Former BJP spokesperson questions India’s tax burden, public services and accountability as he calls the middle class a government “ATM” August 18th: In remarks that have acquired a sharper political significance following his resignation from the Bharatiya Janata Party, former BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla has described India’s middle classContinue Reading
As Saturday draws to a close, India finds itself at the intersection of political turbulence, monsoon devastation, public-health anxiety, technological ambition and some genuinely extraordinary moments of human achievement.Continue Reading
The US Senate has passed the Lindsey Graham Russia/Iran sanctions bill by 86–11, legislation that could give the US president authority to impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries continuing significant trade with Russia. India is squarely in the spotlight because of its Russian oil purchases.Continue Reading
FROM AYODHYA TO JHARKHAND, MOSCOW TO THE RED SEA: INDIA FACES QUESTIONS AT HOME AS A RESTLESS WORLD BURNSContinue Reading
GLOBAL DESK, AUGUST 1: The world entered August under extraordinary strain, as a massive migration crisis exploded on the frontier between Africa and Europe, wars burned across the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine, and earthquakes, wildfires and deadly accidents brought fresh devastation across continents. The most dramatic scenes unfolded atContinue Reading
Thousands of farmers from Madhya Pradesh marched into the outskirts of Bhopal this week in one of the state’s biggest agricultural protests in recent years, forcing the government into late-night negotiations after days of mounting pressure.Continue Reading
As darkness falls across another turbulent day, the world seems determined to remind humanity that peace is becoming an increasingly rare luxury. From the Pacific Ring of Fire to the battlefields of the Middle East, from Europe’s burning forests to India’s flooded villages and restless campuses, July 29 unfolded as a day of devastation, confrontation and reckoning.Continue Reading
In a bold and far-reaching move that is already sending shockwaves through global trade, the Trump administration has imposed new double-digit tariffs on imports from 60 countries, covering virtually all of America’s trading partners, citing their failure to stamp out forced labor in supply chains.Continue Reading
Inflation has a remarkable talent for making every shopping trip feel like a negotiation with reality. The packet looks the same, the quantity shrinks, the bill grows, and somehow the household budget is expected to survive the exercise. After years of relatively stable prices, India is once again grappling withContinue Reading
The world wakes today to the sound of rising tensions, restless streets, and governments making decisions whose consequences may echo for generations. Across continents, diplomacy is giving way to deterrence, protests are challenging power, and nature itself continues to remind humanity that it answers to no ideology, no election, and no military alliance. This is not merely another day in the news cycle. It is another day in a world increasingly defined by confrontation.Continue Reading
