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Job Apocalypse Looms: 32K ADP Losses, 1.17M Layoffs Crush US Market, Fed Rate Slash Imminent

New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- In a stark signal that America's labor engine is sputtering, private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November, marking the third decline in four months and fueling urgent calls for ... Read More


India at the WTO: Strategic caution or self-inflicted isolation?

India, Dec. 7 -- Global trade governance is undergoing its most profound transition in three decades. Technology, climate policy, and geopolitics are reshaping commerce faster than institutions can co... Read More


For multilateral firms, architecture for meaningful reform exists

India, Dec. 7 -- The world's multilateral institutions - conceived in the ashes of global war and built to safeguard peace, prosperity, and stability - are struggling under the weight of 21st century ... Read More


UN Urges Kabul to Lift Ban on Women Working in Afghanistan Offices

Afghanistan, Dec. 7 -- The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan's women must be allowed to work in UN offices immediately, as restrictions have now lasted three months. The United Nations has c... Read More


LEGAL AID: TURN PROMISE TO PRACTICE

India, Dec. 7 -- Justice in India is often reduced to a privilege availabile omly to those who can afford it. For millions - undertrials, migrant labourers, women escaping violence, children in confli... Read More


Trump can use force "as he sees fit", Hegseth says on alleged cartel boat strikes

Washington, Dec. 7 -- US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday defended recent military strikes on boats linked to alleged drug cartels, saying President Donald Trump has the authority to take act... Read More


Inside 'Blue Futures', the exhibition where the colour indigo comes alive

New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- A large vat of indigo forms the (literal) beating heart of Blue Futures: Reimagining Indigo, the exhibition currently underway at Hampi Art Labs in Karnataka. "That vat, which we ... Read More


'Why Trump's Birthday?' Outrage as National Park Service drops MLK Day, Juneteenth from free-entry list

New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- The National Park Service's updated 2026 "patriotic fee-free days" list has ignited a storm online after it removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from its free-admissi... Read More


US Consumer Spending Hits the Brakes: Inflation Stubbornly Clings Above Fed Target

New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- WASHINGTON - American consumers, the unyielding engine of the world's largest economy, showed unmistakable signs of fatigue in September, with spending rising a tepid 0.3 percent ... Read More


Wall Street Teeters on Record Highs as Fed Rate Cut Hopes Clash with Sour Jobs Signals

New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- In the shadow of a looming Federal Reserve decision, Wall Street closed Thursday with a tentative grip on record highs, as mixed economic signals fueled a day of choppy trading an... Read More