India withdraws export ban on 100% broken rice
The world’s largest rice exporter has revoked the ban to reduce its domestic stockpile
11 March 2025, 07:11 AM
Docking, growing vegetables, and manufacturing in space
On January 16, India’s national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), conducted a successful space docking (SpaDeX) operation by bridging two satellites in space, after overcoming hiccups twice.
20 January 2025, 09:56 AM
Could the Indian foreign secretary’s visit create positive optics?
Vikram Misri's visit to Dhaka signals efforts to stabilise Bangladesh-India ties.
15 December 2024, 07:00 AM
BJP's infiltration-from-Bangladesh plank falls flat in Jharkhand
The results of the assembly election in Jharkhand, where an alliance led by regional party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, stormed back to power, have rebuffed main challenger Bharatiya Janata Party’s aggressive campaign on the polarising plank based on alleged infiltration from Bangladesh
23 November 2024, 12:36 PM
Shadow of US prosecutor’s bribery charge on Adani?
It remains to be seen how the political impact of the US prosecutors’ charges against the Adani group plays out.
21 November 2024, 11:30 AM
Will BJP’s infiltration pitch in Bengal and Assam pay off?
Infiltration from India’s border with Bangladesh has become a key component of Bharatiya Janata Party’s strategy for state assembly elections.
1 November 2024, 05:00 AM
Of human migration and citizenship in Assam
The petitioner’s claim was that granting citizenship to immigrants claiming entry before March 25, 1971, was harming Assam’s identity.
25 October 2024, 11:16 AM
Jaishankar’s Islamabad visit and the future of India-Pakistan ties
Ten years is a long time in India-Pakistan relations, which are often prone to fits and starts.
6 October 2024, 11:30 AM
International campaign to restore the ancestral homes of Ray, Ghatak and Sen underway
A movement in support of a global campaign to restore the ancestral houses of legendary film directors Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen in Bangladesh, has started.
2 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Will the new Bodo accord give peace a chance in Assam?
The signing of the tripartite peace agreement among different factions of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), the Indian government and the Assam authorities on January 28 has set the stage for an end to one of the longest-running insurgencies in the northeastern state of India.
1 February 2020, 18:00 PM
The battle over CAA to intensify
The political standoff between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and those in opposition of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is set to intensify further in the coming weeks.
22 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Mamata’s New Gambit in West Bengal
Kolkata is often described as a city of protests. Street marches against the amended citizenship law and proposed NRC almost every day for the last month have helped burnish that image of Kolkata.
16 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Border haats on focus at Indo-Bangla CEO Forum
Commerce secretaries of Bangladesh and India yesterday agreed to advance discussions on border haats and the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), a mega trade deal between the two countries, during the Bangladesh-India CEO Forum in New Delhi yesterday.
16 January 2020, 18:00 PM
India desperate to dump unwanted imported onion on Bangladesh
Bangladesh is likely to decline India’s repeated pleas to jump start onion exports as the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh currently has enough stock of it and the new variety of the tuber is expected to reach domestic market soon.
15 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Maverick Mamata and a disunited opposition camp
By deciding to boycott a meeting of about a dozen opposition parties in New Delhi, India on January 13—when they will try to firm up
11 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Stage set for battle for Delhi
The bugle has been blown for the elections to the Delhi legislative assembly with the Indian Election Commission announcing the poll schedule on January 6.
9 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Deepika Padukone visits JNU, where students were attacked
Superstar Deepika Padukone stopped by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), which has been embroiled in chaos and protests for the past few days, in order to show her solidarity with the students who were subjected to violence.
8 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Irfan hangs up his cleats
India all-rounder Irfan Pathan yesterday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket to effectively bring an end to his injury-plagued career.
4 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Tanvir Mokammel to make government-granted documentary on Bangabandhu
Ekushey Padak awardee and eminent director Tanvir Mokammel is set to make a documentary about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
2 January 2020, 18:00 PM
India stares at the New Year with high politics over CAA/NRC
It has been more than a fortnight that the pan-India protests against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are going on.
29 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Indian lifter banned for doping
An Indian woman weightlifter, who won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Championship two years ago, has been given a four-year suspension for doping on Staurday, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) said.
28 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak’s family objects to BJP’s use of his films to promote CAA
The West Bengal unit of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to use legendary director Ritwik Ghatak’s partition trilogy films, which depict the tragic consequences of largescale human displacement,
26 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Jharkhand message may resonate across India
Some years ago, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had boasted of a “Congress-mukt” Bharat. It was the result of the party’s victory in a series of assembly elections across India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power for the first time more than five years ago.
24 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Soumitra Chatterjee’s‘ Borunbabur Bondhu’ to release this January
Soumitra, winner of the Dada Saheb Phalke award, India’s highest recognition for contribution to cinema, says he turned down several acting offers in Hindi films over the years.
21 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Delving into the past for a future
India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) has finally become law with the President Ram Nath Kovind signing on it after its parliamentary passage.
16 December 2019, 18:00 PM
AGITATION: Fuel crisis likely in NE India
India’s northeastern states may be hit by a fuel crunch if the ongoing street protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act continues for another week as it has already led to the shutdown of oil refineries and producing facilities in the region, sources said.
14 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Dhawan out of WI ODIs
Opener Mayank Agawal will replace Shikhar Dhawan in India’s ODI squad for the upcoming three-match series against the West Indies as the latter is yet to recover from his knee injury, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Wednesday.
11 December 2019, 18:00 PM
BJP’s Citizenship Bill and Identity Politics
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is here again amid indications that it may pass muster in parliament this time.
9 December 2019, 18:00 PM