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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.Prime Minister’s Address Was Marked By Big Confidence In Meeting Pak Nuclear Threat
By Sushil Kutty Threats to national security were at the core of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 12th Independence Day speech. He highlighted both external and internal threats to India’s national security. From Pakistan’s wayward military and from the burgeoning crowds of “illegals” from Bangladesh and Myanmar. Modi called the...
Large Corporates May Benefit More From PM’s Job Plan
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: The Union government’s employment-linked incentive schemes (ELIS), one of which is pompously christened ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana’, suffers from several deficiencies and it is open to doubt whether in the long run, ELIS can fulfill the prime objective of reducing ever increasing unemployment. This...
Opposition Leaders To Meet On August 18 To Choose Vice President Candidate
By Rahil Nora Chopra Leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) have agreed to field a candidate for the Vice-Presidential election even though the Opposition does not have the requisite numbers to win the election, The decision was taken at a dinner meeting of the bloc hosted...
In Its Centenary Year, RSS Is Wooing Hindus Of Non-BJP Political Parties
By Ram Puniyani As the RSS completes one hundred years of its founding on October 2, 2025, it has planned many programs to celebrate. One of this is a series of three lectures, to begin within Vigyan Bhavan Delhi on 26, 27 and 28 August. This will be followed...
Narendra Modi Faces His Patriotism Test On August 15 When He Addresses From Red Fort
By R. Suryamurthy When Prime Minister Narendra Modi ascends the Red Fort on August 15 to deliver his Independence Day address, the nation will be listening for the usual rhetoric of progress, resilience, and pride. This year, the subtext must be different. With a possible face-off with U.S. President...
Pak Field Marshal Asim Munir Is In Cahoots With Trump In Defaming India
By Sushil Kutty AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said the other day “Mere paas Brahmos hai”. It was meant for Pakistan’s “jihad general”, Field Marshal Asim Munir, United States’ President Donald Trump’s best general on the planet. Trump and Munir don’t go that far, their lifetime acquaintance limited to a...
On 79th Independence Day, We Must Resolve To Protect Democracy, Secular Values
By P. Sudhir Today, as we observe our seventy-ninth Independence Day, it is extremely useful to revisit the proceedings of our Constituent Assembly. The Assembly was comprised primarily of Indian freedom fighters who were deeply in grips with our history, social realities, cultural traditions, and, of course, the broader...
India’s $200 Billion EV Opportunity Tarnished By Numerous Hindrances
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India had a dream to unlock a $200 billion opportunity in transitioning to Electric Vehicle (EV), but trailing far behind the target, chiefly due to policy paralysis and lack of financing. There have been many other challenges too that remained unaddressed. Even though the recently...
Time For Narendra Modi Govt To Fight Trump On Tariff Issue To Protect Our National Interests
By Krishna Jha The Slogan of “Quit India Movement”, initiated on August 8, 1942, has been acquiring an added significance on its eighty-first anniversary. It was a slogan against the British rulers that had ruled over India for more than a century, and when they decided to leave, the...
Trump Is Launching A Hostile Takeover Of Puerto Rico, The Island State
By Alberto C. Medina WASHINGTON: On Monday, August 4, President Donald Trump dismissed five of the seven members of the Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB), the entity that, for all intents and purposes, governs Puerto Rico. The move likely signals the start of a Trumpian takeover...
Why Narendra Modi Can’t Compromise On Market Access To Us On Agri, Dairy?
By Nitya Chakraborty The India-US trade war over Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariff on Indian exports to the USA with effect from August 27 this year has assumed a major political dimension linking the political future of both Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the United States President...
True To His Self, Trump Beats Retreat From ‘Confusion’ Tariff On Gold
By K Raveendran President Donald Trump’s latest policy reversal has once again demonstrated the peculiar mixture of impulsiveness and calculated disruption that has become the hallmark of his economic interventions. Having first announced a 39 percent tariff on imported gold, the President has now abruptly dropped the plan, dismissing...
Ordinary Americans Are Aghast At Trump’s Increasingly Totalitarian Moves
By Anjan Roy TORONTO: America under Donald Trump has moved, to use a sub-continental simile, towards an alternative reality of a Pakistan and further away from India. The Washington streets might look familiar to any war zone than a western capital of diverse views. No wonder, that United States...
RSS Supremo Mohan Bhagwat To Stay In Office After Attaining 75 Years
By Arun Srivastava RSS Supremo Mohan Bhagwat is not stepping down from his position on September 11 this year when he reaches 75 years. This decision of Bhagwat has come as a big relief to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who attains 75 years on September 17 this year-...
Community Dogs Need More Compassion And Less Cruelty
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai’s assurance of giving a relook at the ban order passed on “Community Dogs” on Monday, August 11, 2025 by a Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan has given a cause to be...
Bangladesh Becomes American Deep State’s Newest Victim
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury In 2003, Washington justified its invasion of Iraq by claiming Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction and ties to Al Qaeda. These allegations -later proven false – enabled the toppling of Iraq’s leadership, replacing it with an externally controlled regime of opportunists and...
Narendra Modi Govt Works Out Emergency Action Plan To Assist Most-Hit Exporters
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayer When the U.S. President Donald Trump slapped heavy tariffs on a range of Indian goods this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded almost immediately with quiet contingency planning: supply a targeted, limited financial backstop to exporters and small manufacturers whose cash flows are being squeezed...
Enforcement Of Competition Law In India Is Having Little Impact On Industry
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Competition Commission of India imposed a penalty of Rs. 20,350.46 crore as of April 30, 2025, but could realize only Rs. 1,823.57 crore. A massive amount of Rs. 18,512.28 crore has been either stayed or dismissed by appellate courts. Obviously, the enforcement of the competition...
