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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.Sangh Parivar Is Dominating Most Of Legislatures And Executive In The Country
By Prof G Mohan Gopal The recent trenchant villification of the Supreme Court and the judiciary by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey is in reality an attack against the Constitution and its fundamental principles and values. When the Vice President and Mr. Dubey reject judicial...
Iran-U.S. Talks For Normalising Relations Are Welcome But Major Doubts Remain
By Ben Chacko LONDON: With the conclusion of the second round of talks between the representatives of the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran and an agreement to continue the talks, it can be stated that this course has thus far been able to prevent the current tensions...
In The April 28 National Elections In Canada, NDP’s Fortunes May Dip
By Romain Chauvet NEW YORK: Since its founding in 1961, Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) has never formed a federal government. But through a mix of policy advocacy, union alliances, and grassroots organizing, it has helped shape Canada’s political landscape — pushing issues like worker’s rights, strong public services,...
Narendra Modi Has The Options To Teach Pakistan A Few Lessons Avoiding Military Strikes
By Nitya Chakraborty Three days have passed since the savage terrorist attack at Pahalgam resulting in the death of 26 people, mostly tourists. The communal tenor of the massacre shocked the Indian people. There was unequivocal demand from the people supported by all sections of the political parties that...
A Tale Of Two Suspensions Of International Treaties
By Dr. Gyan Pathak It is perhaps the worst of time. In an act of terror at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, 26 people were killed, the worst in the last 25 years since 2000. The world called it ‘An Act of Terror’. Prima facie evidence of Pakistan’s involvement...
Indian And Pakistani YouTubers Are Having A Field Day After Pahalgam Massacre
By Sushil Kutty Barack Obama once said “you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” The other day an ex-Pentagon official hit out at terror-sponsor Pakistan and likened Pakistan to a pig, alluding that no amount of lipstick will make a difference to Pakistan’s image!...
Indian Students In U.S. Universities Are Facing Threats To Their Rights Under Trump 2.0
By Prabhat Patnaik International students on US campuses are at present a terrified lot: they can be abducted, sent to some detention centre hundreds of miles from where they live, kept there for any length of time, and then deported abroad. And all this can happen to them not...
Will The Thackeray Cousins, Raj And Uddhav, Come Together Again?
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political scenario of Maharashtra witnessed an interesting change as estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray indicated a possible reconciliation ahead of the crucial BMC elections. In its editorial on Monday, Sena (UBT)’s mouthpiece Saamana said the two leaders (Uddhav and Raj) should take evaluative...
Demolition Of Properties Is Being Used As A Political Tool Against Muslims
By Irfan Engineer, Neha Dabhade, Mithila Raut In 2024, as in previous years, communal violence has persisted in the form of structural violence, embedded within the legal and institutional framework of the state. Structural violence, as conceptualized by Johan Galtung, refers to systematic inequalities and injustices that are institutionalized...
Congress Plans Massive Mobilisation Of Party Workers In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: How democracy can be subverted is the finding of a survey conducted by a leading news paper of the state. The survey revealed that vested interest, who described as “Dabang” are controlled many panchayat without contesting election. This Dabang pays a fixed sum to...
Vietnam Shows The Way Of Trade Diplomacy Amidst Global Tariffs War
By Satyaki Chakraborty Vietnam has shown how a well calibrated trade diplomacy can be conducted in the year 2025 amidst the ongoing tariff war between the two biggest economic and military powers of the world USA and China. Both countries are having best trade relations with this South East...
Vice President Dhankar And BJP Leaders Are Assaulting The Powers Of Supreme Court
By P. Sudhir BJP leaders and the Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, have launched vicious attacks on the Supreme Court. These attacks have come in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment on the Tamil Nadu Governor’s unconstitutional role in withholding bills passed by the state legislature and...
Is Pahalgam Massacre A Political Repetition Of 2019 Pulwama Incident?
By Arun Srivastava From asserting “all is well” on the floor of Lok Sabha only on March 7, the Modi government has had to order “keeping in abeyance the Indus Water Treaty of 1960”, declare the defence advisers in the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi as persona non...
Emergence Of Two Nation Theory Is One Of The Greatest Tragedies Of South Asia
By Ram Puniyani One of the greatest tragedies of South Asia has been the emergence of ‘Two Nation Theory’, which opposed the Anti Colonial Indian National movement. It was a great help to British colonialists to rule over this vast land. It led to the formation of Pakistan on...
The Waqf (Amendment) Act’s Insincere Promise To India’s Muslim Women
By Hassana Quadri The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (‘the Act’) is currently under a rigorous constitutional scrutiny before a Division Bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna in the Supreme Court. One question we have not explored enough is what this Act means for Muslim women of this country....
Xi Jinping Wins The First Round In The Battle Of Attrition Against Trump In Tariff War
By Nitya Chakraborty Chinese President Xi Jinping has won the first round in the protracted battle against Donald Trump over his declaration of tariff war against China. After waiting for long three weeks for a personal call from XI Jinping offering talks to discuss the proposed tariff hikes, Trump...
Narendra Modi Is Facing His Crucial Choice – How To Deal With Pakistan ISI?
By Sushil Kutty Pakistan on Wednesday, a day after Pak Army Chief Gen Asim Munir-inspired ‘Muslim terrorists’ shot dead Hindu Indian males ‘touristing’ in Kashmir’s scenic ‘Pahalgam’, a spot eulogized as “Kashmir’s Switzerland”, woke up to the tragedy in India and in a gesture of commiseration expressed “concern at...
India Allowing USA To Raise Its Share In Defence Imports At The Cost Of Russia
By Anjan Roy Notwithstanding dooms-day-sayers words, United States is already claiming progress in trade talks with India. A White House press briefing last night has claimed as much, as US vice President, J.D. Vance, mentioned in his addresses and interactions with Indian officials in the last two days. The...
