IPA Special
Elon Musk May Have Left DOGE But Mass Federal Layoffs To Continue
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON DC: Tech billionaire may have left DOGE, but his work was never discontinued. It got a shot in the arm as the US Supreme Court ruled that President Trump could resume mass federal layoffs for now. Musk parted company with Trump and launched a...
Xi’s BRICS No-Show: Strategic Shift Or Silent Warning?
By M A Hossain In the realm of global politics, symbolism matters almost as much as substance. President Xi Jinping of China has decided not to attend this year’s BRICS summit which will be held in Rio de Janeiro. This is the first time President Xi will not be...
The ‘Economy Of Genocide’ Report Exposes The Role Of Global Companies Behind War By Israel
By Ramzy Baroud LONDON: Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in occupied Palestine, stands as a testament to the notion of speaking truth to power. This “power” is not solely embodied by Israel or even the United States, but by an international...
Palestinians Have Been Given No Rights In Trump-Netanyahu Gaza Deal
By John Wojcik NEW YORK: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump were closer together on key issues more than ever at their White House meeting on Gaza this Monday, as the Israeli warmaker nominated the American warmaker for the Nobel Peace Prize. After the meeting, they...
Election Commission Violates Its Core Constitutional Responsibility, Acts Whimsically
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election Commission of India’s order of June 24, 2025 for conducting Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar violates its core constitutional responsibility, and is contrary to the well-defined protocol and procedure, and hence whimsical. In the note explaining the process of annual revision/updation...
Dalits And Minorities Unite To Fight Back Disenfranchisement Bid In Bihar Polls
By Arun Srivastava Exactly sixty years ago, the Dalits and proletariats of Ekwari in Bhojpur of Bihar had fought a protracted armed struggle against the political hegemony of the feudal lords and upper caste goons for exercising their right to franchise; the rights to elect their representatives. Once again...
What Is Happening At India-US Trade Deal Talks? Indians Must Know
By Sushil Kutty US President Donald Trump has been talking of a trade deal with India for quite some time. In the same breath as when he’s threatening to slap fresh tariffs on a number of countries. As many times as President Trump burps after polishing off a McDonald’s...
Elon Musk Has To Fight Hard To Make His New Party Relevant In U.S. Politics
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The United States is moving to a 3-party system as rest of the world of multiple political parties, in its 250th year of independence celebrations. US has two parties – the democrats who are called as socialists or liberals for favouring an egalitarian...
Eight Years On, The Structurally Flawed GST Has Failed To Achieve Its Goals
By Arun Kumar GST was launched on July 1, 2017 with the promise that it would transform the Indian economy. It was characterized as a second freedom since it would unify the nation. Eight years later, it is time to assess its performance. While the Prime Minister has lauded...
New Turn In Kerala Governor-Government Confrontation
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The standoff between Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar and the State Government over the display of the image of Bharat Mata carrying a saffron flag at functions attended by the former has taken a new turn with the State Cabinet urging him to ensure that only...
Guru Dutt Gave A New Dimension To Film Making By Using Music To Express Melancholy
By Tirthankar Mitra Talk of organising a retrospective of films of Guru Dutt, it will be welcomed. The audience would be all ears, at a proposal to make a show of films of Guru Dutt. And there is good reason for it as here was a man who turned...
India Needs To Raise Defence Spending Substantially
By Nantoo Banerjee It is difficult to believe that India, the world’s fourth largest economy by gross domestic product (GDP) and a major military power, ranks below even the tiny states of Kuwait and Greece when it comes to defence spending as a percentage of GDP. Considering the tricky...
Modi Govt’s Latest Claim On Equality Based On World Bank Data Is Deceptive
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On July 5, 2025, the government of India published on Press Information Bureau’s website “India’s Story on Bridging Inequality”. The story had three key takeaways – India ranks fourth globally in income equality with a Gini score of 25.5; Extreme poverty dropped to 2.3 per...
Crisis In Karnataka Congress Over Chief Ministership Still Remains
By Kalyani Shankar The Karnataka Congress is facing challenges due to a power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Many in the party predict a potential change of guard. The growing speculation about Shivakumar replacing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has created an atmosphere of uncertainty....
Joining Of Hands Of Thackeray Brothers In Maharashtra May Boost Marathi Identity
By Sushil Kutty Maharashtra is easy to roil. Wake up and get set on your mark. Sprint or marathon, hurdles or steeplechase, ‘Hindi imposition’ is readymade to start a quick-fire row! It is also political vehicle for Raj Thackeray and his cousin Uddhav Thackeray, former Chief Minister who would...
RSS Leadership Finally Leaves The Choice Of New BJP President To Narendra Modi
By Arun Srivastava Once again Narendra Modi prevailed upon the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat not to force their decision upon the BJP leadership to replace the current incumbent J P Nadda with a new chief of their choice. Though the general opinion of the delegates, prant pracharaks, which got...
Tax Structure Under New Trump Act Disfavours Salaried American People
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The commonly held belief that the middle class in the U.S. pays more taxes than wealthy millionaires on average is not absolutely incorrect if one looks at the way the tax is structured in favour of investors and against fixed income groups. The...
New Bengal BJP President’s Soft Line For Muslims Angers Party Cadres
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Samik Bhattacharya, the newly nominated President of West Bengal unit of BJP is between a rock and a hard place. Fissures threaten to turn into cracks as his maiden address as state party chief pacifying Muslims about his party’s intent towards this community sounded hollow...
