A NEW KIND OF DEPORTATION IN TRUMP STYLE
NEW DELHI ,8April 2026 : In March of 2025, just a couple of months after Donald Trump took office for the second time, the U.S. deported more than 200 Venezuelans — not to Venezuela, but to El Salvador. They were kept in a notorious maximum-security prison for four months. In exchange for taking them, El […]
INDIA’S ATOMIC REACTOR REACHES MILESTONE, CRITICALLY
NEW DELHI,8 April 2026 : India on Monday achieved a long-awaited milestone in its civil nuclear energy programme as the country’s most advanced atomic reactor – the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu – attained criticality, marking the start of a sustained nuclear fission chain reaction and bringing the reactor one […]
CATHOLIC BODY DECRIES FOREIGN FUNDING BILL HITTING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
NEW DELHI ,7 April 2026 : Calling the move a “direct intrusion” into constitutionally protected spaces, the All India Catholic Union argued that the proposed amendments may conflict with Articles 25 and 26, which guarantee the right to freely practise religion and manage religious affairs without undue interference. Raising strong objections to the proposed Foreign […]
JUDGE CALLS FOR INDEPENDENCE OF ECI
NEW DELHI ,7 April 2026 : Justice B.V. Nagarathna of the Supreme Court, who is in line to become the first woman Chief Justice of India (CJI) next year, has said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) must function independently if constitutional governance was to remain intact. “It is of utmost importance that these […]
GRATUITY AFTER JUST ONE YEAR!
NEW DELHI,7April 2026 : India’s new Labour Codes, effective 21 November 2025, allow fixed-term employees to claim pro rata gratuity after just one year of service instead of the earlier five-year requirement. For millions of fixed-term workers in India’s formal sector, a long-standing grievance has finally been addressed. Under the new Labour Codes that came […]
‘UNQUALIFIED’ RULE, ‘UNFORTUNATE’ DIE
NEW DELHI ,5-4-2026,Fifty years ago, on March 29, 1973, American troops, defeated, evacuated Saigon. The war in Vietnam lasted 11 years and claimed about 2 million civilian lives, more than a million Vietnamese military personnel, and about 60,000 US soldiers. Seven million tons of bombs and 80 million litres of poison were dropped on Vietnam. […]
HOW NDIA KEPT FUEL PRICES LOW DESPITE IRAN WAR
NEW DELHI ,4 April 2026: India imports 88% of its crude. Why then is it not seeing massive price hikes for fuel and LPG? Inside the unique strategy it’s following. Gas prices in Europe have surged by nearly 70% amid the West Asian crisis, intensifying volatility in global energy markets. Compounding this, Russia imposed a […]
IRAN SAYS INDIAN FRIENDS IN SAFE HANDS ON HORMUZ BLOCKAD
NEW DELHI,3 April 2026 : Iran has said that its “Indian friends” don’t need “to worry” about the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route that has been disrupted since Israel and the United States attacked Tehran on February 28. “Our Indian friends are in safe hands, no worries,” the Embassy of Iran in India […]
INDIA JOINS HORMUZ TALKS
NEW DELHI ,3 April 2026 : India has joined a virtual meeting of over 60 countries in the UK to explore ways to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, whose closure has sent oil prices spiralling. The meeting comes as nations around the Persian Gulf continue to witness heightened instability, with concerns mounting over disruptions […]
PREMIER PETROL NOW RS 160 PER LITRE
NEW DELHI,1 April 2026 : The prices of Indian Oil’s XP100 petrol (a premium variant) and Xtra Green (premium diesel) have been increased for Delhi. The price of XP100 has been raised from Rs 149 per litre to Rs 160 per litre. IndianOil’s XP100 is India’s first 100-octane premium petrol, designed for high-end luxury cars […]
