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KOLKATA: Kolkata’s streets are not just thoroughfares. They are living chronicles of the city's souls. Kolkata or Calcutta as it was known then may have been "chance erected, chance directed", but its streets are not named thus. The city fathers of yore have had a wide choice to pick the names of the pathways of Kolkata and did their job.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress is sharply divided over the low alcohol tax rate cut unilaterally announced by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan. Resentment over Satheesan’s one-man show is growing not only within the Congress but also among the allies. Satheesan has angered both by announcing without consultations the tax rate cut on low alcohol in the State.

A section of the BNP-led establishment in Bangladesh appears keen to prolong the controversy generated recently over the refusal of an invited diplomat to attend an India-hosted regional conference. The Dhaka-based official Dr. Zahedur Rahman, Information Adviser to Prime Minister Mr. Tarique Rahman had complained of his detention and questioning at New Delhi airport by Indian officials despite being an invitee and decided to return home. The incident occurred on June 14 at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.

There are central bankers and central bankers. But Alan Greenspan, who died at the age of 100 four days back, was the central banker’s central banker. The chairman of the US Federal Reserve is always much more than the head of any such institution by virtue of its impact all over the world. Alan Greenspan occupied that position with such aplomb.

The Eighteenth West Bengal Legislative Assembly which was formed in the wake of the poll results in 2026 has catapulted the BJP into power on a scale which is unprecedented, but not totally unsurprising. It has been a verdict by default, a furious act of political revenge against years of misrule, violence, fear and corruption. A structure that was built up at the behest of the TMC supremo, completely devoid of transparency, and bolstered by a crude culture of sycophancy, led to an all-pervasive alienation of the party from the masses. This is manifest in the complete collapse and fragmentation of the TMC in a month’s time and the drama that is unfolding in West Bengal almost every day has made it an object of ridicule and disdain in the eyes of the common man.

An invitation from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the funeral ceremonies of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has placed New Delhi in a delicate diplomatic position at a time when West Asia is emerging from one of its most dangerous crises in decades.

Economics and finance tend to manifest in the political process. However, what we are witnessing right now is an extraordinary level of convergence in the contemporary landscape. A deeper exploration reveals that this is more than a mere coincidence.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a clever U-turn on the low alcohol tax rate issue, Kerala Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan has tossed the ball into the United Democratic Front (UDF)’s court for a final decision on the matter. The Chief Minister wilted under pressure mounted by not only by the opposition parties but also by the Congress and allies.

The modern airliner is one of humanity's greatest achievements. Hundreds of strangers are packed into a pressurized metal tube and transported safely across continents at nearly 900 kilometers an hour. The system works because of one fundamental principle: discipline. When that discipline breaks down at 36,000 feet, the consequences can be serious, dangerous, and sometimes criminal.

Against a backdrop of evolving geoeconomic realities and exponential innovation, the World Economic Forum brought together more than 1,800 global leaders from business, government, civil society, international organizations and academia for the 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 in Dalian, China which ended on June 25.