India rejects Hague arbitration court ruling on Indus Water Treaty
India has strongly rejected the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague over two hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir saying it has never recognised the so-called framework for dispute resolution with...
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Republicans demand Mamdani deportation
Republicans are calling for the deportation of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran...
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Key Op Sindoor officer set to become new RAW chief
Senior IPS officer Parag Jain, credited with key intelligence operations during Operation Sindoor,...
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Kolkata rape case: Security guard arrested
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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.CJI’s Weighty Contribution To Constitution Versus Parliament Debate
By K Raveendran When Chief Justice B R Gavai stated the other day that the Constitution is supreme and all arms of governance come under it, it may have seemed like a routine assertion at a felicitation event in his hometown, but in India’s current political atmosphere, it was...
Trade Deal With China Is A Major Victory For Trump As U.S. Got Precious Rare Earth Minerals
By Anjan Roy TORONTO: Everyone understands the force of power and more so, China. While China has agreed to lift curbs on exports of one of the most sought out mineral currently, rare earths, to US, it is increasingly throttling similar exports to India. Trade, economic issues and geo-politics...
600 Million Jobs Needed By 2030 To Absorb Growing Global Workforce
By Dr. Gyan Pathak World celebrated Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) day on June 27, 2025. The celebrations have acquired a special significance this year since the world has a great task to create 600 million jobs needed by 2030 to absorb the growing global workforce. MSMEs employs...
Trump’s Win In Automatic Birthright Citizenship Case Is Leading To A Social Mess
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The US Supreme Court has curbed national injunctions on President Trump’s effort to end automatic birthright citizenship. The full bench of the apex court ruled 6-3 in a majority ruling that lower courts did not have the right to grant stays or injunctions...
With Stablecoin, The Era Of Private Currency Begins In Different Countries
By A K Shrivastav The time of private currency seems to have arrived. Nearly a dozen tech companies and traditional financial institutions globally have announced their intentions to launch stablecoins. While these companies have their own business ecosystem where their stablecoins can be used, they also target people in...
Iran’s Supremo Ayatollah Khamenei Challenges Trump’s Exaggerated Claims
By Sushil Kutty With Donald Trump at the helm of the United States, wars have become a joke. They finish quickly as lightning. India’s war with Pakistan lasted all of 4 days. The Iran-Israel war was over in 12 days. Gaza is a different take. But in India-Pakistan and...
Manipur Ministry-Making Before August 12 Is A Good Possibility
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: There is no let-up in ministry-making efforts on the part of BJP MLAs, who by themselves have a comfortable majority in the 60-member Manipur Assembly. Senior BJP MLAs, such as, Govindas and Biswajit are holding parleys with their supporters and other stakeholders. Speaker Satyabrata...
Indian State’s Expanding Sovereign Power Depends On Rule Of Law And Human Rights
By Swarati Sabhapandit Ever since the notion of political community has entered the lexicon of human civilisation, scholars from different walks of time and space have interpreted this phenomenon. The idea of a ‘political community’ can take various forms, depending on how power is structured between the rulers and...
India’s Diplomatic Isolation Was Firmly Evident At The SCO Meet In Qingdao In China
By Nitya Chakraborty India’s total diplomatic isolation was in show in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)’s defence ministers meet in Qingdao city in China on June 25 and 26 when a joint statement was prepared calling upon the members to jointly fight terror but there was no mention of...
Introduction Of New Norms For Voters In Bihar Signals NRC On The Cards
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election in Bihar is to be held before its Vidhan Sabha expires on November 22, 2025. All political parties are preparing for the great electoral battle. Bihar has been a very high-stake electoral battle for the PM Narendra Modi and the BJP, and this time...
India-US Trade Talks Reach Crucial Stage As U.S. Seeks Larger Access To Farm Goods Sector
By Anjan Roy TORONTO: As has been agreed earlier, a trade team of India is currently visiting the United States to work out details of the agreement on commerce between the two countries before the deadline of July 9 when the so-called reciprocal tariffs come into force. . Trump...
Democratic Party Leaders Have To Learn Right Lessons From Zohran Mamdani’s Win
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Zohran Mamdani’s spectacular success at the democratic primary for the New York mayoral election was symptomatic of the people’s frustration over the establishment, the government, which failed to deliver. This is the lesson Democratic Party has to learn to resurrect itself well before...
Indian Authorities Are Still Deporting Bengali Speaking Muslims To Bangladesh
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Bangladesh is seriously concerned over the lack of official response from Narendra Modi Government regarding the latter’s drive to deport suspected ‘illegal’ Bangladeshi settlers from Indian territory. Authorities representing the interim Bangladeshi government headed by Dr. M. Yunus, Chief Adviser, have already written to India...
Chirag Paswan Stuns Nitish By Throwing Hat In Bihar State Poll Ring
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political activity in Bihar is intensifying due to Lok Janshakti Party boss Chirag Paswan’s decision to contest the Bihar election this year, despite already being an MP and a union minister. However, this move does not seem to have gone down well with Janata...
Kanpur CMO Suspension Exposes Confrontation Within Uttar Pradesh BJP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The suspension of Kanpur CMO Hari Dutt Nemi has exposed the large scale corruption and infighting in Uttar Pradesh unit of BJP at the very high level. The open confrontation between the district magistrate of Kanpur Jitendra Bahadur Singh IAS and CMO Hari Dutt Nemi...
NATO Is Now A Global Alliance, Not The Original Bloc Of North Atlantic Nations
By Sevim Dagdelen LONDON: At the NATO summit in The Hague on June 24 and 25, heads of state and government decided on the most significant assault on the European welfare state since World War II. US President Donald Trump gives the orders, and Europe follows like lemmings. NATO...
NATO Summit At Hague Shows Once Again Europe Has Surrendered To Trump
By Nitya Chakraborty The Rambo of the global diplomacy Donald Trump joined the NATO summit at Hague on June 24-25 with a triumphant smile after organizing the ceasefire between Israel and Iran in their 12 day war and strongly imparting the signal that no one matters in the world...
State Government Finances Witnessed Deterioration In 2024-25
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Consolidated state government finances as per the data for provisional accounts witnessed deterioration in 2024-25. The consolidated Gross Fiscal Deficit (GFD) to gross state domestic product (GFD-GSDP) ratio of states rose in 2024-25 owing to a shortfall in tax revenue and lower grants from the...
