Opinion
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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.Need For Strong Peace Movement To Harness Nuclear Weapons Abolition
By Dr Arun Mitra Everyone by now knows the dreadful effects of the atomic bombs used by the US on human population at Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August 1945 respectively. Testimonies by the survivors, the Hibakusha and the reports by the Red Cross speak effectively of...
From ‘Howdy Modi’ To 50 Per Cent Tariffs On Indian Exports: The End Of An Illusion
By R. Suryamurthy Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declaration that he is willing to “pay a heavy price” to stand by Indian farmers in the face of escalating U.S. trade tariffs has captured headlines—but not necessarily for the right reasons. It is a speech crafted more for the political stage...
Trump’s 50% Tariff Gives A Big Jolt To The India-US Trade Target Of $530 Billion By 2030
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Indo-U.S. trade tensions escalated to a flashpoint, on Wednesday as U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on a defiant India with 50% tariffs on Indian imports, raising it from 25%, citing its continued purchases of Russian oil as a blatant violation of Washington’s...
Trump’s Imposition Of Highest Tariffs On India Is Now A Real Threat To Economy
By Anjan Roy TORONTO: US president, Donald Trump, has implemented his threatened additional tariffs on Indian exports of 25 per cent on August 6. This tariff will be loaded on the earlier “reciprocal tariffs” of 25%, taking the overall tariff to 50% in just 21 days from now. With...
ECI’s Latest Blitz Of Advertisement On SIR Is A Big Example Of Hypocrisy
By P Sudhir The latest blitz of advertisements by the Election Commission (EC) is a textbook example of hypocrisy. In order to establish that Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls is inclusive, the text of the advertisement claims that it is...
Low Quality Of Rural Roads Under PMGSY Remains A Worrying Issue
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The rural roads being constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) are found to be of low quality, their maintenance is poor, and their linkage to actual villages are unsatisfactory, finds the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. In its...
Divided Ruling Bolivian Left Facing Tough Fight In August 17 Presidential Polls
By Satyaki Chakraborty Bolivia, a small nation of 7.9 million voters in Latin America is going to the Presidential elections on August 17 this year with the ruling left wing Movement for Socialism(MAS) vertically split giving a big opportunity to the right wing opposition forces to defeat the ruling...
On 80th Anniversary Of Hiroshima, New Questions Arise About ‘The Bomb’
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON DC: On the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Atomic Age, with the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on August . 6, 1945, new questions are arising about the U.S. government’s decision to initiate that fatal blast and the following...
Decoding US Bombing Of Hiroshima On August 6, 1945 After 80 Years
By Ben Chacko LONDON: At first impression, Hiroshima is a busy, hyper-clean and efficient city with a backdrop of hills and a river running through the centre. A short walk from the station, where a very impressive super fast train from Tokyo pulls up exactly on time, will tell...
Bangladesh To Witness A Fierce Battle Between BNP And NCP In General Elections In February 26
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh is finally going for national elections in February 2026 ending all speculations in the political circles in Dhaka in the last one year since the abdication of the earlier Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power on August 5, 2024. Chief Adviser of the interim government...
Scope For A Middle Path In Trump’s Russian Oil-Linked Tariff Threat Against India
By K Raveendran The escalating tension between the United States and India over the import of Russian oil has the potential to reshape not just India’s economic stability but also the global oil market. India, the world’s third-largest importer of crude oil has refused to toe the American line...
India’s IT Industry Showing Signs Of Tough Days Ahead
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Announcement by Tata Consultancy Service (TCS), India’s largest private sector employer employing about 600,000, to lay off its 12,000 employees, has instilled a grave insecurity feeling not only among the workers, but has also raised serious concern in the entire IT sector. TATA is known...
Trump’s Policies Are Uniting The Indian Citizens Against U.S. Government
By Sushil Kutty There was a time when lots of Indians got along with the thought of Donald Trump, who came down the elevator and became President of the United States in 2016. Year 2020 and a second term went begging because Trump burned bridges and set himself up...
Trump, Tariffs, And The Tightrope Of U.S.-India Relations
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: In a dramatic shift that threatens to upend years of growing U.S.-India strategic convergence, President Donald Trump has announced a substantial tariff escalation against Indian exports, targeting what he calls “India’s defiance” in continuing to buy Russian oil. The proposed increase—raising already-high tariffs...
TMC Second In Command Abhishek Banerjee Charts Out Booth Level Strategy For 2026 Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: New brooms sweep clean. And after being made the leader of All India Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha, Abhishek Banerjee has turned his sights on the polling booths of West Bengal for a triumphant result in 2026 Assembly elections in the state. Mamata Banerjee-led...
Trump Plan To End Free Elections In 2026 Midterm And 2028 Presidential Revealed
By Mark Gruenberg NEW YORK—The Trump administration and its radical right foot-soldiers in the federal government and in the states are undertaking a comprehensive scheme to undermine future state and federal elections, in effect rigging the rolls to keep themselves in power no matter what the voters decide. So...
Supreme Court Bench Comment On Rahul Gandhi Is A Sort Of Judicial Overreach
By Dr. Gyan Pathak A citizen’s right to criticise the government is protected under the Constitution of India. Nevertheless, a Bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Mahish questioned the patriotism of India’s leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi on August 4,...
NCERT Is Distorting The Class VIII History Books To Suit RSS Agenda
By Krishna Jha The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been aggressively pursuing the task of distorting our past. It is trying to rewrite it according to its subjective interpretations which amount to primacy of bias against the fact. Times are with them and distortion goes...
