Iran commander raises prospect of war outlasting Trump
A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander has raised the prospect of Iran deliberately prolonging its war with the United States until President Donald Trump leaves office, framing a drawn-out conflict as a means of...
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Adhikari orders crackdown on derogatory Netaji posts
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has ordered police action against people posting...
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Purification rite after Kharge rally triggers Uttarakhand row
A purification ceremony at Haldwani’s Ramlila Ground after a rally addressed by Congress...
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BJP rejects Dipke claim over Delhi venue
The BJP has rejected Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke’s allegation that political...
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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.Leaderless Student Protests Pose New Challenge To National Politics
By K Raveendran Spontaneous student protests across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh are exposing a vulnerability conventional politics has been slow to recognise. Their importance lies not merely in the numbers gathering on streets or outside examination centres and government offices, but in the absence of the organisational...
Educational System In The Stranglehold Of RSS
By Krishna Jha Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is not unaware of the fact that it is education that dispels darkness and unveils knowledge. That is why when the RSS chief was to have a session with Gen Z, they knew what would be the agenda. In order to misguide the...
The Call Of Independence For A Young Nation
By Nilotpal Basu 79 years ago, we were celebrating the spring of hope. It was the best of times. Our collective mood was voiced by the first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, at the stroke of midnight – “we must redeem our pledge” to fulfil our “tryst with destiny”. Our...
Moment Of Indian Cinema’s Box-Office Reckoning Has Arrived
By T N Ashok Indian cinema entered 2026 with a paradox. The theatrical business is producing extraordinary blockbusters at one end and equally spectacular failures at the other, while a large middle class of well-made, meaningful films struggles to find an audience. The lesson from 2025 and the first...
Hormuz Deadlock Deepens Pressure On Oil Outlook
By Arjavi Indraneesh Efforts to end the U. S.-Iran conflict have stalled again, leaving the Strait of Hormuz largely closed to normal commercial traffic and deepening uncertainty over Gulf energy exports. Fresh shipping attacks and weakening forecasts for global oil consumption are adding another layer of risk to an...
Asia, Africa Paying A High Price For Iran War
By Matein Khalid The Strait of Hormuz is a maritime chokepoint for 20 percent of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas tanker traffic, but its role in the global nitrogen fertiliser trade is even more significant. More than half of all urea and ammonia produced and exported...
Parliament Is Losing The Argument To The Smartphone
By K Raveendran Another session of Parliament has closed with an uncomfortable sense of déjà vu. Repeated adjournments, slogan-shouting, demonstrations inside and outside the chambers and legislation moving through amid uproar have again raised the question of whether Parliament is performing the function for which representative democracy created it....
China’s Ice Silk Road: Why Being First Through The Arctic Matters?
By Asad Mirza Melting ice and a burning Middle East have handed China a new trade lane – and a head start. As Beijing turns the Northern Sea Route into a working shipping business, it is quietly redrawing the map of who controls global commerce, leaving India and others...
Youth Unemployment And NEET Rates Are Rising
By Gyan Pathak There is rocky road ahead for Youth to decent work. Youth unemployment and NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) rates are on the rise. The progress seen in youth employment since the COVID-19 pandemic has come to an abrupt halt. This reversal of fortunes is...
The Great Ankara Escape: How Trump Vanished Into A Catering Truck
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers By the time the cameras saw Donald Trump climbing the steps of Air Force One at Ankara, the most important part of his journey had already become a deception. The president was about to disappear — literally into a catering container — and leave Turkey...
Tukaram Mundhe – Maharashtra FDI Commissioner Who Cares Only For Rule Book
By T N Ashok The Maharashtra FDA commissioner has become the state’s most visible enforcement officer, raiding restaurants, seizing adulterated food and taking on a major pharmaceutical company. But the Bombay High Court has now delivered a warning of its own: having the power to act is one thing;...
The Ruling BJP Is Slowly Losing The Narrative Before 2029 Lok Sabha Polls
By Sagarneel Sinha After 12 years of being in power, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slowly losing the narrative. The recent student and youth protests in Jantar Mantar along with solidarity protests in different parts of the country and also in social...
Beyond Incentives: Why India’s MSMEs Need Stronger Ecosystems?
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik The protesters at Jantar Mantar, whose protest is now over for the time being, had good reason to be angry. The NEET paper leaks are one symptom; the deeper problem is youth unemployment. Young and educated Indians account for a significant share of the unemployed,...
Nepal Prime Minister’s First Outreach With Indian Envoy Is Encouraging
By Satyaki Chakraborty Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Monday August 10 started his foreign envoys outreach with a meeting with Indian ambassador Naveen Srivastava. He met later during the day, the Chinese ambassador also, but his first choice of Indian envoy signals a positive development in the area...
Islamabad Finding Itself Clueless To Deal With Continuing Agitation In PoK
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers Something unusual is happening on the other side of the Line of Control. For decades, Pakistan has presented Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as the unfinished business of Partition and India as the country responsible for denying Kashmiris their right to self-determination. Islamabad has repeatedly invoked the United...
Despite Disruptions, Parliament Monsoon Session Has Already Passed Six Important Bills
By T N Ashok The Monsoon Session of Parliament has been politically turbulent, frequently disrupted and, at times, short on the prolonged debates that legislation of consequence deserves. Yet beneath the noise, Parliament has been quietly rewriting some of the rules that govern everyday India — from competitive examinations...
Congress, Samajwadi Party To Start Dialogue For Alliance In 2027 Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Congress leadership has initiated within party discussion for an alliance with Samajwadi Party to defeat BJP and dislodge Yogi Adityanath government in 2027 assembly polls. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge convened the meeting to discuss the issue with Rahul Gandhi, AICC UP incharge Rajendra Kumar Gautam,...
Low Conviction Rate Under SC/ST Act In India Is A Matter Of Concern
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a Class 4 student was assaulted and subjected to casteist slurs by a teacher at a Government Primary School in Ukawal village, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh on...
