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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's exit was forced by a massive mutiny, spearheaded by the leftist and Marxist factions within his Labour Party as his tenure was defined by a decisive shift to the political right and the systematic abandoning of the party's socialist base. Rightist forces who were his last hope to bail him out of the crisis, did not shield him and refused to create a political scenario in his favour. On the contrary, conservative and right-wing figures actively criticized his administration's military spending and immigration policies, offering no political cover as his premiership collapsed. The Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns resigned just prior to Starmer’s resignation.

NEW YORK: State capitalism, socialist market economy, New Economic Policy—whatever term supporters or critics of the Cuban Revolution want to use, it’s clear that the emergency reforms being proposed in the island nation under seize by the U.S. through economic blockade, will bring major changes to its socialist system.

For decades, Bollywood operated on a simple formula. Cast a superstar, spend lavishly on songs and action sequences, release the film across thousands of screens, and wait for the cash registers to ring. The bigger the budget, the bigger the expected success.

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for MBBS and BDS courses was held on June 21. About 20 lakh students appeared in it which was a re-test held a few weeks after allegations of leakage of questions led to the cancellation of the first examination.

A major outbreak of dengue fever is sweeping over South Asian countries this year; in India, the reduced rainfall during the current weak monsoon season has emerged as a negative factor.

Low-tech, low-cost strategies could prevent 400 million falls at home, 8.5 million new type 2 diabetes cases and 2.4 million dementia cases by 2040, while unlocking $5.8 trillion in healthcare savings and $645 billion in productivity gains. Yet much of that opportunity remains unrealized because governments and businesses manage health, finances and labour participation separately, a new World Economic Forum report finds.

It is surprising that the government took over three months’ time to issue a directive to Indian shipping companies to restrict operation through conflict-stricken waters in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz following lethal US attacks on a foreign vessel causing the death of three Indian mariners. Till last week, there were 13 Indian flag bearing vessels operating in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman. They were carrying roughly 622 Indian seafarers. Going by the latest reports, there are 233 seamen on board Indian merchant ships in the Gulf of Oman and 329 seafarers on board Indian vessels in the Persian Gulf. In addition, a large number of Indians are deployed on non-Indian merchant ships crossing the strait, making India highly exposed to the US-Iran geopolitical standoff.

The Indian Opposition is facing considerable political challenges due to ongoing conflicts within its parties. This complex political landscape, where party switching and defections have become common, is understandably worrying for many. Such actions can erode trust, weaken accountability, and put our democratic stability at risk. It's important for all of us to feel a sense of responsibility in safeguarding our democracy together during these uncertain times.

Pro-Trump far right billionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella won the Presidential elections run off on Sunday defeating the candidate of the ruling Left coalition Ivan Cepeda by a narrow margin. Espriella got 49.66 per cent of the votes while Cepeda got 48.7 per cent. The difference was less than one per cent.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 20 at Tarkeshwar near Kolkata spun a fresh yarn, promising to create a "New Bengal" (Viksit Bangla), as he christened the day “Paschimbanga Divas” (West Bengal Day), since it was on this day that BJP/RSS icon Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who founded the Jana Sangh, “created Bengal, for Hindus”. PM Modi also accused the Indian National Congress of "whitewashing" the history of the birth of the present-day West Bengal for the sake of political agenda, adding that a "new history" would be written inspired by Paschimbanga Divas.