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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.Trump, Putin And Zelensky Engaged In A Bizarre Game Of Brinkmanship
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is in a head spinning dilemma as US President Donald Trump bowls him a googly the first ball and a China man the second and the predatory wicket keeper Russian President Vladimir Putin is waiting like a hawk to...
Will Modi’s Upcoming Visit To RSS Headquarters In Nagpur Mend Ties?
By Rahil Nora Chopra Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur, Maharashtra, on March 30, marking his first visit since assuming office in 2014. During his visit, Modi will lay the foundation stone for an expansion project at Madhav Netralaya Eye Institute...
Elon Musk’s AI Led Grok Has Created Furore In Indian Political Circles
By Sushil Kutty ‘Mind your language’ is out of the phrasebook. Now, it’s Mind your Grok! But wait, there’s no guarantee Grok’s gonna listen. Grok’s got a mind of its own and Grok’s not subject to the law of the land, or is it? Question is, why’s Grok suddenly...
The Politics Behind ASHA Workers’ Strike In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no denying the politics behind the ongoing ASHA workers’ strike in the Kerala Capital. The well-orchestrated misinformation campaign blitzkrieg – packed with patent falsehoods and rank misinformation – unleashed by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in...
Meeting Of Southern States CMs Convened By M K Stalin On Delimitation Is Important
By P. Sudhir As the year 2026 approaches, the issue of the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies is drawing public attention and controversy. This is the year when the freeze on the number of seats will end, and the next round of delimitation must be undertaken following the...
Farmers In India At A Turning Point With Their Protest Sites In Punjab Bulldozed
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Just after the seventh round of talks between agitating farmers representatives of Punjab and the central delegation ended inconclusively on March 19, 2025, the Punjab Police came into action, arrested hundreds of protesting farmers from various places including from the protest sites at Shambu and...
What Does Elon Musk’s Starlink Entry Into Indian Telecom Market Mean?
By Prabir Purkayastha The announcements of Musk’s SpaceX-Starlink’s tie-up with Jio Reliance (Jio is a trademark of Reliance Industries) and Bharti Airtel, the two dominant players, raise a number of questions. The two key questions are: i) Will it mean a greater monopolization in telecom services? ii) Will satellite...
Violence In Nagpur Reveals Utter Confusion Amongst Sangh Parivar Units
By Sushil Kutty The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is confused. Confusing ‘glorification’ with ‘irrelevant’ and vice versa, leaving everybody in the Sangh Parivar confused. RSS’ top spokesperson Sunil Ambekar couldn’t clearly enunciate who are the glorifiers of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb or why “glorification of Aurangzeb” is “irrelevant” to present times?...
Narendra Modi’s Meeting With RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat At Nagpur Is Crucial
By Arun Srivastava “Sangh Saranam Gachchami”. Yes, after a long eleven years’ of insolence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the RSS headquarters at Nagpur on March 30 for meeting the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and paying his obeisance. In recent months Modi has been trying to send...
Maruti Workers’ Protest Demanding ‘Equal Pay For Equal Work’ Has Big Significance
By Dr. Kingshuk Sarkar A section of the former and current workers of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (MSIL) has been agitating against the carmaker’s alleged illegal and unethical labour practices for the last five months. Rallying under the aegis of the Maruti Suzuki Struggle Committee, the workers had been...
Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Is Tense As Trump’s April 2 Deadline Approaches
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Can India follow the Chinese model with retaliatory tariffs against the US duties on Indian goods as US president Donald Trump, despite his bonhomie with Indian premier Narendra Modi, publicly declared that Indian tariffs on US products were among the highest and so...
Trump Administration Making Good Work Of Cuban Doctors Difficult In Other Countries
By W. T. Whitney Jr. NEW YORK: The U.S. government is at war with Cuban doctors working in other countries. Currently, 24,180 Cuban healthcare providers, mostly doctors, perform duties in 56 countries. On Feb. 17, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions directed at people associated with Cuba’s...
There Is Good Scope Of A Viable Left Alternative Outside Starmer’s Labour
By Andrew Murray LONDON: “The centrists in Labour are worried that an authentically left-wing rival party could emerge.”Thus the usually interesting Telegraph columnist Sherelle Jacobs, apparently channelling the apprehensions of Downing Street. Have the centrists — generous term by now — anything to be worried about? “Yes” would be...
Narendra Modi’s Latest Comments On Relations With China Mark His Maturity And Vision
By Nitya Chakraborty Narendra Modi has been heading the Indian government as the Prime Minister since 2014. He has made so far many observations about the delicate India-China relations in the last nearly eleven years, but his observations on this issue made to the American journalist cum researcher Lex...
Supreme Court Judges’ Manipur Visit Sets A New Precedent Of Great Import
By K Raveendran ‘The planned visit of a six-member team of Supreme Court judges to Manipur this weekend to provide legal and humanitarian support to the victims of the ongoing violence sets a new precedent. Coordinated by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), the visit marks a rare instance...
Sonia Gandhi’s Accusation Of Systematically Undermining MGNREGA Justified
By Dr. Gyan Pathak When Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi was accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha on March 18, 2025 of systematically undermining MGNREGA scheme, she was speaking an irrefutable truth. PM Modi, in fact, does not strengthen this...
Decoding Martyrdom Of 24 Year Old Bhagat Singh On March 23, 1931
By Krishna Jha “Revolution is the inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is the birthright of all. The labour is the real sustainer of the society. …To the altar of this revolution, we have brought our youth as incense, for no sacrifice is too great for so magnificent a cause....
U.S. Economy Hit By Recessionary Fears In 2025 As Tariff War Of Trump Impacting
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday declined to rule out the possibility of recession hitting the US economy shortly. “There are no guarantees” when it comes to a potential recession hitting the United States. “Like who would have predicted COVID?” Bessent told NBC’s...
