IRAN FORMALISES HORMUZ TOLL PROCESS
NEW DELHI,11 May 2026 : Amid the US and Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz over the standoff to end the war in the Middle East, Tehran has introduced new rules for vessels seeking to transit the strategic waterway and collect a toll from them, according to a shipping journal. Tehran’s move to formalise […]
INDIAN-ORIGIN PHILANTHROPIST PAYS OFF STUDENT LOANS FOR 176 GRADUATES IN US
NEW DELHI,11 May 2026: Students of North Carolina State University’s Wilson College of Textiles were shocked during their graduation ceremony at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh when an Indian-origin philanthropist announced that he would pay off all final-year education loans for 176 graduates, the New York Post reported. Anil Kochhar, who was the commencement speaker during […]
ADHIKARI FRONTRUNNR FOR BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER, WITH TWO DEPUTIES
NEW DELHI,8 May 2026: The BJP’s giantslayer, Suvendu Adhikari, appears all but certain in the race for the chief minister’s post in West Bengal, waiting to succeed his political mentor Mamata Banerjee after an intense electoral face-off last month. West Bengal blindsided Banerjee’s Trinamool to elect its first BJP government this week. As the focus […]
TRUMP’S PAUSE ON PAK REQUEST
NEW DELHI, 6 May 2026 : US President Donald Trump has paused ‘Project Freedom’, the American military’s effort to guide stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, so that Washington could finalise a deal with Iran. The American commander-in-chief, however, said the US blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place even as there […]
Exclusion from faith of Parsi women for interfaith marriage appears discriminatory: SC in Sabarimala reference
New Delhi, 6 May 2026: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the practice of excluding Parsi Zoroastrian women from their community upon entering interfaith marriages appears to be discriminatory, particularly when such consequences are not applied to men. The observation came during the hearing before a nine-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Surya […]
US TO PAK: HOW GLOBAL MEDIA COVERED BJP’S VICTORY IN BENGAL
NEW DELHI,5 May 2026 : The pages in international publications were painted in orange hues as they reported the results of assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory. Most reports in foreign media focused primarily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party’s electoral victory in West Bengal, ending Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee’s […]
The Strike Hidden In The Illusion Of ‘Our Own’ — Using Women Against Women In The Name Of Empowerment
“It is said to the trees that the axe handle is made of wood, therefore it is one of you.”The Strike Hidden in the Illusion of ‘Our Own’ — Using Women Against Women in the Name of Empowerment(An alleged political strategy in the context of Uttarakhand) This saying—“It is said to the trees that the […]
SC REFUSES TO STAY TRANSGENDER AMENDMENT ACT
NEW DELHI ,4 May 2026 : The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Central government and States within six weeks to petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026. The law introduced sweeping changes to the legal framework governing the recognition, rights and protection of […]
SC SLAMS ODISHA COURTS FOR ORDERING DALITS, ADIVASIS TO CLEAN POLICE STATIONS FOR BAIL
NEW DELHI ,4 May 2026 : The Supreme Court on Monday took strong exception to courts in Odisha ordering certain accused persons, mostly Dalits and Adivasis, to clean police stations as conditions for bail. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that such orders are violative of […]
Beyond the Gavel: Why India’s Mining Revenue Still Falls Short of its Potential
Bhubaneswar, 2MAY2026 , India has apparently lost about three lakh crore in mining revenue in the last 10 years due to the invisible leakages in the ongoing e-auction of mines across the country. Earlier to that between 2005 and 2015, estimates suggest a notional loss of ₹5 Lakh Crore to ₹10 Lakh Crore on current prices […]
