Supreme Court Clarifies Sharia Court Rulings Not Legally Binding
A Muslim woman’s right to maintenance was upheld by the Supreme Court, reaffirming that rulings issued by a Sharia Court or a Court of Kazi carry no legal force under the framework of Indian law....
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Leadership Transition Looms as BJP Weighs New National President
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is increasingly viewed as a leading contender...
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Madras Court Flags Mastermind Plot in Jobs Scam
A meticulously orchestrated fabrication of merit lists in the Metropolitan Transport Corporation hiring...
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Chinese Firms Eye India Deals as US Tariffs Bite
Chinese companies are increasingly shifting focus to India, adjusting strategies to cope with...
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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.China’s Warning Against Nations Striking Trade Deals With The US Is Absurd
By Nantoo Banerjee Hit by the massive US import tariff, export-led China seems to have gone crazy as its No.1 export destination, the United States of America, has suddenly gone out of reach after US President Donald Trump’s prohibitive import tariff on China. Shockingly, China has issued a warning...
India And Pakistan Must Not Play In The Hands Of War Mongers
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, 2025 escalated the tensions in India and Pakistan to a new high, yet the war mongers have by and large failed in their intentions so far, barring only some exchange of fire on the line of control along the...
Narendra Modi Govt Is Set To Implement Uniform Civil Code Nationally This Year
By Kalyani Shankar After the controversial passage of the Waqf Bill, the Modi government plans to implement the equally or even more contentious Uniform Civil Code (UCC) passed last year. This raises the question of whether it’s the right time to push for the UCC amid ongoing protests against...
Challenges Of Suicide And Prevention Measures In India
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: Suicide has become a grave social and mental health crisis in India. The highest numbers of suicide cases are reported from states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka. The suicide rate is particularly higher in the southern states, while it is...
China With Its Overcapacity In Cement Production Looks To African Markets
By Kunal Bose The world’s two leading cement producing countries China and India had a few common negative experiences last year resulting principally from falling demand from the infrastructure sector. At all times, at what rate, highways to sea ports to airports will be built will remain a government...
US-Saudi Arabia To Ink The Biggest Arms Deal Valued At $100 Billion
By Asad Mirza Washington and Riyadh are reportedly close to a new $100 billion arms package as Trump’s Gulf trip nears. The US is poised to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package worth well over $100 billion, sources told Reuters, saying the proposal was being lined up for announcement...
Reclaiming Places Of Worship Of Muslim Community Is A Part Of Right Wing Agenda
By Irfan Engineer, Neha Dabhade, Mithila Raut A prominent and increasingly concerning form of structural violence against the Muslim community in India is the reclamation of their places of worship, with claims that these sites were originally Hindu temples or locations of significance within Hindu mythology. The contestation over...
Trump’s Whims And Opportunities For India Make A Heady Concoction
By K Raveendran U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s declaration that India could be the first to finalise a trade deal with the United States after President Trump embarked on his reckless trade war against the world signals a strategic point. The proposed agreement offers India an escape hatch from...
Is Another India-Pakistan War In Offing? — All Eyes Are On Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty “Always prepared, ever vigilant”, ‘ADGPI – Indian Army’ posted this assertion on ‘X’. Pakistan and India have declared ‘War’ and United States President Donald Trump says it’s up to India and Pakistan to deal with it, “they’re close and Kashmir has been between them for 1500...
Struggling For Jobs Or Under Fear Of Job Loss Is A Global Phenomenon
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Close to 60 per cent people have reported that they were “struggling” with a further 12 per cent described themselves “suffering”. For billions across the globe, the struggle is either for finding work, or if they have jobs, they are struggling under fear of losing...
Strategic Amnesia: How Trump’s Tariffs Dismantled U.S. Trade Credibility
By Dr Imran Khalid President Donald Trump’s erratic dance with tariffs continues to confound not just global markets but even his own team. On April 22, in a move that underscored the White House’s habitual policy incoherence, Trump declared that the “very high” tariffs on Chinese goods would soon...
Sangh Parivar Is Dominating Most Of Legislatures And Executive In The Country
By Prof G Mohan Gopal The recent trenchant villification of the Supreme Court and the judiciary by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey is in reality an attack against the Constitution and its fundamental principles and values. When the Vice President and Mr. Dubey reject judicial...
Iran-U.S. Talks For Normalising Relations Are Welcome But Major Doubts Remain
By Ben Chacko LONDON: With the conclusion of the second round of talks between the representatives of the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran and an agreement to continue the talks, it can be stated that this course has thus far been able to prevent the current tensions...
In The April 28 National Elections In Canada, NDP’s Fortunes May Dip
By Romain Chauvet NEW YORK: Since its founding in 1961, Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) has never formed a federal government. But through a mix of policy advocacy, union alliances, and grassroots organizing, it has helped shape Canada’s political landscape — pushing issues like worker’s rights, strong public services,...
Narendra Modi Has The Options To Teach Pakistan A Few Lessons Avoiding Military Strikes
By Nitya Chakraborty Three days have passed since the savage terrorist attack at Pahalgam resulting in the death of 26 people, mostly tourists. The communal tenor of the massacre shocked the Indian people. There was unequivocal demand from the people supported by all sections of the political parties that...
A Tale Of Two Suspensions Of International Treaties
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It is perhaps the worst of time. In an act of terror at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, 26 people were killed, the worst in the last 25 years since 2000. The world called it ‘An Act of Terror’. Prima facie evidence of Pakistan’s involvement...
Indian And Pakistani YouTubers Are Having A Field Day After Pahalgam Massacre
By Sushil Kutty Barack Obama once said “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” The other day an ex-Pentagon official hit out at terror-sponsor Pakistan and likened Pakistan to a pig, alluding that no amount of lipstick will make a difference to Pakistan’s image!...
Indian Students In U.S. Universities Are Facing Threats To Their Rights Under Trump 2.0
By Prabhat Patnaik International students on US campuses are at present a terrified lot: they can be abducted, sent to some detention centre hundreds of miles from where they live, kept there for any length of time, and then deported abroad. And all this can happen to them not...
