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.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...
Trump Is Going Too Far In India Baiting By Saying India Is A Dead Economy
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump is showing his age, 79 going on 80 and it isn’t fine showing. Of course, Trump is an “obnoxious” proper noun and Trump has called India “obnoxious”, which is how an obnoxious person will talk. If Indians are thinking Trump’s a disappointed man,...
Arrest Of Kerala Nuns In Chhattisgarh Angers Catholic Bishops Council
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s desperate attempt to woo the Christian community in Kerala suffered another setback with the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) criticising the party over the arrest in Chhattisgarh of two nuns from the State over alleged conversion and human trafficking. KCBC president...
In A Strategic Move, Kuki-Zo Council Launches Public Consultation Exercise
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Is the leadership of the Kuki-Zos, who inhabit the Hills of Manipur, trying to gauze the views of different sections of their communities as a prelude to formulating a new strategy ? Is it a quest of the Kuki-Zo top brass to see that...
PM Narendra Modi Has Skillfully Avoided The Issue Of Trump’s Claim Regarding Ceasefire
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his long reply to the discussion in Lok Sabha on Operation Sindoor on Tuesday night skillfully avoided the issue of any mediation by the U.S. President Donald Trump by stating that no world leader told India to stop Operation Sindoor. His...
Trump’s Latest Move On Russian Oil Threatens Indian Economic Stability
By K Raveendran Donald Trump’s latest manoeuvre on Russian oil purchases marks a significant departure from his usual pattern of rhetorical escalation followed by quiet retreat. In a striking flip-flop, he has advanced the deadline for action against countries continuing to import Russian oil, and done so with an...
Five Years Are Lost Under India’s National Education Policy 2020
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Under India’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the country has lost five years. There has been considerable backsliding of the level of education to the children because of ‘back focus error’ in place of ‘right focus’. Educational autonomy of the teachers and institutions has been...
U.S. Consumer Confidence Edges Up In July, But Inflation Fears Still Lurking
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The American consumers showed cautious optimism in July, as the latest data from the Conference Board indicates a slight uptick in consumer confidence. But beneath the surface of that modest gain lies an economy still weighed down by anxiety—particularly over the Trump administration’s...
There Is Immediate Need To Launch Battle Against Attacks On Dalits
By Krishna Jha We are almost living in a holocaust situation. One crime is committed against a Dalit every 18 minutes. Thirteen Dalits get murdered every week, 27 atrocities against Dalits are committed every day. According to India’s crime record bureau, some 45,935 cases are recorded each year and...
