IPA Special
The Queer Way Of Teaching Patriotism By Two Bombay High Court Judges
By Sushil Kutty It is a matter of understanding. Some understand, some do not. Where does the Bombay High Court stand? Is protesting the Election Commission of India issuing ‘show-cause notices’ to the evicted slum-dwellers of Bhoomiheen Camp, Kalkaji, Delhi, asking them why their names should not be struck...
U.S. Intel Chief Tulsi Gabbard’s Gambit Backfires As Obama Strikes Back
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: National Intelligence Agency (NIA) director Tulsi Gabbard’s incendiary claim that former President Barack Obama committed “treason” in the 2016 election with her gunpowder plot of Russian interference that enabled Trump to win involving Hilary and Bill Clinton, has ignited a political firestorm—one that...
Resource Nationalism Has Given Impetus To India’s Economic Development
By Kunal Bose KOLKATA: Resource nationalism gives expression of a country’s ambition to use various minerals mined locally for value addition instead of sticking to the easy option of selling resources in their crudest form in the world market. Value addition to minerals leads to rises in GDP (gross...
Ninety Years Later, Talk Of Popular Front To Fight Fascism Has Started
By C.J. Atkins WASHINGTON DC: Fascism—the word is on more lips today than at any time since the 1930s. Back then, it was associated with names like Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco. Today, it’s frequently attached to figures such as Trump, Orban, or Le Pen. And just like then, debates...
European Union At Crossroads As It Faces Trump’s Wrath Over China Link
By Marc Vandepitte LONDON: On July 24, European leaders travelled to Beijing. What initially appears to be a purely diplomatic ceremony — the 50th anniversary of EU-China relations — is in fact shaping up to be a strategic meeting in a world that is fundamentally changing. Since Donald Trump’s...
Empowering Parliamentary Oversight Through The Committee System
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: In India’s democratic structure, legislatures are not merely institutions for making laws—they also serve as powerful platforms for holding the executive accountable, ensuring financial discipline, and scrutinizing administrative actions in the public interest. Legislative committees form a foundational mechanism for achieving these goals. In a...
Interim President Al-Shaara Proved He Is Still A Jihadist Commander
By Manish Rai Recently, we saw large-scale violence targeting the Syrian Druze community in Sweida province in southern Syria. Druze are a small religious minority group in Syria and are around 3.20% of the total Syrian population. As per the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) Syrian interim President...
Another Indian Origin Left Democrat Saikat Chakrabarti Is Creating Waves In U.S.
By Nitya Chakraborty The Left wing section in the Democratic Party in the United States of America led by Senator Bernie Sanders is on upswing even though the party establishment seems clueless to deal effectively with the challenge thrown by the second term President Donald Trump to the very...
Entire Opposition Accusing ECI Of Conspiring To Secure BJP’s Win In Bihar
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On the last day of submission of elector forms and documents on July 25, 2025 under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) for Electoral Roll in Bihar, six million names are set to be deleted from the voter list, while new additions will be known only after...
In India-UK Free Trade Agreement, It Is A Win Win Situation For Both Countries
By Anjan Roy Writing in the years just before the Great War of 1914, the famous British economist, John Maynard Keynes, had gloated over the fact that without moving from his bed in London he was able to order the best things from around the world, including Indian tea....
Vice President Dhankar’s Resignation Has Constitutional Ambiguity
By Satej Desale In a surprising turn of events, the Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, tendered his resignation on July 21, 2025, citing “health reasons” creating a rare mid-term vacancy in the constitutional office. The Constitution of India, 1950 (“Constitution”) provides clear guidelines for presidential vacancies. However, the...
Narendra Modi Beats Indira In PM Tenure, Can He Cross Her Father?
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday-Friday was out on a foreign sojourn, an official two-nation visit, when he surpassed Indira Gandhi as India’s second-longest serving prime minister in consecutive terms — completing 4,078 uninterrupted, successive, days in office. Indira Gandhi’s continuous tenure was never as much...
India-UK Trade Agreement Has Some Bright Features But Future Risks Remain
By R. Suryamurthy India’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the United Kingdom is being celebrated as a historic milestone in bilateral relations. On the surface, the deal offers a windfall for Indian exporters—99% of India’s goods exports will now enter the UK duty-free. But beneath the surface...
Why V S Achuthanandan Govt’s Chief Ministership Will Be Remembered For Fight Against Corruption
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: His political rivals try to play down the gains of the Government of VS Achuthanandan, who passed away on Monday, July 21. But the undeniable reality is that the tenure of VS as Chief Minister (2006-11) saw Kerala making significant gains, which earned all-round acclaim....
INDIA Bloc To Discuss All Options In Bihar Assembly Poll Including Boycott
By Rahil Nora Chopra After RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav signalled a possible boycott of the upcoming Bihar assembly elections over alleged discrepancies in the voters roll, the Congress said every option is open. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters, Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru said the INDIA bloc...
Why SCO Summit At Tianjin On August 31 Is Crucial For India-China Relations?
By Nitya Chakraborty The recent months have not been comfortable for India with its two neighbours Pakistan and India, but as regards the third most powerful neighbouring county China, th scenario has turned different. India-China ties which became bitter at the time of clashes in Galwan valley in 2020,...
India’s Electric Vehicle Future Depends On Availability Of Rare Minerals
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik There’s a blind spot in India’s electric vehicle ambitions, which sits deep inside the battery. Lithium, neodymium, dysprosium, praseodymium are rare earth elements. Laboratory processing of these rare earth materials yields permanent magnets, which have applications spanning dental, aerospace, defense, electronics, batteries, and automotive sectors....
Present Police Witchhunt Of Bengali Speaking Muslims Is A Part Of RSS Programme
By P. Sudhir For some time now, shock waves have been raging across the country. The issue at hand concerns the large number of Bengali-speaking migrant workers being labelled as Bangladeshis. The combination of being Bengali-speaking and Muslim is perceived as a “lethal” marker, almost automatically branding one as...
