By Bhabani Shankar Nayak* The BJP-led Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Labour Party-led British Government under Sir Keir Rodney Starmer have claimed that the India–United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, also known as the India–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement, will usher in a new era of mutually beneficial partnership. The agreement, signed on 24 July 2025, was supposed to increase the mobility of capital and people, deepen social and economic ties between the two countries, remove market barriers for goods and services, and empower people and their livelihoods in both nations. Both leaders have continued to emphasize the significance of this trade relationship while addressing the Global Fintech Fest and the CEO Forum in Mumbai. However, Mr. Starmer’s two-day trade mission to Mumbai on 8–9 October 2025, followed by 10 Downing Street’s press release on 9 October 2025, reveals that “cooking fish in its own oil” aptly describes B...
By Ram Puniyani* In October 2025, advocate Rakesh Kishore hurled a shoe at Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud Gavai during court proceedings. The incident followed Justice Gavai’s remarks while dismissing a public interest litigation filed by Kishore, who had sought the restoration of the head of a Lord Vishnu idol in a Khajuraho temple . The Chief Justice reportedly commented that the matter was not a legitimate PIL but a publicity-seeking attempt, suggesting that the petitioner should approach the Archaeological Survey of India —or, humorously, “ask the deity to restore its head.”