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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.Supreme Court Has Muted Posh Act Of 2013 In The Very Place It Came Alive
By Ashna Siddiqui The Supreme Court on September 15 refused to extend the scope of The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (‘POSH Act, 2013’) to political parties. The decision, in my understanding, retreats from certain core tenets of how we must imagine...
India Has Been Converted Into A “Flawed Democracy” Under 11 Years Of Modi Rule
By Krishna Jha On September 15, the world observed International Day of Democracy, 2025, focusing on attainment of freedom, promoting equality and removing the hurdles that deter peoples’ participation in decision making which together constitute the core of democracy. In India, at least during the last one decade or...
Decoding Prime Minister Narendra Modi As A Political Leader On His 75th Birthday
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stepped into his 75th year on Wednesday, September 17.His birthday is being celebrated by the BJP nationally. The significance is much more as PM’s 75th birthday celebrations have coincided with the centenary programmes on the founding of the RSS in 1925.On...
Bail For UAPA Accused: Weighty Issues For Supreme Court To Ponder
By K Raveendran Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s argument before the Delhi High Court in the case concerning Umar Khalid and others points to the creeping erosion of basic constitutional protections in the criminal justice system. The High Court’s decision to reject bail to these accused in the UAPA larger...
PM Narendra Modi Will Be NDA Mascot For Bihar Polls, Not CM Nitish Kumar
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As Bihar is nearing close to the publication of final Electoral Roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) on September 30, 2025, the politics in the state is being sensationalized by the BJP on the issue of women’s pride and Muslim infiltration issues, while the...
British Royal Pageantry Is On Full Display To Woo Visiting US President Donald Trump In UK
By Anjan Roy Great Britain is bending backward as much as it can to entertain and woo the imperious US president, Donald Trump, who is currently visiting the country as a state guest at the invitation of the King Charles. The US president is being hosted at the 900...
Record Harvests, Empty Wallets: The Mirage Of India’s Farm Targets
By R. Suryamurthy India’s agriculture establishment loves big numbers. Year after year, ministers stand before cameras to announce record production targets, claiming the country’s farmers are marching toward self-sufficiency and prosperity. The latest came at the National Agriculture Conference – Rabi Abhiyan 2025, where Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh...
Supreme Court’s Interim Order On Waqf Act Is A Partial Victory For The Muslims
By Asad Mirza In a much-anticipated decision by the country’s Supreme Court on the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, the court treading on very sensitive ground, granted relief to the Muslim petitioners on three provisions of the new Act. The Muslim petitioners back-slapping each other have described it as...
Donald Trump Is In A Continuous Battle With American Print Media
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s announcement of a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times represents the latest salvo in what has become the most systematic assault on press freedom by an American president in modern history. The staggering sum—exceeding the newspaper’s entire market...
BJP Is Facing Problems In Madhya Pradesh With The Party’s One Family One Post Formula
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh BJP and the state government ruled by the party are not able to find solutions of two problems. The one problem related to implement policy of the one family. One member in party organisation. Despite party policy, in several cases it...
The Last Cowboy: Robert Redford’s Journey From Sundance To Sunset
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayer NEW YORK: Robert Redford died as he had lived for the better part of nine decades—on his own terms, in a place he loved, surrounded by those who mattered most. At 89, the golden-haired icon who once embodied America’s idealized vision of itself passed away...
Jeremy Corbyn Announces The Plan To Hold Conference Of New British Left Party
By Andrew Murray LONDON: Plans for the first conference of the new left party in Britain launched by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have been announced to the 800,000 people who have signed up as supporters. Thousands of delegates to the November gathering are to be chosen by lottery...
Europe In 2025 Is Showing All The Signs Of Pre-World War Two Eco-Political Turbulence
By Nitya Chakraborty Europe which was the main centre of two world wars in the last century is showing signals of many of the features of the politics of the continent in the pre- second world period spanning 1925 to 1939 in political and military terms. Though in term...
Cheaper Goods, Costlier Questions: The Hidden Risks Of GST 2.0
By R. Suryamurthy On September 22, India will roll out the most sweeping reform of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) since its launch eight years ago. The political packaging is clear: cheaper soaps, medicines, and small cars just in time for the festival season. The new regime collapses...
The Quarterly Trap: America’s Corporate Dance With Short-Term Gains
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The rhythmic pulse of American capitalism beats every ninety days. As earnings season approaches, corporate America enters a familiar choreography: CFOs massage spreadsheets, CEOs rehearse optimistic narratives, and employees brace for potential restructuring. This quarterly ritual, enshrined since the Securities Exchange Act of...
Suicides In Wayanad Deepen Congress Factionalism In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The recent suicides of two Congress leaders in Wayanad and the reverberations over the Rahul Mamgootathil issue have exposed the deepening factionalism in the Kerala unit of the Congress. Last week witnessed the death, allegedly by suicide, by a local Congress leader Jose Nelledam in...
Trump Suing New York Times For Defamation Seeking $15 Billion Is A Sign Of His Panic Reaction
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump has sued ‘The New York Times’, the newspaper he has been calling the “failing New York Times” for nearly 19 years and still hasn’t seen it failing. So now he has gone and sued The New York Times’ believing if it doesn’t fail...
FBI Director Kash Patel’s Political Loyalty Hit The Bureau’s Image In Kirk Assassination Case
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: FBI Director Kash Patel’s swift capture of the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination should have been an unqualified victory. Instead, his handling of the case has exposed the tensions inherent in placing a political loyalist atop the nation’s premier law enforcement...
