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It’s unprecedented, not just in Bengal’s history, but in the history of Independent India’s electoral journey. As the second phase of assembly elections in the state clocked 92.6% polling Wednesday, taking the overall turnout in the two phases combined to 92.9%, the one entity that stood out, ensuring voters could come out of their homes and exercise their franchise without fear and intimidation, was the Election Commission of…

The war on Iran and its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is shaking up the geopolitical dynamics of the oil supply at another level. In a move that might signal the beginning of the end of the oil cartel, the UAE, a key member, said on April 28 that it was quitting the Organization…

When the School of Oriental and African Studies (“SOAS”) released its report into the 2022 Leicester unrest, it claimed to bring clarity. But for many British Hindus, it was an expected betrayal. Instead of acknowledging that Hindus faced intimidation and targeted violence, the compromised inquiry and its resulting report shifted blame onto the victims. Community…

The reality of Promoter driven Business Group concept as operative in India is that the ownership shares of companies that are managed by the Group within it’s Corporate umbrella will finally report to the Holding Company.  There can be step down subsidiaries but finally there is enough shareholding % in any entity to qualify that…

India lost a colossus in the realm of photography in the passing away of 83 year old  Raghu Rai on 26th April 2026.A self taught photographer whose first image was that of a donkey rose to the helm of portraiture and high halls of fame with his brilliance of capturing a range of subjects that…

The Trump administration’s decision to extend the Iran ceasefire is being framed as a diplomatic opening, but in reality it is far closer to a strategic pause—one shaped by coercion, mistrust, and calculated ambiguity. Far from signalling a pathway to durable peace, the extension exposes the absence of convergence between Washington and Tehran, the questionable…

For the first time since 1945, the world seems caught up in whirlpools of hot geopolitical contests. Instead of the neat cleavage (between Allies and Axis powers) in 1945, there are echoes of 1914, when disparate political disputes got triggered when Archduke Franz Ferdinand fell to Gavrilo Princip’s bullets at Sarajevo. On one hand, Russia…

Every woman is entitled to informed childbirth choices, maternal recovery, and greater awareness about cesarean births. The need is to move beyond fear, stigma, and misinformation—and focus instead on education, empathy, and evidence-based care. A cesarean section, commonly known as a C-section, is one of the most frequently performed surgeries globally. In many situations, it…

Amusingly, electoral outcomes in eastern and southern states are far less surprising to those who live in them, than to those who interpret them, from Delhi. The ongoing contests in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Kerala underscore an uncomfortable truth: a wide chasm persists between how India’s politics and history are presented in textbooks, and…

On March 23, 2026, Sebi released a statement in the wake of the sudden resignation by one of the independent directors of the HDFC Bank that the ‘Independent directors need to act responsibly, and back… Source link