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This news website is an effort to bring out facts to people about their society, polity and various other areas of their life to help them in taking  informed decisions and making informed choices as individuals and as citizens of a democratic country and as members of a plural society.

Besides our regular contributors who are very senior journalists, our website subscribes to two leading news agencies to bring information from remotest corners of the world for our readers.

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Founding Editor

NAZ ASGHAR

Founding Editor

GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN

Consulting Editor

NILOVA ROY CHAUDHARY

Consulting Editor

SHAKEEL AHMAD

Consulting Editor

CHANDER SHEKHAR LUTHRA

Consulting Editor

ARNAB BANNERJI

Trump vows more strikes on Iran

  Washington: US President Donald Trump said the United States would continue military action against Iran until Tehran is no longer able to threaten American forces or pursue a nuclear...

Escalating unrest in PoK leaves over 50 dead, hundreds injured in Pakistani crackdown

Islamabad: As unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) continues to escalate, more than 50 people have been killed and hundreds injured over the past four days in a brutal crackdown by...

Expert warns Western Europe warming faster than global average as wildfire risk escalates

  Barcelona:Western Europe is warming faster than many other parts of the world, fueling more frequent heatwaves and creating conditions for increasingly severe wildfires, a Spanish climate expert said. As...

Sri Lankan court sentences ex-police chief to death over 2019 Easter attacks

  Colombo: A three-judge High Court panel in Sri Lanka has sentenced former Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara to death after a majority of judges found him guilty of...

PM Modi inaugurates Bhogapuram Greenfield International Airport

  Visakhapatnam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district, near here, on Saturday. After landing at the runway of the Greenfield...

In call with Iranian FM, Jaishankar raises issue of attacks on commercial shipping and seafarers

  New Delhi:) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday held a telephonic conversation with Iran’s Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, during which he expressed India’s deep concerns at...

SEBI bars Punit Goenka, Subhash Chandra from securities markets for a year

  Mumbai: Market regulator SEBI has barred Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) and two of its top executives, Punit Goenka and Subhash Chandra, from the securities market after finding that...

POMCs cut commercial LPG cylinder prices by over Rs 200

New Delhi: State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Saturday reduced the price of 19-kg commercial LPG cylinders by over Rs 200 across major cities, providing relief to restaurants, hotels and...

Delhi riots: Tahir Hussain, four others get life imprisonment in Ankit Sharma murder case

  New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau...

Taslima Nasrin returns to Kolkata after being forced to leave 19 years ago

  Kolkata: Renowned Bangladeshi author and poet Taslima Nasrin returned to Kolkata on Friday, nearly 19 years after her departure due to the outbreak of violence in certain areas of...

Preliminary UNSC poll shows UNCTAD head front-runner in secretary-general race

  United Nations: UNCTAD head Rebecca Grynspan led the first informal Security Council poll to become the next secretary-general, while former Guyana Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett surprisingly emerged as the...

Delhi HC issues notice on Umar Khalid’s bail plea in 2020 riots conspiracy case

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Delhi Police on jailed former JNU student Umar Khalid's regular bail plea in the 2020 northeast Delhi...

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