The rupee has further depreciated vis-à-vis the dollar reaching 95.87 against the US dollar on June 15. It appears like a free fall and the weakening of the rupee by itself is nothing, but an indicator of how India’s economic health is perceived by foreign investors. The balance of payments, that is India’s transactions with the world, are composed of two accounts namely the current account and the capital account.

The present city of Guwahati is surrounded by a number of tribal belts and blocks inhabited by different tribal communities such as Rabha, Karbi, Tiwa, etc. The valuable land adjacent to the city, but under the possession of the tribal people for centuries, is now naturally an attractive proposition for different corporate houses. The BJP government in the state, committed to serve the corporate interests, has been instrumentilised by the corporate houses to grab the tribal land under different pretext, jettisoning all statutory provisions as well as issues pertinent to human rights.

In a significant judgement that has implications for freedom of the press, the Delhi High Court has vindicated Prabir Purkayastha and Newsclick. 

In a damning judgement, the High Court called the Delhi Police and Enforcement Directorate cases against Newsclick ‘mala fide’, an ‘arbitrary attack’ without ‘a whisper of any incriminating allegation’, which amounts to ‘a gross abuse of the process of law’.

For centuries Cuba was a Spanish colony. During this period of subjugation, it fought bravely against colonialism and won its independence by fiercely fighting for its rights. The US President Donald Trump desperately wants to once again rob Cuba of its freedom and rule over it as a subjugated nation. The tightening of economic sanctions since he assumed office for the second time and the indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro on May 20 are nothing short of declaration of its intention to occupy Cuba. The actual goal is to destroy socialist Cuba.

A MAJOR industrial tragedy struck the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) steel plant in Visakhapatnam on June 8 when an explosion triggered a massive fire and caused molten steel to spill inside the facility. RINL is the corporate entity of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP). Eight workers were killed and six others sustained injuries in the accident, officials said. The blast occurred at around 4.40 pm when a ladle carrying molten steel exploded, leading to the spillage of hundreds of tonne of molten metal.