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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.Modi Govt Has To Come Clean On Tariff Concessions Dictated By President Trump
By K Raveendran President Trump’s repeated assertions that India has agreed to reduce tariffs “way down” have sparked a predictable wave of denials from New Delhi, underscoring the fraught and often opaque nature of trade negotiations between the two countries. While Trump’s tendency to make exaggerated or even unverified...
Bihar Assembly Polls: Rahul Not To Play Second Fiddle To Lalu
By Arun Srivastava As part of his pan-India vision, Rahul Gandhi has executed his ambitious programme to weed out BJP’s sleeper cells within Congress ranks and hand over the functioning of the party into the hands of the ideologically-oriented young leaders. Usually, seasoned leaders are entrusted with the task...
Pakistan Army Is In A Big Mess Over Handling The Crisis Of Hostages Taken By Baloch Liberation Forces
By Sushil Kutty Wednesday afternoon the Pak Army was planning a “full-scale operation” to free Pak Army personnel taken hostage by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in a train. This, after claiming that security forces had “rescued over 100 civilian hostages” when the reality was the BLA had already...
Archaeological Survey Of India Is Losing Its Autonomy Of Research Under BJP Govt
By Swarati Sabhapandit In India, archaeological practices and conservation are regulated by a network of bureaucratic mechanisms, legal authority, and disciplinary conventions. The primary institution at the helm of these practices is the Archaeological Survey of India. Founded in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham, the ASI’s bureaucratic framework was firmly...
In Present America, Hindutva Groups Have Aligned Fully With Trump’s MAGA Base
By Pranay Somayajula WASHINGTON DC: On the evening of January 19, 2025, the American Hindu Coalition — a pro–Donald Trump group whose stated mission is to “build a stronger America through Hindu Enlightenment Principles” — joined forces with several right-wing Latino organizations to host a joint Hindu-Latino inaugural ball...
China Ready To Face Trump’s Threats After National People’s Congress
By Nitya Chakraborty The 14th National People’s Congress of China ended its one-week-long session in Beijing on Tuesday March 11 with a clear direction given by the President and the Communist Party supremo Xi Jinping that China will take on the disruptions made in the global order by the...
U.S. Economy Will Lose More As A Result Of Trump’s Present Tariff War
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Trump’s tariff policy is making headlines once again. On 2 March, the Trump administration’s decision to impose 20% tariffs on Chinese imports and 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico came into effect. As a retaliatory measure, Canada has announced immediate 25% tariffs on...
Mahayuti Makes New Promise On Empty Poll Promises
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Finance in Maharashtra, has made a new promise on empty poll promises, that the promises will be implemented as and when funds are available. Soon after tabling of the Maharashtra’s Mahayuti government’s Budget 2025-26 on February 10,...
Muslim Personal Law Board To Stage Protests Against Waqf Amendment Bill On Thursday
By Sushil Kutty Thursday and Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, just this side of Parliament Street and a kilometre from Parliament House, which was not long ago claimed as “Waqf Property”, will see a massive protest against the Modi Government’s Waqf Board Amendment Bill, 2024, spearheaded by the All-India...
Canadian PM Designate Mark Carney Has The Toughest Task In Dealing With Trump
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Mark Carney has been elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Party in months-long, high stake race to replace the present Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Now the question that follows is twofold – can he repair the deteriorating relations between Canada and USA as the...
CPI-M Meet Endorses Blueprint For Kerala’s Future Development
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 24th State Conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) concluded with a ringing reiteration of its intent to build on the spectacular gains the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government has made during the nine years it has been in power. The...
How India’s Regulatory Crackdown Is Silencing Feminist Organisations?
By Sudarsana Kundu / Arundhati Sridhar We are at a critical juncture in the relationship between the citizen and the State in India. The concept of individuals as rights-bearing citizens has been overshadowed by the State’s authority in every sphere, effectively reshaping the very foundation of democracy. Since 2014,...
Trump’s Tariff Threats Have Made Mexican President Sheinbaum More Stronger
By Kurt Hackbarth TORONTO: Last Sunday, a rally led by President Claudia Sheinbaum filled Mexico City’s central square, the Zócalo. It was not, however, a political party event, a historical commemoration, or a state of the union address. It was a national unity rally called in the face of...
Joker Zelensky Should Return To His Old Job, Playing Piano With Penis
By Nantoo Banerjee Returning empty-handed and crestfallen from his meeting with United States President Donald Trump, popular satirical comedian turned Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky looks more like a totally confused person now. He doesn’t know whom to trust — highly peeved US President Donald Trump or the leaders of...
India Must Be Ready With Its Alternate Plan To Meet Damage To Exports Due To U.S. Tariff Hike
By Kalyani Shankar U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs on India starting April 2 has caused serious concern in New Delhi. India’s high import taxes on American goods have long been contentious, now affecting trade partners. This move is not without its consequences. It puts exports like...
Are Money Laundering Cases Linked To Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam Political?
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday. March 10 raided several premises of former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel as part of probe into a money laundering case involving his son Chaitanya Baghel, which Congress has alleged a part of BJP’s political conspiracy. Bhupesh Baghel’s...
BJP and RSS Have Revived The Hindi Imposition Issue With An Eye On 2029 Lok Sabha Polls
By Arun Srivastava Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s protest against imposition of Hindi and his assertion that the state is “ready for another language war” is not merely politics, it is rather manifestation of assertion of Tamilian sub nationality. For him the move of Modi government to impose...
Narendra Modi Has Put All His Focus On Winning Assembly Polls In Bihar By Year End
By Sushil Kutty The Bihar assembly elections are still months ahead but why waste time? The Bharatiya Janata Party is in a hurry much before the elections. And it doesn’t matter if Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to cultivate his ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ narrative, there is little evidence...
