Palestine News
Pakistan flag seen in Bangladesh rally: Social media video of anti-Israel protest starts speculation about ‘reunion’
A video of anti-Israel protests in Bangladesh features demonstrators linking Palestine, Bangladesh and Islam. Social media users reacted with various opinions, some discussing the implications of reunification between Bangladesh and Pakistan amid rising tensions.
2 min read13 Apr 2025A leadership crisis is compounding the decline of the Palestinian cause
No fresh alternative has emerged to the increasingly unpopular duopoly of Hamas and Fatah.
5 min read8 Apr 2025America’s harsh treatment of foreign students will come back to haunt it
The US risks losing its appeal among the world’s best minds if it cracks down on students for as little as expressing an opinion in a campus publication. Rumeysa Ozturk’s case is telling. She was detained and bundled off to a detention centre just for an op-ed.
3 min read7 Apr 2025How Israeli hostage families rallied Trump to their cause
Miriam Adelson and Ben Shapiro are some of the influential people who helped connect families to the president
5 min read2 Apr 2025Israel launches air strikes on Lebanon in response to cross-border rocket fire
Israel launched air strikes on Lebanon on Saturday in response to a cross border rocket fire which potentially is endangering a shaky truce, ceasefire agreement putting a stop to the year-long war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
2 min read22 Mar 2025Israel expands ground operations in Gaza, threatens to occupy parts of strip
Israel’s defense minister said he had instructed the military to seize parts of the strip if Hamas didn’t release all the hostages.
3 min read21 Mar 2025Elusive peace: India shouldn’t wade into the Ukraine quagmire
For all the White House bluster, peacemaking is difficult—as Russia’s stance on a Ukraine ceasefire and Israel’s renewed Gaza air-strikes show. India must think twice before getting involved in any way.
3 min read20 Mar 2025Israel cuts off electricity supply to Palestine’s Gaza; minister says move to come into effect ‘immediately’
Israel’s Energy Minister Eli Cohen said that he had ordered his team to stop supplying electricity to Gaza. This comes a week after the minister had blocked all aid into the war-torn Palestinian territory.
2 min read9 Mar 2025Donald Trump administration stops $400 million grant to Columbia University over pro-Palestine protests - key points
Columbia University has seen protests against Israel following the attack of Hamas on the Jewish country. A joint task force of federal agencies on Friday said that the move was the first round of action against educational institutions for not addressing antisemitism moves on campus.
1 min read8 Mar 2025Released Gaza hostages face long, wrenching recoveries
Nightmares, injuries and survivor’s guilt haunt the former captives. “My body is still tense.”
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Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared