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KOLKATA: A tug-of-war between Trinamool Congress and Congress to observe July 21 as Martyr's Day is an annual event in the political calendar of West Bengal. But what used to be an unequal contest between two political outfits has been joined by another political entity this year.

History is littered with ceasefires that ended one war only to ignite another. That is why the Trilateral Framework signed by the United States, Israel and Lebanon may ultimately prove more significant than the ceasefire that preceded it.

The General Council meeting of the All India Trade Union Congress was held at Thrissur, Kerala, from 1–3 June 2026. The meeting was attended by 246 delegates representing 22 states and various industrial federations and unions. During the session, a seminar on “Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War and World Peace” was organised. A book based on speeches delivered by veteran leader Binoy Viswam during his tenure as a legislator was released. Delegates also expressed solidarity with Cuba through a public demonstration and participated in an international signature campaign in support of Cuba.

THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The abject surrender of the VD Satheesan-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Government to the Sangh Parivar which began the day the Government was sworn in, is complete.

For decades, India's rise as an economic power has been measured by the number of aircraft it buys rather than the number it builds. The country has become one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, one of the largest importers of military hardware and, increasingly, one of the biggest customers for global aerospace giants Boeing and Airbus.

India’s decision to initiate an anti-dumping investigation into cheap steel imports marks more than another defensive trade action. It is a reminder that globalisation, which New Delhi has often invoked when Indian exports face barriers abroad, becomes far more complicated when the pressure arrives at home. The steel case has exposed the contradiction that sits at the heart of every large economy’s trade policy: open markets are desirable when they expand one’s reach, but politically and economically painful when they threaten strategic domestic capacity.

Within a week of the accusation by the Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was an unregistered and unconstitutional organisation and should face legal actions, the right-wing Hindu exclusionary body suffered a shattering jolt that its senior leaders managing the affairs of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya have been found to be involved in worst kind of embezzlement of fund and jewellery of the temple.

India is a vast country. It has long border stretching over the eastern region, which can act gateway to South East Asia. West Bengal has the longest international border, connecting the eastern region. West Bengal is better placed compared to Assam in acting as the gateway to South East Asia.

The country has two major stocks exchanges, namely, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Between them, they have a daily turnover of around Rs4 lakh crore across the cash and derivative segments. Though NSE arrived decades after BSE, which prides itself as Asia’s oldest tracing its legacy to 1875, the 1992 born former heralded a revolution in the stock market by introducing a fully electronic, screen-based trading system, thereby removing any opaqueness in the trading system.

Manipur, a remote eastern state of our country, is in the grip of continual ethnic violence for more than three years. For every moment, deadly ambushes, abductions and protest marches have become the realities of the region and making the violence into a way of life for them. The state is deeply divided in several zones. Recently several from Naga community were abducted and the mutilated bodies of two of them were found.