Pakistan Conducts Missile Test Along Karachi Coastline
Pakistan has issued a navigational warning indicating a surface-to-surface missile test along its Karachi coastline within its exclusive economic zone on April 24-25. The notification, disseminated through maritime channels, delineates a designated area in the...
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Security Forces Intensify Hunt in Poonch Forests
A joint operation by the Army’s Romeo Force and the Special Operations Group...
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Attari Border Closure to Disrupt Passenger Traffic and Trade Flow
The government’s decision to close the Attari-Wagah border has raised significant concerns among...
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ED Seizes Sahara Group Land Assets Worth ₹1,500 Crore Across 16 Cities
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached land assets valued at over ₹1,500 crore...
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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.Vietnam Shows The Way Of Trade Diplomacy Amidst Global Tariffs War
By Satyaki Chakraborty Vietnam has shown how a well calibrated trade diplomacy can be conducted in the year 2025 amidst the ongoing tariff war between the two biggest economic and military powers of the world USA and China. Both countries are having best trade relations with this South East...
Vice President Dhankar And BJP Leaders Are Assaulting The Powers Of Supreme Court
By P. Sudhir BJP leaders and the Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, have launched vicious attacks on the Supreme Court. These attacks have come in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment on the Tamil Nadu Governor’s unconstitutional role in withholding bills passed by the state legislature and...
Is Pahalgam Massacre A Political Repetition Of 2019 Pulwama Incident?
By Arun Srivastava From asserting “all is well” on the floor of Lok Sabha only on March 7, the Modi government has had to order “keeping in abeyance the Indus Water Treaty of 1960”, declare the defence advisers in the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi as persona non...
Emergence Of Two Nation Theory Is One Of The Greatest Tragedies Of South Asia
By Ram Puniyani One of the greatest tragedies of South Asia has been the emergence of ‘Two Nation Theory’, which opposed the Anti Colonial Indian National movement. It was a great help to British colonialists to rule over this vast land. It led to the formation of Pakistan on...
The Waqf (Amendment) Act’s Insincere Promise To India’s Muslim Women
By Hassana Quadri The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (‘the Act’) is currently under a rigorous constitutional scrutiny before a Division Bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna in the Supreme Court. One question we have not explored enough is what this Act means for Muslim women of this country....
Xi Jinping Wins The First Round In The Battle Of Attrition Against Trump In Tariff War
By Nitya Chakraborty Chinese President Xi Jinping has won the first round in the protracted battle against Donald Trump over his declaration of tariff war against China. After waiting for long three weeks for a personal call from XI Jinping offering talks to discuss the proposed tariff hikes, Trump...
Narendra Modi Is Facing His Crucial Choice – How To Deal With Pakistan ISI?
By Sushil Kutty Pakistan on Wednesday, a day after Pak Army Chief Gen Asim Munir-inspired ‘Muslim terrorists’ shot dead Hindu Indian males ‘touristing’ in Kashmir’s scenic ‘Pahalgam’, a spot eulogized as “Kashmir’s Switzerland”, woke up to the tragedy in India and in a gesture of commiseration expressed “concern at...
India Allowing USA To Raise Its Share In Defence Imports At The Cost Of Russia
By Anjan Roy Notwithstanding dooms-day-sayers words, United States is already claiming progress in trade talks with India. A White House press briefing last night has claimed as much, as US vice President, J.D. Vance, mentioned in his addresses and interactions with Indian officials in the last two days. The...
Reasons Why Gold Is The New Diamond: A Joy Forever
By K Raveendran Gold’s surge past the $3,500 mark represents more than just another financial milestone—it is a profound reflection of global market anxieties, geopolitical tremors, and a shifting investment paradigm that places growing scepticism on the stability and credibility of traditional economic hegemonies, particularly that of the United...
May Day’s Call For Global Unity Of Working Class Is More Relevant Today
By Krishna Jha The occasion of May Day, observed on May 1 by crores of workers and young people across the globe as a day of international working-class solidarity, necessitates a reassessment of our collective objectives in the context of an escalating global crisis of capitalism. Throughout more than...
Centre’s Intriguing Silence On Posting Advisors To Manipur Governor
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Political observers, bureaucrats – retired and serving – and employees’ unions in Manipur are intrigued at the prolonged indecision on the part of the Union government on the issue of appointment of advisors to aid and assist the Governor who is in command of...
After The Passing Away Of Pope Francis, A Conservative Shift In Vatican Is Likely
By Pablo Castaño ROME: There may come a time when we look back on the last decade as an anomaly in the modern history of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis — the figurehead of these years, and a radical by the standards of the Catholic hierarchy — is gone,...
Reconciliation Path Of Uddhav Thackeray With His Cousin Raj Has Many Roadblocks
By Sushil Kutty Filmic conclusions can be happy and unhappy. This one is filmic because it began with an interview involving filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar and needs a grand opening: Will cousins Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray end estrangement and join hands against the BJP and the Shinde Sena? To...
Apart From Trade, China And Asia-Pacific Security Figured In Modi-Vance Talks
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: U.S. Vice President JD Vance held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday as New Delhi looked to avoid the 27% American tariffs, but, negotiate a bilateral trade deal with Washington and strengthen ties with the Trump administration. Modi had established a...
Trump Is In Backfoot In Tariff War, India Should Extract Maximum Benefits
By Anjan Roy The visit of the US vice president, J.D. Vance beginning Monday indicates a subtle turn in the relations between the two countries, India and US. There is a personal note in this four day visit amidst the turmoil in global trade over Trump’s tariff war.. Vance...
India In Urgent Need To Save Its Cities, People, And The Economy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is in urgent need to save its cities, people, and economy from multiple crises. Politics in classification of urban and rural areas may not save it, rather it creates mismatch between the stark reality on the ground and the proper planning and effective action...
Trump’s Policy On Tariffs Indicates He May Have A Goal, But Not A Foolproof Plan
By Arun Kumar President Trump knows what he wants from the rest of the world but it appears he may not have worked out how to achieve it. Since February 1 this year when new tariffs were announced, there have been rapid flip flops on policy. On April 2,...
RSS Gameplan In Bengal’s Murshidabad Failed To Pay Any Dividend
By Arun Srivastava RSS had worked out an inclusive strategy to arouse majoritarian communal passion in Bengal and turn the state in an ethnic violence turf, but even before the mission could be accomplished the plot got exposed. After initial incidents of violence that took place on April 11,...
