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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.AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal Has Got A Major Boost Through Bypoll Win
By Kalyani Shankar The Aam Aadmi Party is delighted after its recent win in the Gujarat and Punjab bye-elections. These victories in states indicate a shift in the Party’s fortunes. The AAP, once viewed as a Delhi-centric party ruling only in Delhi, has expanded over the years, gaining a...
Most Of The States Struggling With The Three Language Formula
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP’s rhetoric on Hindi Language politics has been acquiring higher note with passing of the day, so is the counter rhetoric in the non-Hindi speaking states, since their struggle with the implementation of the three languages formula under National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 faces fresh...
Utter Confusion Remains Over Exact Nature Of Damage To Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
By Asad Mirza It has been almost one week since US bombers conducted “Operation Midnight Hammer” against Iran and its nuclear development sites. However, it is still not clear whether Iran’s’ capabilities have been damaged; if yes, then to what extent? Further, it also puzzles one with Iran’s obsession...
BJP Decision On New President May Be Delayed Further Due To Modi-Bhagwat Tussle
By Arun Srivastava Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will celebrate its centenary year in 2025 on Dussehra Day. In Hindu soliloquy attaining an age of one hundred years, “Jeevem Saradah Satamah” by an individual, is the most propitious achievement. In the case of RSS, as an organisation, this has got more...
Arvind Kejriwal Is Back In Delhi Politics With His Protest Against Slums Demolition
By Sushil Kutty The fiery ‘Mr Kejriwal’ was seen in Delhi after a gap of months. On June 29, Sunday, the AAP convener addressed a crowd of AAP workers at Delhi’s given protest venue Jantar Mantar. A few hundred slum dwellers whose “jhuggi-jhopri” have faced bulldozer-action under the vigil...
Defence Spending Hike Of NATO Members Means More Readiness For Future Wars
By Diane Abbott LONDON: At the recent NATO summit most member countries committed themselves to a target of spending 5 per cent of GDP on the military budget. This is more than we were spending during the Gulf war and much more than when this country was waging war...
MPs Step Up Pressure on Judicial Conduct Oversight
Lawmakers on Tuesday pressed the government for stronger mechanisms to enforce accountability within the judiciary, questioning official inertia in high‑profile cases involving senior judges and demanding stricter ethical guidelines. During a session of the parliamentary standing committee on personnel, public grievances, law and justice under the chairmanship of Brij Lal,...
CJI’s Weighty Contribution To Constitution Versus Parliament Debate
By K Raveendran When Chief Justice B R Gavai stated the other day that the Constitution is supreme and all arms of governance come under it, it may have seemed like a routine assertion at a felicitation event in his hometown, but in India’s current political atmosphere, it was...
Trade Deal With China Is A Major Victory For Trump As U.S. Got Precious Rare Earth Minerals
By Anjan Roy TORONTO: Everyone understands the force of power and more so, China. While China has agreed to lift curbs on exports of one of the most sought out mineral currently, rare earths, to US, it is increasingly throttling similar exports to India. Trade, economic issues and geo-politics...
600 Million Jobs Needed By 2030 To Absorb Growing Global Workforce
By Dr. Gyan Pathak World celebrated Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) day on June 27, 2025. The celebrations have acquired a special significance this year since the world has a great task to create 600 million jobs needed by 2030 to absorb the growing global workforce. MSMEs employs...
Trump’s Win In Automatic Birthright Citizenship Case Is Leading To A Social Mess
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The US Supreme Court has curbed national injunctions on President Trump’s effort to end automatic birthright citizenship. The full bench of the apex court ruled 6-3 in a majority ruling that lower courts did not have the right to grant stays or injunctions...
With Stablecoin, The Era Of Private Currency Begins In Different Countries
By A K Shrivastav The time of private currency seems to have arrived. Nearly a dozen tech companies and traditional financial institutions globally have announced their intentions to launch stablecoins. While these companies have their own business ecosystem where their stablecoins can be used, they also target people in...
Iran’s Supremo Ayatollah Khamenei Challenges Trump’s Exaggerated Claims
By Sushil Kutty With Donald Trump at the helm of the United States, wars have become a joke. They finish quickly as lightning. India’s war with Pakistan lasted all of 4 days. The Iran-Israel war was over in 12 days. Gaza is a different take. But in India-Pakistan and...
Manipur Ministry-Making Before August 12 Is A Good Possibility
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: There is no let-up in ministry-making efforts on the part of BJP MLAs, who by themselves have a comfortable majority in the 60-member Manipur Assembly. Senior BJP MLAs, such as, Govindas and Biswajit are holding parleys with their supporters and other stakeholders. Speaker Satyabrata...
Indian State’s Expanding Sovereign Power Depends On Rule Of Law And Human Rights
By Swarati Sabhapandit Ever since the notion of political community has entered the lexicon of human civilisation, scholars from different walks of time and space have interpreted this phenomenon. The idea of a ‘political community’ can take various forms, depending on how power is structured between the rulers and...
India’s Diplomatic Isolation Was Firmly Evident At The SCO Meet In Qingdao In China
By Nitya Chakraborty India’s total diplomatic isolation was in show in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)’s defence ministers meet in Qingdao city in China on June 25 and 26 when a joint statement was prepared calling upon the members to jointly fight terror but there was no mention of...
Introduction Of New Norms For Voters In Bihar Signals NRC On The Cards
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election in Bihar is to be held before its Vidhan Sabha expires on November 22, 2025. All political parties are preparing for the great electoral battle. Bihar has been a very high-stake electoral battle for the PM Narendra Modi and the BJP, and this time...
India-US Trade Talks Reach Crucial Stage As U.S. Seeks Larger Access To Farm Goods Sector
By Anjan Roy TORONTO: As has been agreed earlier, a trade team of India is currently visiting the United States to work out details of the agreement on commerce between the two countries before the deadline of July 9 when the so-called reciprocal tariffs come into force. . Trump...
