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.GST Growth In The Country Is A Mirage Without Hike In Domestic Demand
By R. Suryamurthy India’s July 2025 GST revenue numbers arrived dressed in confidence. A 7.5% year-on-year rise in gross collections to ₹1.95 lakh crore suggests continuity and resilience. Yet, behind the sheen of top-line growth lies a fragile and fractured economic narrative—one of sputtering domestic demand, an unsustainable reliance...
China’s AI Diplomacy In The Age Of US Unilateralism
By Dr Imran Khalid On July 26, 2025, amid the grandeur of Shanghai’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on AI Governance, China unveiled what may well become the defining moment in the transformation of global artificial intelligence – its AI Global Governance Action Plan and the bold...
Delhi Takes A Step Towards Implementation Of New Labour Codes
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Delhi government has finally taken a step towards implementation of the controversial new labour codes by publishing its Draft Code on Social Security Rules, 2025 on July 28, 2025. This is first to be framed by the Delhi Government under the Code on Social Security...
When Public Outcry Fills The Gaps Justice Leaves Behind
By Gurmehar Kaur, Divya Spandana/Ramya We did not learn it from the news. We learned it from each other. Last week, a woman who had in 2017 dared to file a case against a powerful man, posted an update on a close friend’s Instagram story. The man, who she...
Narendra Modi’s Moment Of Truth Has Arrived After Eleven Years Of Rule
By Nitya Chakraborty It is not a cliché to say that our powerful Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s moment truth has arrived after 11 years of ruling the country as the unchallenged leader. The 25 per cent tariff hike on Indian exports announced by the United States President Donald Trump...
Modi Govt’s Silence On Israeli Genocide By Starvation In Gaza Is A Big Shame
By Prakash Karat The Narendra Modi government should hang its head in shame – if it has any sense of shame left. Unfolding before the eyes of the world is the horrific and unbearable spectacle of mass starvation in Gaza, of babies and children wasting away due to malnutrition...
Trump’s Imposition Of 25 Per Cent Tariff On Indian Exports Is Linked To Ego Not Trade Strategy
By Anjan Roy India will for sure face some limited economic impact as the US President Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariff on Indian exports to USA, starts to be effective from August 1, Friday.. However, it could still be manageable eventually with a determined effort to further diversify...
China Officially Extends Support To BNP In Bangladesh As General Elections Are Nearing
By Satyaki Chakraborty China has come out officially in support of the main opposition party in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as the chief adviser of the interim government Dr. Muhammad Yunus prepares to announce the dates of the general elections shortly. Political sources say that the announcement might...
Dead Economy Remark Is Humiliating, But India Must Take Note Of It
By Dr. Gyan Pathak US President Donald Trump’s calling India a ‘dead economy’ speaks more of his frustration in extracting the level of benefit he hoped to gain from trade negotiations with India and less of the real state of Indian Economy. He clearly used the term metaphorically to...
A Large Number Of Indian Americans Worried On Retaining Jobs As Trump’s Bill Takes Effect
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Indian immigrants in the U.S.—from H-1B workers to green card applicants and undocumented families—are facing the brunt of the sweeping Trump legislation, One Big Beautiful Bill, that has no beauty for them but has set off waves of anxiety. The 900 pages long...
Denial Of Extension To UP Chief Secretary Is A Big Jolt To Yogi Adityanath
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The denial of extension to Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh IAS on July 31 exposed that all was not good between Yogi government in state and Modi government despite UP being double engine governments of BJP. It was indeed a big jolt to...
Kamala Harris Opts For National Politics By Ruling Out Running For Governorship
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: On Wednesday July 30, former Vice President Kamala Harris announced she will not run for Governor of California in 2026, effectively ending rampant speculation about a political return to her home state. Harris framed the decision as one born from “deep reflection,” declaring:...
After Trump’s 25 Per Cent Tariff On Indian Exports, There Is No Cause For Panic
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Before the August 1 deadline, the U.S. President Donald Trump decided to impose a 25% tariff on Indian exports. He also talked about an additional penalty on Indian exports, which could go up to100% as a surcharge, targeting countries that continue trading oil with Russia....
Election Commission Eroding Its Own Sanctity, And Of Aadhaar And EPIC
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The exercise of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Roll in Bihar has itself given proof that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has eroded its own sanctity, and also of Aadhaar that is being implemented in the country by an act of the Parliament...
Average Indians Now Owe More Than They Earn, Finance Ministry Data Shows
By R. Suryamurthy The Ministry of Finance’s recent responses in Parliament to two seemingly unrelated questions—on per capita income and per capita public debt—offer a revealing snapshot of India’s economic reality in mid-2025. At first glance, the numbers seem reassuring: the per capita net national income (NNI) has risen...
Stronger Than Fentanyl A New Drug Nitazenes Is Sweeping Europe
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: A new synthetic opioid menace has emerged — Nitazenes. More potent than fentanyl and a hundred times stronger than heroin, these lab-created opioids are rapidly claiming lives in the United Kingdom and quietly threatening to infiltrate the United States and India as also...
Remark Of Two Bombay High Court Judges On Gaza Genocide Is Ominous
By P Sudhir The country was stunned by the remarks of two Bombay High Court judges. Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad, in a display of self-styled wisdom, delivered an astonishing rebuke while dismissing a petition filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), which sought permission to protest...
Fight Between Mohan Bhagwat And Narendra Modi Has Ideological Nuances Also
By Arun Srivastava Exponents of rightist philosophy do not accept the fact that their organisations are also inflicted with the malaise of class conflict. They are afraid that a confession while would weaken the super-structure of the idea, it would also lose its ability to create and promote the...
