Capital on Edge as Tensions Escalate Along Border
A high alert has been declared in the national capital amid escalating hostilities along the border, prompting authorities to cancel all government employees’ leaves and evacuate key public areas, including the iconic India Gate. Security...
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India Repels Drone and Missile Barrage
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh convened an emergency meeting with Chief of Defence Staff...
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Power Struggle Erupts in Pakistan’s Military Hierarchy
Unverified reports have emerged suggesting that General Asim Munir, the Chief of Army...
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Abdullah Heads to Jammu Amid Drone Attack Fallout
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah departed for Jammu on Friday morning...
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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.Pakistan PM Has Warned Of Revenge But Can He Retaliate Through Military Action Against India?
By Nitya Chakraborty More than forty hours have passed since the missile strikes by Indian military on the nine terror camp sites in Pakistan. The situation in both New Delhi and Islamabad is witnessing the same type of preparations indicating that Pakistan is getting ready for another military confrontation...
After Strikes On Pak Terror Camps, India Has To Put More Political And Diplomatic Pressure On Islamabad
By P. Sudhir In the early hours of May 7, Indian armed forces launched a military operation called Operation Sindoor, to target about nine sites in PoK and Pakistani territories. There is a consensus across the political spectrum on the need to respond to the barbaric killings of Indian...
Substantial Growth Claim Of India’s MSME Sector Is Deceptive
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government has been in the habit of changing definitions to show sudden growth in various sectors of economy without actual growth on the ground. We have seen it in the past how change of status of certain state highways to national...
Kudos To Young Widow Himanshi Narwal For Trying To Bring Sanity In An Environment Of Hate
By Dr Arun Mitra Stricken deep in grief after the terrorist attack on the innocent tourists in Pahalgam, it was thought that whole India will stand by the aggrieved families of the deceased, particularly with the young women who have been widowed. But the way Himanshi Narwal, a young...
Modi Govt Needs To Cool Off The War Heat, Quell Rumour Mongering
By Arun Srivastava Indian Armed Forces through its ‘Operation Sindoor’ has avenged the gruesome killing of 28 innocent Indians in Pahalgam by Pakistan-based terrorists by demolishing nine terror-training camps across Pakistan past midnight in the early hours of 7 May. The terminology “Operation Sindoor” has wider and deeper connotation....
20th Century Saw An Explosion Of Indian Writings On Marx And Engels
By Pradip Baksi* The émigré communist journals arrived clandestinely into India from the beginning of the 20th century. The first communist journals from within the country also made their appearance. In all these publications, Marx and Engels appeared as the ideological ancestors of Bolshevism. Since then, the communists and...
US-China Trade Talks Starting From May 9 In Switzerland
By Nitya Chakraborty It is now official. After waiting for a few days since Donald Trump diluted the U.S. tariff rates for China and announced his intention for talks, China confirmed on Wednesday morning that a high level Chinese negotiating team will be visiting Switzerland for four days beginning...
Will Prime Minister Be Allowed To End His Confrontation With Limited Strikes In Pakistan?
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi came up with the name ‘Operation Sindoor’ that targeted terrorist hubs in Pakistan. Modi sat through the night monitoring ‘Operation Sindoor’, named for the ‘Hindu widows’ of the Pahalgam terror attack. Pakistani terrorists snuffed the ‘Sindoor’ of these women and 26 Hindu...
What Former Pm Khaleda Zia’s Return To Dhaka Mean To Bangladesh Politics?
By Satyaki Chakraborty Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and chairperson of the main political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) returned to Dhaka on Tuesday May 6 on the eve of the completion of nine months of the interim government headed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Khaleda who was ailing for...
Declaration Of Assets By Supreme Court Judges Means Nothing
By K Raveendran The gesture of Supreme Court judges declaring their assets is at best, symbolic and, at worst, a distraction from the deeper and more systemic issues that plague the system. The declaration itself does not and cannot constitute a meaningful solution to judicial corruption, especially when the...
Observing May 9 As The Day Of Victory Over Fascism Has Become More Relevant In 2025
By Krishna Jha Remembering the dehumanising stories with all their bestialities, the compelling human ethos undefeated, stands victorious over the terror. This one truth alone has the right to wear the crown of thorns as humankind moves on, evolving ever, always. May 9, 1945 was the Day when Second...
Singapore’s Wong Records Landslide Win, But Challenges Loom
By Dr Imran Khalid Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has once again proved that in times of uncertainty, the electorate prefers the comfort of continuity over the seduction of change. With 65.57% of the national vote in the May 3 general election, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has emerged...
Climate Disaster Costs Could Reach $145 Billion Globally In 2025
By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes NEW YORK: According to a new analysis by Swiss Re Institute, insured natural catastrophe losses globally could reach $145 billion this year, primarily driven by “secondary perils” such as floods, wildfires, and severe thunderstorms. This follows a five to seven percent long-term annual growth trend,...
In The Shadow Of Global Tariff War, Japanese Investors Opting For India
By Subrata Majumder India has emerged as the second most attractive destination for Japanese investors in Asia, after Singapore. It surpassed China, the most attractive place for Japanese investment in Asia for over four decades. Hitherto, India was eighth in 2020 in terms of getting investment from Japan. Latest...
UN Secretary General Calls On India To Restrain But Offers No Plan To Punish The Guilty
By Sushil Kutty India has a great friend in UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who has on a number of occasions held India back from the brink of war with arch enemy Pakistan, thus saving India from total annihilation. This time, too, Guterres has asked both India and Pakistan...
Global Fragility Remains At A Near-Record High Level And Set To Rise
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Following the shocks of the last five years, global fragility remains at a near-record high level. The diversity of fragility profiles, according to the States of Fragility 2025 report, across all contexts is striking. About 2.1 billion people, or 25 per cent of the world’s...
Pro-Trump Far Right George Simion Wins First Round In Romania’s Presidential Elections
By Satyaki Chakraborty Donald Trump got a jolt in the latest national elections in Canada and Australia, but in Europe, pro-Trump George Simion, the leader of the far right alliance AUR won in the first round of Romanian Presidential elections held on Sunday May 4 getting 40.5 per cent...
Can BJP Make Political Capital In Bihar Polls Out Of Its Nodding To Caste Census?
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Not too long ago, BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was vehemently opposed to caste census. But in a dramatic policy reversal, the dispensation led by Narendra Modi has given its nod to it. It is no coincidence that such policy reversal comes ahead of...
