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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.Deadlock In U.S.-Iran Peace Talks May Continue As Both Fight For Strategic Advantage
By T N Ashok The war between the United States, Israel and Iran has entered a phase where strategy is no longer defined by battlefield advances but by economic endurance, political psychology and global spillover. What began with the February 28 strikes has evolved into a multi-layered confrontation in...
India’s Affluence Story Needs A Reality Check For Corrective Action
By R. Suryamurthy There is a certain seductive neatness to the story India now tells itself about wealth. It is a story of ascent—of rising incomes, expanding aspirations, and a confident class of consumers who no longer measure success in square feet or car segments, but in experiences, access...
Contours Of May Day Have Changed With New Challenges To Labour
By Nilotpal Basu May Day, the International Workers’ Day, is celebrated on May 1, to commemorate the working class movement’s struggle for an eight-hour workday, immortalised by the conflicts from the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago. It was established by an international federation in 1889, now recognised globally to...
Tribal Polls Setback Signals Trouble For The Ruling BJP In Tripura
By Sagarneel Sinha AGARTALA: Despite being the ruling party of the northeastern state of Tripura, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has once again failed to come to power in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) with TIPRA Motha sweeping the elections, which were held recently. In the...
May Day 2026 Calls For New Challenges To Indian Working Class
By Krishna Jha As the new labour codes of the government threaten to take away many of the rights of the working masses, including that of the eight-hour working day, this May Day should act as a reminder of the struggle and strength of the workers across the world....
India-New Zealand FTA: Farmers’ Union Fears Adverse Impact
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: India and New Zealand signed FTA on April 27, 2026, which cheers the governments of both the countries, whereas the Indian farmers union is showing concerns over the pact, why so? Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in a tweet termed the FTA signing ceremony...
Lessons From 1936: Why France’s Popular Front Still Matters Today?
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: Ninety years ago, fresh from their May Day marches, the people of France went to the polls and made history. The election of May 3, 1936—the decisive second round of legislative voting—delivered a sweeping victory to the Front Populaire, the Popular Front coalition of...
UAE Break From OPEC Reshapes Gulf Oil Politics
By K Raveendran Abu Dhabi’s decision to walk away from OPEC marks more than a dispute over barrels. It signals a recalibration of Gulf power, energy strategy and security alignments at a moment when the Iran war has exposed the limits of regional consensus. For decades, the UAE operated...
Despite Clashes, West Bengal Witnessed Record Voting Also In Phase-II
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Phase-II election in West Bengal began with small clashes, on April 29 and voters were seen tense across the 142 Legislative Assembly Constituencies under polling, yet the state witnessed heavy turnout of electors since early hours of voting that reached 61.11 per cent by 1...
Fresh Incidents Of Violence Pose A Challenge To New Manipur Ministry
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: The current month has seen several incidents of ethnic violence in Manipur, after a few weeks’ respite in between, which gave rise to optimism that termination of President’s rule and restoration of a popular ministry in early February will augur well for the strife-torn...
May Day 2026 Will Be ‘Milestone Of Struggle’, Declares WFTU
By Cameron Harrison NEW YORK: As the world prepares to mark the 140th anniversary of the 1886 Chicago Haymarket Affair, including massive demonstrations and actions planned in the U.S. under the “Workers Over Billionaires” banner, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is calling on the international working class...
Technology Convergence Is Redefining Competitive Advantage Globally
By Indrani Chakraborty The next wave of competitive advantage will come not from individual breakthrough technologies but from the ability to combine and scale multiple technologies across entire operating systems, according to a World Economic Forum report released to on April 28. As artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced materials, spatial...
India’s Migrant Workers Are Paying The Price For Trump’s Iran War
By Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya The US onslaught on Iran, and the resultant closure of the Strait of Hormuz, are having a massive global impact, and the consequences for Indian migrant workers are just one example. In recent weeks, with prices soaring, businesses closing, and fuel reserves rapidly running out, many...
Bengal Poll Has Turned Into A Knock-Out Game Between Mamata And Modi-Shah Duo
By Nitya Chakraborty West Bengal is set for the second and final phase of polling on April 29 in 142 seats out of the total of 294 in the state assembly. After the holding of the first phase of polls on April 23 in 152 seats, PM Narendra Modi,...
West Bengal Is Tense Before Second Phase Of Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On the eve of the second phase of West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election to be held on April 29 the situation, has become very tense, after ECI deployed an “encounter specialist”, as described by BJP as poll observer who threatened family members of a TMC...
India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Has Some Positive Features
By R. Suryamurthy The recently concluded free trade agreement (FTA) between India and New Zealand has been celebrated with the familiar vocabulary of modern trade diplomacy—“historic,” “transformational,” “once-in-a-generation.” Such language, now almost ritualistic in trade announcements, seeks to convey inevitability and ambition in equal measure. Yet, when one turns...
23 Million Gig Workers By 2030 In India But Protection Of Rights Is A Big Issue
By Nisha Singh By 2030, India will have over 23 million gig workers. Most of them will have no formal contract, no social security and no guaranteed income. This is not a future risk. It is already the reality. India is in the middle of a structural shift in...
Why World’s Richest Film Industry Is Courting India?
By T N Ashok From Amrish Puri’s terrifying villain in Temple of Doom to Irrfan Khan’s Oscar-adjacent brilliance, Indian actors have long graced Hollywood sets. Now, with 1.4 billion potential ticket buyers and a homegrown film industry that routinely out-muscles foreign competition, Hollywood’s courtship of India has become less...
