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Acquittal of AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal in two Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) summons cases on January 22 is just a reminder to the nation, how ED functioned beyond its power, and derailed the AAP’s political campaign in Delhi that helped the BJP win all the 7 Lok Sabha seats in the NCT Delhi, and later in early 2025 to win Delhi Vidhan Sabha. Arvind Kejriwal was then arrested by ED on March 21, 2024 following a raid on his home by ED, after his not responding to nine summons from ED in connection with the Delhi liquor scam case. It is in these summons case he has now been acquitted by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Paras Dalal.

A capitalist economy is characterized by continuous process and product innovations, which means that the basket of goods consumed by the people keeps changing over time. New goods are typically introduced by capitalist producers keeping mainly middle class consumers in mind, and once new goods start replacing the old goods, the production capacity in the old-goods-producing sectors declines and the entire population goes over willy-nilly to buying the new goods.

CHANDIGARH: Dedicating her life in improving the lives of vulnerable communities by creating a more just and equitable society for all and the struggle for self-rule and protection of human rights has paved the path for conferring ‘Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development-2025, upon the Mozambique leader Graca Machel.

When the Supreme Court of India struck down the electoral bond scheme introduced under the government led by Narendra Modi, it did so on the realisation that the anonymity offered by the bonds, far from curing the malaise of black money, had institutionalised it. But the alternative of electoral trusts that the court suggested has provided a bigger camouflage for black money and illegal gratification.

With Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s walk out from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on January 22, it has become obvious that governors in the country in opposition ruled states have started working on a well organized strategy against the governments that they lead as constitutional heads, which could not have been possible without coordination or direction from the Centre which they are supposed to report on various issues. It seems, the Centre is trying to control the opposition’s narrative of their development and welfare programmes by interfering through Governors.

The verdict from Maharashtra’s municipal elections was not merely a routine reshuffling of councillors and mayors. It was a structural political event — one that redefined urban power, fiscal control, and electoral momentum not just within the state, but potentially across India’s federal landscape.

Despite the deafening silence of the mainstream media, the social media space exploded with images and videos of a continuous stream of more than 50,000 red flag bearing working people, mostly tribals, marching across the Palghar district in Maharashtra. This was the heartland of the legendary battle ground of the Worli Revolt. Marching from the Charoti to Palghar Collectorate, a distance of 55 kilometres, day and night, for 48 hours, the sea of laal baota raised the issues of land and eviction which stands threatened by the abuse of Forest Act implementation.

KOLKATA: Born on January 19 when independence was five years young, Anjan Dutt has always walked down a road less travelled. Small wonder, he put on many hats during his more than five decade long career but never stuck to one in particular. He is a leading actor, film director, singer who also writes his own songs as also an expert on western pops. Along with Kabir Suman, Bengal’s own Body Dylan, Anjan has remained a darling to Kolkata’s youth for more than fifty years. At 73, he is unstoppable, He has come out with his memoirs also.

For the two main contenders in the coming assembly elections in West Bengal in March/ April 2026, every week is important in the present electoral battle as fresh developments take place needing for a relook at the poll strategy. The ruling Trinamool Congress led by the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the state BJP which is strategically led by the Home Minister Amit Shah are in a protracted battle in outdoing each other in perspective planning for the crucial polling days.

Greenland, long perceived as a remote expanse on the geopolitical periphery, has moved abruptly into the foreground of transatlantic tension. The island’s strategic location astride the Arctic, its military relevance, and its potential reserves of critical minerals and rare earths have converged to turn it into a test case for how security priorities, trade policy, and commodity markets are becoming increasingly intertwined. What might once have been a narrow strategic discussion within defence circles is now rippling across markets and alliances, underscoring how geopolitics is once again asserting itself as a central driver of economic outcomes.