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The new governor of the Reserve Bank, Sanjay Malhotra, has taken to monetary policy formulation and the world of finance like fish to water. Within a short period of his taking over, Malhotra has got into his charge with a refreshing confidence.

U.S. President Donald Trump has finally given up his initial musk as the global peace maker after taking over presidency on January 20 this year. After 135 days of acting as a fake peace maker, under his direction, the United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday night calling for an immediate end to Israel’s war of extermination in the Gaza Strip. Fourteen of the 15 Security Council members voted in favor of the draft resolution, while the United States rejected it.

India is being paraded on global and national platforms as the world’s fourth-largest economy. With a nominal GDP of nearly 3.9 trillion dollars, the government claims it has scripted an economic miracle. The Prime Minister thunders from every stage about India’s rise under his watch, and media outlets amplify this narrative with breathless headlines. But behind this celebratory façade lies an undeniable reality: this is a growth story scripted by and for the elite, while the majority of Indians continue to suffer from hunger, unemployment, and deepening poverty.

The headlines are topping the Trump-Musk fallout. The best was "I hate my X", straight out of a divorce playbook and so true of Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the two are like a divorced couple carrying the thrill and bitterness of divorce into the public domain with dirty linen washed on Social Media. If Elon has 'X', formerly Twitter, Donald has 'Truth Social', making them even-steven.

Only a day after announcement of the Census 2027, the Union Ministry of Home said on June 5, that the census was put off due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its “aftershock”. How can the Centre say this when it went on conducting many other surveys, mass political rallies, and elections in the country? Census was actually singled out for delay, a delay of six years, obviously strategically. Serious concerns have been raised over the delay and on several other issues, the most serious being related to delimitation.

KOLKATA: Electoral prospects of Trinamool Congress seem brighter in north Bengal post veteran Congress leader Sankar Malakar switching loyalty to the ruling dispensation. For such a decision has been taken after weighing the pros and cons as desertion of this veteran leader is certainly an indication that the ruling dispensation is set to oust BJP from its perch in this part of the state. The decision raised eyebrows in political circles as BJP was also an option for him in this part of West Bengal. But then the veteran Congress leader has his reasons and he stuck to them.

LONDON: The damage Donald Trump has done to the architecture of imperial power is not an accidental feature of an unusually repugnant personality. It has its roots in the real, material conditions of the recurrent crisis in the accumulation of capital and in the projection of capital’s power on the global stage. His behaviour, on the surface, is both childlike in its drive for attention and adolescent in its flawed appropriation of reality. We see in his play a simulacrum of the irrational in art, the random accumulation of elements that defy common sense or established theory. But there is a logic at work.

India has many laws to check pollution, but pollution level in the country is among the worst in the world. The World Air Quality Report 2024 ranked India as the 5th most polluted country globally. Delhi remains the most polluted capital globally with a Particulate matter (PM) 2.5 concentration of 91.6 µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre). Six of the world's 10 most polluted cities and 13 of the top 20 are in India. Another report finds 70 per cent of the surface water in the country not potable. Though there are many laws in the country, the data speaks volumes about the Government’s failure in their implementation.

26 days have passed since the temporary truce in the limited four day war between India and Pakistan taking effect on May 10 this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been talking of his three point doctrine since then, the most important of which is no dialogue with Pakistan unless the ruling regime of Islamabad shuns terrorism. Pakistan Prime Minister on the other hand is claiming as usual that his government had no role in the Pahalgam massacre of April 22, Pakistan strongly believes in fight against terrorism. Pakistan is ready for bilateral talks to discuss all the pending issues including terror.

‘NOT blood: But Sindoor Flows Through My Veins’ – these exact words by Prime Minister Modi defined his signature style in launching the post-Sindoor campaign blitzkrieg. What else could he or his government have done in response to the grave challenges the country was faced with. Transparency and introspection have never been the forte for this government.