still Not Getting Full Details About Gorkhas Killed In Ukraine War
By Ashis Biswas Despite a Russian commitment not to recruit Nepali youths to fight in its war against Ukraine, not much official information about the condition of those still engaged in the battle zone is available yet. Nepalese authorities have been strongly urging upon Russia to stop using young...
Supreme Court’s Draft AI Regulations Impose Big Tasks On District Courts
By Harsh Gour The Supreme Court of India’s Draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Courts, 2026 (‘Draft Regulations’) are based on five principles: human primacy, transparency, accountability, data protection, and judicial independence. These principles visibly translate through the Draft Regulations in the general principles which deal with...
