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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.How Post Operation Sindoor Modi Doctrine Stifling India’s Diplomatic Outreach?
By Nitya Chakraborty 26 days have passed since the temporary truce in the limited four day war between India and Pakistan taking effect on May 10 this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been talking of his three point doctrine since then, the most important of which is no...
Parliament, Not Propaganda, Must Lead India’s Response To Kashmir Attacks
By P. Sudhir ‘NOT blood: But Sindoor Flows Through My Veins’ – these exact words by Prime Minister Modi defined his signature style in launching the post-Sindoor campaign blitzkrieg. What else could he or his government have done in response to the grave challenges the country was faced with....
Elon Musk’s Vicious Attack Against Trump’s Economic Policies Has Stunned MAGA Supporters
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The differences between US President Donald Trump and his first buddy tech billionaire Elon Musk, who sunk $288 million of his personal fortunes to get the mercurial Trump re-elected, has now exploded in the public domain with a spat. The bitter attack by...
Little Known BIS Is An Important Cog In The Wheel Of Global Finance Now
By Anjan Roy If you happen to have transferred money from your bank account to another, you would in possibility have used the RTGS system. This is known but little is known about the RTGS platform and its evolution. The RealTime Gross Settlement mechanism was primarily developed by the...
How The Attack By Nazis On Soviet Union On June 22, 1941 Changed The Course Of Second World War?
By Krishna Jha It was June 22, 1941, when the Nazi forces started attacking the Soviet Union. It was a strategy to shift the burden of war and resolve the inter-imperialist conflicts at the cost of Soviet Union. Imperialism was keen to decide the eternal contradiction that always evolved...
Slum Dwellers In Delhi Are Having A Harrowing Time With Continuing Demolitions
By Sushil Kutty Delhi these days is synonymous with demolitions, thanks to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who is a zealot when it comes to following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diktats hook, line and sinker! And Rekha Gupta, while bulldozing and razing ugly slums to the ground, is also...
Renewed Race For Gulf-India Aviation Sector Trophy As Stakes Increase Further
By K Raveendran Strong signs of undercurrents are emerging in the aviation space between India and the Gulf. There is renewed tussle over landing rights — the coveted permissions that determine which airlines get to fly where, how often, and with how many seats. For years, this battleground has...
India Keen To Conclude Interim Trade Deal With USA By July 9 This Year
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: India will be one of the earliest countries to clinch a mega trade deal with the United States under the watchful eye of the latter’s president Donald Trump, who is happy and cautious, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his counterpart Piyush Goyal work...
U.S. Pressuring India To Drastically Reduce Imports From Russia In Trade Talks
By Anjan Roy India’s purchase of Russian arms and weaponry gets “under the skin of America”. This is an irritant in Indo-US relations, according to Howard Lutnik, US commerce secretary. That aside, India was a great country with diverse assets, particularly its talented people capable of achieving break-throughs in...
South Korea’s New President May Bring Some Changes In Foreign Policy
By Satyaki Chakraborty Lee Jae Myung of majority Liberal Democratic Party was sworn in as the new President of South Korea after the National Election Commission declared him as the winner with 48.8 per cent of the votes polled in the presidential elections held on June 3. Lee’s main...
Malaysia Response To Indian Outreach Delegation Is Highly Encouraging
By Sushil Kutty It is a myth-busting time. The myth that Muslims and Muslim countries always stood together and that the Muslim Brotherhood made sense. Let’s also have a little Pakistan-bashing. For a reason, of course. Contrary to the thinking of some, not every Muslim country is a supporter...
In Bengal BJP, The Race Between Majumdar And Adhikari Is On To Emerge As Cm Candidate
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Engaged that it is in intra-party squabbles, West Bengal unit of BJP leadership does not appear to be in a mood to pull up its socks for 2026 Assembly elections. Things came to a head during Union home minister Amit Shah’s trip to the state...
Zelenskyy’s Gambit: A Tactical Masterstroke That Threatens Strategic Collapse
By M A Hossain By any military measure, Ukraine’s ‘Operation Spider Web’ was an astonishing success. In a meticulously planned operation, Ukrainian drones struck deep into Russian territory, obliterating at least 40 military aircraft—including nuclear-capable Tu-95 and Tu-22M3 bombers—in a single, devastating blow. The attack revealed not only meticulous...
In The Age Of Algorithm, The Freedom Of Thought Has Got A New Meaning
By Mahima Garg In a striking reflection, Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2024 was “brain rot”—a term that encapsulates the impact of consuming excessive amounts of mind-numbing digital content. Interestingly, the phrase “brain rot” was first used by Henry David Thoreau in 1854 in Walden, where he criticised...
Trump Creating A Global Health Crisis By Withdrawing Funds From HIV Vaccine Research
By C.J. Atkins WASHINGTON DC: Just in time for Pride month, President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have apparently decided it’s a good time to sentence more people to death in the future. That will be the result of the administration’s $258 million cut to...
Assam Chief Minister’s Arms Policy May Throw North-East Into Terrible Chaos
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The most vocal Hindutva face in the North-East India, the chief minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma, having shown penchant for igniting communal fire in the past, now seems to have decided on playing with even more terrible fire of arms conflicts, if his new...
In Trump’s America, It Is Now A No Holds Battle Between Executive And Judiciary
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: A never-ending dispute is on. Who is most powerful among the five pillars of democracy? The government, the executive, the judiciary, the legislature and the media. We can bunch the government and the executive in one group. The other three branches are important as...
LDF Confident Of Winning Nilambur By-Election
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for a prestigious and no-holds barred contest in the by-election from Nilambur constituency to the Kerala Assembly. The by-election has been necessitated by the exit of PV Anvar from the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The last date for filing of nominations...
