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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.Communist Party’s Jeannette Jara Is The Presidential Nominee Of Chile’s Ruling Coalition For November Polls
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: Voters in the presidential primary of the Unity for Chile (Unidadpor Chile) coalition have selected the Communist Party’s Jeannette Jara as their candidate to face off against the right-wing candidates José Antonio Kast and Evelyn Matthei in November’s general election in Chile. Presently Gabriel...
International Booker Prize Winner Banu Mushtaq Transcends Her Regional Roots
By Jenny Farrell NEW YORK: When Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp became the first Kannada work—and the first short story collection—to win the 2025 International Booker Prize, it marked more than a literary milestone. It represented a long-overdue recognition of India’s regional literatures and, more crucially, brought global attention to...
India Must Step Up Attack Drones Production For Its Defence
By Nantoo Banerjee The techniques of traditional warfare seem to be fast changing. Attack drones are increasingly playing a significant role in military aggression alongside missiles. The 12-day Israel-Iran war and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine battle showed how devastating the role of drones in modern wars is. In one of...
New Insights About Operation Sindoor Vindicate India’s Superb Precision Strike Capability
By Satyaki Chakraborty More than seven weeks have passed since India-Pakistan ceasefire took place on May 10 at 5 PM after four days of war. As more and more insights are being made available to the global defence experts relating to India’s performance in its Operation Sindoor, critical acclaim...
Indian Prime Minister’s Stand On Israeli Genocide In Gaza Is Pathetic
By P. Sudhir The events of the last fortnight have been dramatic – some might even call them cataclysmic. The sequence began with Israel’s surprise attacks on Iranian targets, particularly the nuclear enrichment and production sites at Natanz and Isfahan. The third and most crucial site, Fordow, remained untouched....
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...
