Trilateral Clash Transforms West Asia’s Strategic Landscape
A direct military confrontation involving Iran, Israel and the United States has unequivocally escalated, signalling a pivotal shift in West Asia’s long-enduring shadow war. Precision airstrikes by Israel, followed by coordinated U.S. raids on key...
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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.The Western Nations Are Concerned About A Shia Nuke
By Nantoo Banerjee It may be wrong to believe that Israel and the United States of America are the only two countries strongly against Iran’s bid to become a nuclear-armed country. The entire world is concerned about nuclear proliferation and nuclear smuggling and its falling into the wrong hands....
Bypoll Results Give Boost To INDIA Bloc Parties, More Worry For The BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The results of the byelections held in five Assembly seats across the four states indicate that BJP has reasons to be worried, at a time when the party is in desperate need of strengthening itself. These four states where byelections were held are – Gujarat,...
U.S. President Donald Trump Is Favouring Pakistan Again Ignoring Indian View
By Kalyani Shankar There is an ongoing discussion regarding the involvement of the United States in facilitating the ceasefire between India and Pakistan that took place on May 10 at 5 PM after four days of limited missile war. US President Donald Trump has claimed, “I stopped the war,”...
Trump Says That The Nobel Peace Prize Is Not For Him Since It Is Only For Liberals
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump botched up. He had Pakistan by the scruff of its neck and Pakistan recommended his name for the Nobel Peace Prize 2026. Pakistan, the land of wisdom and Islamic valour. But Trump turned against himself and screwed up – he went to war...
Emmanuel Macron’s Bid To Divide The Left In France Is Paying Off
By Harrison Stetler PARIS: Monday, June 9, marked one year since Emmanuel Macron’s surprise move to call snap elections to the National Assembly. It was a perilous move for the second-term president — ending four weeks later with a hung parliament in which his own camp was reduced to...
“Integral Humanism” Is Being Projected As A Ploy To Undermine Religious Freedom
By Dr. Ram Puniyani During the last four decades India has witnessed the rising intimidation and targeting of religious minorities. After the demolition of Babri mosque the country witnessed unprecedented violence in Mumbai leading to the loss of nearly one thousand lives. In 1999 the most horrific act of...
Well-Curated Myth Of Modi’s Friendship With Trump Explodes Like A Cluster Bomb
By K Raveendran Last week shattered any lingering illusions about the supposedly robust camaraderie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former U.S. President Donald Trump—a relationship that had been paraded for years as emblematic of India’s rise on the global stage. The myth of a strategic friendship, carefully choreographed...
Start-Up India Projects Hit By Funding Slowdown In Recent Years
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though India has emerged as an important start-up hub of the world, its ecosystem density is below potential, and is now facing a funding slowdown compared to other global hubs that became sharper in 2023. Funding slowed down by 65 per cent for the country...
ED Enjoying Political Patronage Treats Itself As Above Law And Bar
By Arun Srivastava The Enforcement Directorate ultimately has to for the time being abandon its nefarious conspiracy to resort to character assassination of the two senior advocates of the Supreme Court Pratap Venugopal and Arvind Datar, with the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) writing to the Chief...
Latest Upsurge In Military Expenditure All Over The World Is An Ominous Sign
By Prabhat Patnaik There is an upsurge in military expenditure all over the world which is spearheaded by the upsurge in Europe. Of course there are different estimates of military expenditure, depending on what one includes under this heading. We shall, in what follows, take the estimates of the...
Trump’s Unilateral Tariff Rates Have Put Hold Many Investment Projects
By Kunal Bose Leading economist and professor emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University Prabhat Patnaik has likened the weaponization of tariffs by the US President Donald Trump to beggar-thy-neighbour policy for naked aggrandisement of his country’s business and commerce. Rarely used by major countries, the policy is tantamount to building...
China-Russia Joint Intervention Delays Trump’s Decision To Join War Against Iran
By Nitya Chakraborty The Israel-Iran war which entered its eighth day on Friday June 20 witnessed some major developments in the last 24 hours frustrating Tel Aviv’s desperate bid to speedily finish off its task of destroying Iran, especially Teheran. Chinese President Xi Jinping talked to Russian President Vladimir...
Israel-Iran War Will Have No Major Impact On Indian Economy In Short Term
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Tensions between Iran and Israel have long simmered beneath the surface of Middle Eastern geopolitics, but recent escalations have reignited fears of a broader regional war. At the heart of the economic fallout is the energy market. Iran, a major oil producer and a member...
The Big Mystery Around Trump’s Luncheon Meeting With Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The Talk of the Town. Much chest thumping in Pakistan. Lots of analysis and hypotheses in Indian publications. The subject matter is of course the much-hyped Trump’s invite to Field Marshal Asim Munir, who is licking his wounds after the operation Sindoor, (GOK...
Unemployment Rate Among Youth Rose Sharply To 15 Per Cent In May 2025
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin for May 2025 has revealed that unemployment rate among youth (age group 15-29 years) rose sharply to 15 per cent from 13.8 per cent a month ago in April. Youth unemployment rate in urban areas of the...
Bangladesh Angry With Delhi For Pushing “Immigrants” Through Border Without Formalities
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: The Muhammad. Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh may take a firm stand against Indian government for ‘pushing in’ hundreds of people without citizenship or other identity, into Bangladeshi territory : Dhaka’s recent letter to India on this issue, urging upon Delhi to follow standard operating...
Sharad Pawar Is Categorical About No Alliance With Ajit Pawar In Any Poll
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political arena of Maharashtra witnessed a twisting development as Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar will fight against each other again, this time in the Malegaon co-operative sugar mill elections in Bamarati. Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, as head of the Nilkanteshwar...
As War Drums Beat Louder, The Ghosts Of Iraq War Haunt Keir Starmer
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The spectre of the Iraq war is hanging heavy over Keir Starmer today. The Prime Minister opposed that act of criminal aggression at the time, at least in part because he knew that Tony Blair was acting in flagrant violation of international law in invading...
