Politics
Manipur burns in silence with three more deaths in...
April 27, 2026
With three more deaths in under a week, the death toll in ethnic clashes in Manipur just in April has reached eight, with over 20 others, including two children, injured. With fresh violence, the Bishnupur-Churachandpur road, which is the key artery in the state, has remained blo...
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RSF flags India’s Data Protection law over infor...
April 21, 2026
International non-profit organisation advocating for press freedom, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and several Indian media organisations have formally raised concerns that the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act) 2023 and its associated Rules notified on November 14...
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Deletion of over 9 million voters in Bengal SIR sp...
April 19, 2026
With days to go for the first phase of elections to the West Bengal Assembly, the number of eligible voters are yet to be finalised as the highly controversial Special and Intensive Revision (SIR) carried out by the Election Commission of India, has led to a massive deletion of o...
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From rise to rift: Raghav Chadha in AAP
April 9, 2026
On the morning of April 2, the Aam Aadmi Party sent a letter to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat seeking the removal of Raghav Chadha as its Deputy Leader in the House and recommending that he should not be allotted any time for speaking from the AAP’s quota. His replacement was...
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350.org slams Trump for USD 1bn payout to TotalEne...
March 25, 2026
Amid growing criticism over energy policies of the United States President Donald Trump, climate campaign group 350.org has condemned reports that the Trump administration plans to pay USD 1 billion to a French multinational integrated energy firm, TotalEnergies, to exit two offs...
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Right wing seeks to overturn 25-year Socialist rul...
March 22, 2026
The slide of the mainstream parties across France is expected to accelerate on Sunday when voters across France and its territories around the world head to election centres to cast their votes in crucial municipal elections as they come about a year before the next Presidential ...
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Finding silver lining in closure of Strait of Horm...
March 16, 2026
Sitting in the middle of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea is a norrow body of water, the Strait of Hormuz, which is barely 21 nautical miles or 39 km wide at its narrowest point and serves as the maritime boundary between Iran and Oman. Yet through this narrow corridor fl...
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With energy crisis, India real loser in US-Israel ...
March 11, 2026
In barely a week since the beginning of the attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, India is in throes of a serious, if not the most critical, energy shortage in decades as not only have fuel prices risen sharply, but the country seems to be already running out of stocks ...
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Online harassment of women journalists intensifies...
March 9, 2026
Online harassment campaigns targetting women journalists in India have intensified in recent years, raising serious concerns about press freedom and the safety of media professionals. The issue has drawn attention of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based press freedom or...
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Sovereignty gaps exposed in India AI Impact Summit...
February 23, 2026
Despite attempts at grand staging by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the recently concluded India AI Impact Summit 2026 that was held in New Delhi, the underlying reality it exposed was far less triumphant. Even as India projected itself as a future leader of artificia...
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