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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.Banning Of Web Series Lawrence Of Punjab Is A Welcome Decision Now
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police, on April 24, 2026 afternoon, heaved a sigh of relief, when it received the information of banning the Web Series- “Lawrence of Punjab”, by the centre. DGP Punjab Police on his X@DGPPunjabPolice wrote, “Punjab Police is committed to maintaining peace, public order,...
Ruling Left Coalition Nominee Ivan Cepeda Is Front Runner In Colombia Presidential Polls
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. NEW YORK: Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first and only left-leaning president, leaves office soon. First round voting on his replacement takes place on May 31, and Iván Cepeda, standard bearer of Petro’s Historic Pact party, leads in opinion polls. Cepeda and his vice-presidential running mate...
Pope Leo XIV’s Strong Criticism Of Iran War By Trump Sure To Impact November Midterm
By Kevin Gallagher NEW Y0RK: “Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood.” As thousands of believers filled St Peter’s Square in the Vatican for the rites of Palm Sunday this year, Pope Leo XIV chose to include in his homily...
Narendra Modi And Amit Shah’s Vicious Attacks On Mamata Catapult Her To National Stage
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As the first phase of election in West Bengal in underway on April 23, the electoral battle for the second phase of election to be held on April 29 has now become a rare spectacle in which Bengal Tigress Mamata Banerjee is seen fighting back...
The Quiet Hollowing Of India’s State Assemblies Before The 2026 Polls
By R. Suryamurthy If elections are the theatre of democracy, legislatures are meant to be its workshop—the place where power is questioned, policy is tested, and governments are forced to explain themselves. Yet, as several states head into high-stakes assembly elections in 2026, that workshop looks increasingly deserted. The...
BJP’s Electoral Discourse Hateful And Devoid Of Accountability
By Nilotpal Basu The assembly elections in the five states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry are extremely important. But the context and the objective which the BJP is trying to pursue is unique in many ways. For the neo-fascist characteristics it has come to assume,...
Women’s Reservation: A New Colour To The Old Deception Of The RSS–BJP
By Mahesh Kumar Rathi The question of women’s reservation is not merely a legislative issue before Indian democracy; it is also a decisive question that shapes the direction of power, ideology, and social justice. However, the manner in which the Bharatiya Janata Party has presented this issue transforms it...
Oil Refusal To Hit $100 Reveals Confidence Against Supply Disruption
By K Raveendran Oil’s refusal to break decisively towards $100 a barrel, despite a tense geopolitical backdrop and repeated threats tied to the Strait of Hormuz, says something important about how markets are reading the balance between rhetoric and reality. At one level, the price action looks counterintuitive. A...
Pakistan’s Peacemaker Moment, A Challenge To India’s Global Leadership
By Asad Mirza Pakistan’s emergence as a diplomatic intermediary between the United States and Iran has introduced an unexpected variable into South Asia’s strategic equation. For a country more often associated in global discourse with internal instability and regional tensions, Islamabad’s role — whether seen as substantive mediation or...
BJP’s Chanakya Amit Shah Masterminding Poll Preparations In Bengal Sitting From His Hotel
By Arun Srivastava While a popular movement against the mass deletion of voter names with the slogan “Apnar vote, jader naam kata gache tader janya” ( your vote for those whose names have been deleted) launched at the call of Mamata Banerjee to “take revenge” through the ballot, has...
Bhabanipur To Write The Fate Of Mamata Who Suspects Rigging By BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Focus of the West Bengal assembly election has now shifted to Bhabanipur, the home constituency of the Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee who is contesting from there. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister of Home Amit Shah have been telling her “good...
Rising Fuel Costs, Debt Pressures Deepen Bangladesh Security Concerns
By Tajul Islam Over the past several weeks, Bangladesh has been facing a growing wave of economic pressure marked by rising fuel prices, increasing LPG costs, mounting public debt obligations, and concerns over weakening investment and employment conditions. Taken together, these developments are creating a complex and interconnected set...
The War In Iran Has Triggered A Helium Crisis Globally
By Freddy Brewster NEW YORK: A crucial resource is being choked off from the world amid the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran — and it’s not oil. It’s helium. The rare, non-renewable gas is a key ingredient for more than just party balloons. It’s needed for...
India’s Regional Titans Facing Seize From The Rulers Of The North
By T N Ashok India’s electoral map is not a monolith; it is a collection of distinct, often defiant political idioms. As Tamil Nadu enters its final hours of campaigning and West Bengal readies for a high-stakes, multi-phase marathon, the subtext is singular and urgent: the traditional regional bastions...
BJP’s Strategy To Disrupt TMC’s Political Campaign May Boomerang
By Dr. Gyan Pathak PM Narendra Modi led Central government and Election Commission of India (ECI) are being perceived by the electors of Bengal as disruptor of Mamata Banerjee’s and her TMC’s political campaign. Anti-Mamata people are happy to see that Central investigating agencies like Enforcement Directorate (ED) has...
South Asia Showing Steep Decline In Growth In 2026 Along With Missing Jobs
By R. Suryamurthy South Asia’s economic narrative has long relied on a familiar comfort: growth will take care of jobs. That assumption is now collapsing in plain sight. What was once described as a lag between output and employment is hardening into something more structural, more persistent—and far more...
In Bengal, BJP Is Using ED To Weaken Mamata’s Election Machinery
By Arun Srivastava Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee exercising her democratic rights has approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that Narendra Modi is misusing central agencies and forces during the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. But the big question is; will CEC Gyanesh Kumar act on her...
Congress Strongman Adhir Choudhury Is A Frontrunner In Bahrampur
By Tirthankar Mitra BAHRAMPUR: Emotion is pitted against electoral arithmetic in Bahrampur assembly segment In West Bengal, which once used to be synonymous with toehold of Congress in the political scenario of the state. There has been a change of scene over the past five years which saw two...
