Those Who Put India in the Fragile 5 Are Now Doubting Our GDP Numbers
The year when the world looked at India and went, “Fragile Five.” Morgan Stanley slapped that label on us along with Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey. High inflation, rupee sliding, current account deficit looking ugly, policy paralysis talk everywhere. Growth felt stuck. People genuinely worried capital would just walk out the door. It was […]
‘PM Modi warned us’: Belgium PM finally admits Europe slept on India’s China warning
Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever was in Delhi this week and he said something pretty blunt.He looked at the Indian business crowd and basically confessed that Europe had been living in a bubble. For years they watched cheap Chinese goods flood their markets — sold below cost, killing local factories, slowly making Europe dependent. […]
Abhinandan Varthaman Has Joined a Private Airline
The pilot from 2019. The one with the thick moustache who shot down a Pakistani F-16 and then spent those three days in their custody. The guy who kept saying “Sir, I am fine” even when everything was going against him. Well, he’s left the Air Force now. After more than twenty-two years, Group Captain […]
Return to Bangladesh not about power but to stand by people, says ex-PM Sheikh Hasina
In a phone interview with Hindustan Times just the other day, the former Bangladesh prime minister basically said, plain and simple: I’m coming back, and it’s not because I want the chair again. It’s because I can’t keep sitting outside while people back home are going through it. She’s been in India since August 2024, […]
As GDP Grows, PM Says “Don’t Travel Abroad Or Buy Gold, No Foreign Weddings”
India’s economy clocked 7.8 per cent growth in the April-June quarter — better than what most people expected. And right on the heels of that, Prime Minister Narendra Modi jumped on a video from Bishkek, where he’s attending the SCO Summit, and spoke straight to the camera like he was sitting across from you at […]
Anna Hazare Shifted to Mumbai ICU After Health Takes a Turn
Quiet old activist from Ralegan Siddhi who once had half the country talking about corruption? Well, he’s been shifted to hospital in Mumbai and it’s not a light thing. From what the papers and channels are saying this evening, he was first getting treated near his village. Then his condition took a dip – severe […]
After unity pitch in US, RSS chief praises India’s asylum policy in Canada: ‘Came as aggressors, but still thrive’
Just a day or two after Mohan Bhagwat stood in New York talking about unity in diversity like it was something baked into India’s bones, he lands in Toronto and keeps the same vibe going. The RSS chief is on this outreach trip, you know, part of the organisation’s big centenary push, hitting the US, […]
“Do You Feel You Are A Lord?” High Court Pulls Up Tukaram Mundhe’s Food Safety Body
The broom starts swinging a bit too wildly, and the ones getting hit start shouting. That’s roughly where Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration finds itself right now under Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. Just the other day, the Bombay High Court had some strong words for the department. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge […]
Subhash Chandra Plans a Fresh Start in Switzerland After Massive Debt Settlement
The 75-year-old founder of Zee and chairman of the Essel Group just got the National Company Law Tribunal’s nod on his personal insolvency plan. Creditors who had claimed around Rs 22,006 crore from him will get roughly Rs 6.5 crore in total. That’s about 0.03 per cent recovery — a haircut of nearly 99.97 per […]
India and China Just Agreed to Push Early on Boundary Talks – Here’s What the New 8-Point Deal Actually Means
On 25 August, Ajit Doval and Wang Yi sat across the table for the 25th Special Representatives meeting on the boundary question. Next day both countries put out the same eight-point consensus. And the part that actually stands out is this: they have agreed to push for an “early and substantial harvest” on boundary delimitation. […]
