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Jaishankar Highlights Rising Trade Deficit with Moscow; Points to Local Currencies, Swift FTA to Reach $100B Mark
Aug 25, 2026
MOSCOW — External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, on Monday, August 24, urged decisive and practical steps to address commercial challenges between India and Russia. He called for the prompt elimination of non-tariff barriers, the continued reinforcement of national currency payment mechanisms, and the accelerated finalization of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Eurasian Economic Union. These steps, he noted, are vital to steering bilateral trade toward the ambitious milestone of USD 100 billion by the year 2030.

Brahman and Atman: The Wave Is the Ocean
Aug 25, 2026
"If there is one place on this earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India." — Romain Rolland, French Philosopher (1886–1944)"By getting to smaller and smaller units, we do not come to fundamental units, or indivisible units, but we come to a point where division has no meaning." — Werner Heisenberg To grasp the depth of nondual philosophy, one must first resolve the common linguistic confusion surrounding the word Brahman. Several core Sanskrit terms sound remarkably similar yet represent entirely…

Centre Breaks Trust: CJP Calls Fresh Youth Rally In Capital On September 5
Aug 24, 2026
A major youth agitation is set to reignite in the national capital. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has officially declared a large-scale youth protest march scheduled for September 5, which will trace a route from India Gate straight to the New Delhi Police Headquarters. This decision comes exactly one month after the outfit suspended its nationwide student movement, directly accusing the Central government of failing to honour the solemn commitments made on July 25.

Hundreds of Auto and Taxi Drivers Face Notices in Maharashtra Over Marathi Test: What It Means for Thousands of Drivers
Aug 24, 2026
Hundreds of auto and taxi operators across Maharashtra have been served formal notices after failing a basic oral Marathi test, a move that threatens to disrupt the livelihoods of thousands of commercial drivers statewide.

The Cost of the American Dream: The Fatal Journey of Gurdeep Singh from Kapurthala to East New York
Aug 24, 2026
At the intersection of Crescent Street and Stanley Avenue in the East New York section of Brooklyn, the brick facades of the Louis Heaton Pink Houses rise abruptly against the open sky. On a late-summer Friday night, beneath the harsh glow of sodium streetlights, the twelve-year migration odyssey of Gurdeep Singh came to a violent halt on the asphalt.

The Outlier of Sarkandi: Inside the Singular Rise of a Farmer’s Son Across India’s Competitive Exam Machinery
Aug 23, 2026
On the sultry afternoon of July 27, 2026, the quiet rhythm of Sarkandi, an agrarian hamlet tucked deep within the Asothar block of Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district, was interrupted by a deafening motorcade. Motorcycles flying saffron and tricolor pennants flanked utilitarian vehicles kicking up dust across the rural link roads. Sweets were distributed by the boxful along the village thoroughfares.

Blood on the Threshold: The Targeted Slaying of Bina Rani Ray in Rural Cumilla
Aug 23, 2026
The quiet rhythm of dusk in Barkoit Dakshinpara, a village nestled within the Chandina Upazila of Cumilla district, was violently broken on Monday night, August 17. Inside Shil Bari—a modest homestead occupied by fifty-eight-year-old Bina Rani Ray and her husband, Dilip Kumar Ray—the evening had commenced with familiar devotion. Having completed her evening prayers (puja-archana), Bina Rani had settled into a chair to watch television. Her husband had momentarily stepped out of the homestead, walking down the road toward a neighborhood stall for a cup of tea.

Anatomy of a Campus Ambush: The Confinement of Nandini Roy and the Security Crisis in Rural Khulna
Aug 23, 2026
In a private medical clinic in Khulna city, an armed police detail stands guard outside a high-dependency room where tenth-grader Nandini Roy lies recovering from severe trauma. The teenage student bears distinct blade incisions across her arms and neck, physical signs of chemical exposure, and psychological shock. Beside her, her parents, Muktishwar Roy and Shimul Roy, maintain a quiet vigil, burdened by an overwhelming atmosphere of fear that has made the family hesitant to speak openly.

The Cost of Desire: Inside India’s Lethal Cycle of Aspirational Debt and Consumer Tragedy
Aug 23, 2026
On a humid Friday evening along the industrial periphery of southeast Delhi, the polluted, silt-heavy waters of the Yamuna River churned quietly beneath the Kalindi Kunj bypass. At approximately 8:30 pm, Deepak Kumar—a 30-year-old dance teacher and seasonal gardener residing in the dense informal settlement of Sanjay Colony in Okhla—climbed over the railing near Bhola Ghat and threw himself into the river.