Iran’s ‘Full‑Force’ Retaliation Warning Stokes World War Fears
Iran has announced it will respond with “full‑force” against Israel after unprecedented Israeli airstrikes struck over 100 Iranian nuclear, ballistic missile, air defence and military leadership targets on 12–13 June 2025. The assault resulted in...
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Shoot at sight order in Dhubri against temple attacks
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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.All Eyes On What Iran Does To Oil Traffic Through Strait Of Hormuz
By K Raveendran Israel’s strike against Iran has reignited a familiar tension in global energy markets, sending oil prices climbing into the mid-$70 per barrel range. The impact is not just visible in the numbers, but in the broader nervousness sweeping across energy trading floors and geopolitical circles alike....
Global Intervention Is Urgently Needed To Stop Israeli War Against Iran
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Israel’s illegal and unprovoked bombing of Iran, killing military leaders, scientists and numerous other civilians, puts us on the brink of catastrophic conflict. An attack on this scale would be treated as an act of war by any country. Nor is the Israeli strike a...
High Stakes Of Latest Agreement Between United States And China
By Dr Imran Khalid “We made a great deal with China. We’re very happy with it.” So declared President Donald Trump in his familiar tone of triumphant ambiguity on June 11, fresh off what was touted as a breakthrough agreement to restore a trade truce between the United States...
Trump’s Standing As A President Dips Overseas But Rises Among His MAGA Support Base
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United States, has virtually shaken the world with his aggressive domestic and foreign policies – anti immigration involving massive deportation of so-called aliens spending at least $100 billions of taxpayers’ money, it will cost $750 billion before...
Donald Trump Is Delivering An Iran War No One Wants In America
By Branko Marcetic NEW YORK: There are moments in a presidency of no turning back, decisions made and actions taken that are so consequential and far-reaching, they mark a fundamental turning point. George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, for example, poisoned Bush’s presidency and reshaped the Middle East for...
Death Of Two Air India Crew Members Of Manipur Has Imparted A Sense Of Solidarity
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: It goes without saying that the messages of the two Manipur organizations condoling the death of two crew members from the state in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, Thursday afternoon, is of immense sentimental value. But, in Manipur’s context,...
INDIA Bloc Parties Start Preparatory Work For Seat Sharing Talks In Bihar Polls
By Arun Srivastava Amidst the speculation making round the political circle that NDA leadership has nearly reached a consensus in the matter of seat sharing for the 2025 assembly election in Bihar by year end, comes the news that the coordination committee of Bihar unit of INDIA block has...
International Convention On Decent Work In Platform Economy Deferred
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Yet to be fully implemented resolution “the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204)” adopted by the International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) even after 10 years of its adoption, gets another resolution in its support...
India Abstaining During Voting On UN Resolution For Ceasefire In Gaza Is The Lowest Point Of Diplomacy
By Nitya Chakraborty On Thursday June 12, Indian diplomacy under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached its lowest ebb when India abstained in the United Nations General Assembly from a vote on a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The 193 member UN general assembly...
U.S.-China Trade Deal May Adversely Affect India’s Ambitious Manufacturing Plans
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump went to town with his announcement that his Art of the Deal with China on trade and tariffs was a Done Deal even as China chose to downplay it as the negotiations finalised at a uniform tariff of 55%...
Israel’s Attack On Iranian Military Targets Has Potential For Full Scale War In West Asia
By Asad Mirza Israel’s attacks on Iran could lead to a catastrophic potential full-scale war, further destabilising an already volatile Middle East, with serious implications for global security. Such a conflict could disrupt global oil supplies, involve international powers, and deepen regional instability. Israel’s June 13 airstrikes on Iranian...
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Is Beleaguered Pakistan’s Hope For Cornering India
By Sushil Kutty Pakistan’s foreign minister for a short while Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is emerging as the top diplomat of South Asia. This is the view in the western world just getting to know that Pakistan is peacenik and India is warmonger, led by foreign minister S Jaishankar, who, according...
Indian Policy Makers Have To Look Now At The U.S. Designs In Indian Subcontinent
By Dr. Ram Puniyani The Pahalgam attack on tourists led to a chain reaction leading the attack on bases of terrorist violence in Pakistan. As a ceasefire has been in place; it is time to think about dealing with this cancerous phenomenon in society. Surely the phenomenon of terror...
Congress Party Workers In Uttar Pradesh Upbeat About Early Revival
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: For the first time in so many years, Congress Party appears to be in revival mode to take on BJP in 2027 assembly elections. In Uttar Pradesh.. Congress Party is seriously implementing the agenda through Sangathan Srijan programs all over the state to set up...
Columbia’s Left Wing President Announces Referendum In Support Of His Labour Reforms
By Satyaki Chakraborty The South American nation Columbia is in political turmoil as the left wing President Gustavo Petro went to the people of the country with his proposal for labour reforms through referendum after the Senate rejected his proposal. The Senate is dominated by the anti-Left parties. Petro...
NDA Seat Sharing Talks For Bihar Polls To Be Concluded By August End
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the high-stakes battle for Bihar inching closer, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had taken up the decision to fight the upcoming assembly elections with Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial face and is expected to finalise its seat-sharing formula soon as major allies...
Dialogue, Dialogue And Only Dialogue Can Teach Pakistan Right Lessons
By Nitya Chakraborty More than a month after the pause of India’s Operation Sindoor on May 10 at 5 PM, time has come to state it in candid terms that our Prime Minister’s doctrine of New Normal in respect of relations with Pakistan has failed to convince the major...
For 800 Million Indians Struggling With Basic Nutrition, Healthcare, GDP Rankings Are Irrelevant
By P. Sudhir The CEO of NITI Aayog has asserted that India has emerged as the fourth-largest economy. He was at least truthful enough to concede that this was based on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) projections for 2025-26 in its World Economic Outlook. Through further elaborations, we precisely...
