There is a clear rift between Trump and Netanyahu over Iran, with the US president forced to read Israel the riot act. Trump became perhaps the first American president to warn Israel it could be left alone. He is now desperate to secure a ceasefire with Tehran at any cost.
West Bengal should have joined Ayushman Bharat earlier. It would have eased burden on Mamata govt
West Bengal finally joins Ayushman Bharat. Mamata Banerjee government kept spending Rs 2,000 crore on its own health scheme. It was self-defeating. Dovetailing it with the central scheme would have eased the burden for a state that couldn’t even pay DA arrears. Bengal can now join other central schemes too.
Pakistan’s crackdown on PoK civilians rips off Asim Munir’s mask. Consent can’t come from dead bodies
Pakistan Army’s brutal crackdown on civilians in PoK lays bare Field Marshal Asim Munir’s grandstanding claims of peace and prosperity in occupied territory. The mask is off. Bans, blackouts and bullets deployed to silence revolt are proof. Consent cannot come from dead bodies, and military might cannot manufacture mass legitimacy.
INDIA bloc meet is a desperate survival attempt. Deepening crisis of imagination in Opposition
Regrouping of INDIA bloc is a desperate survival attempt after a string of poll losses. Absence of DMK and AAP underlined inherent contradictions in the Opposition. BJP’s chemistry with voters can’t be challenged by arithmetical groupings without any programmatic action plan. Crisis of imagination in the Opposition camp is deepening.


May Saheb prevail over Bibi. The global economy is getting battered.