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Hit by the massive US import tariff, export-led China seems to have gone crazy as its No.1 export destination, the United States of America, has suddenly gone out of reach after US President Donald Trump’s prohibitive import tariff on China. Shockingly, China has issued a warning against countries seeking to strike a broader economic deal with the United States at its expense, ratcheting up its rhetoric in a spiralling trade war between the world's two largest economies.

Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, 2025 escalated the tensions in India and Pakistan to a new high, yet the war mongers have by and large failed in their intentions so far, barring only some exchange of fire on the line of control along the Jammu and Kashmir border.

After the controversial passage of the Waqf Bill, the Modi government plans to implement the equally or even more contentious Uniform Civil Code (UCC) passed last year. This raises the question of whether it's the right time to push for the UCC amid ongoing protests against the Waqf Bill, which began after the UCC was approved in Parliament last year.

Washington and Riyadh are reportedly close to a new $100 billion arms package as Trump's Gulf trip nears. The US is poised to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package worth well over $100 billion, sources told Reuters, saying the proposal was being lined up for announcement during President Donald Trump's visit to the kingdom in May.

The world’s two leading cement producing countries China and India had a few common negative experiences last year resulting principally from falling demand from the infrastructure sector. At all times, at what rate, highways to sea ports to airports will be built will remain a government decision in the two countries to fund new projects. Beijing policy of the past has resulted in the country, the world’s second largest economy after the US already having a fairly robust infrastructure. As a result, the materials that go into building infrastructure from cement to steel to aluminium have all started feeling the impact of demand saturation. To add to the distress of cement makers, China’s property market remains mired in a crisis, resulting from overspeculation by the likes of Evergrande, Country Garden and Sunac defaulting in repayment of borrowings.

A prominent and increasingly concerning form of structural violence against the Muslim community in India is the reclamation of their places of worship, with claims that these sites were originally Hindu temples or locations of significance within Hindu mythology. The contestation over religious sites is not a novel phenomenon in India; rather, it has a historical precedent marked by conflicts over sacred places.

BHOPAL: Suicide has become a grave social and mental health crisis in India. The highest numbers of suicide cases are reported from states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka. The suicide rate is particularly higher in the southern states, while it is also becoming a growing concern in some northeastern states. Madhya Pradesh ranks third in the country in terms of the number of deaths due to suicide. The causes of suicide are multilayered, sectional and complex.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s declaration that India could be the first to finalise a trade deal with the United States after President Trump embarked on his reckless trade war against the world signals a strategic point. The proposed agreement offers India an escape hatch from the looming 26 percent reciprocal tariffs that, though currently suspended until July, represent the shadow of Trump’s trade belligerence. In essence, the development may well be India’s best opportunity to engage in tough, calculated bargaining with the United States. This is not just about sidestepping punitive measures; it is about reshaping the economic partnership with Washington on terms that serve India’s long-term interests.

"Always prepared, ever vigilant", 'ADGPI - Indian Army' posted this assertion on 'X'. Pakistan and India have declared 'War' and United States President Donald Trump says it’s up to India and Pakistan to deal with it, "they're close and Kashmir has been between them for 1500 years!"

Close to 60 per cent people have reported that they were “struggling” with a further 12 per cent described themselves “suffering”. For billions across the globe, the struggle is either for finding work, or if they have jobs, they are struggling under fear of losing them. They are now losing their hope in their future.