Opinion
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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.US-China Trade Talks Starting From May 9 In Switzerland
By Nitya Chakraborty It is now official. After waiting for a few days since Donald Trump diluted the U.S. tariff rates for China and announced his intention for talks, China confirmed on Wednesday morning that a high level Chinese negotiating team will be visiting Switzerland for four days beginning...
Will Prime Minister Be Allowed To End His Confrontation With Limited Strikes In Pakistan?
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi came up with the name ‘Operation Sindoor’ that targeted terrorist hubs in Pakistan. Modi sat through the night monitoring ‘Operation Sindoor’, named for the ‘Hindu widows’ of the Pahalgam terror attack. Pakistani terrorists snuffed the ‘Sindoor’ of these women and 26 Hindu...
What Former Pm Khaleda Zia’s Return To Dhaka Mean To Bangladesh Politics?
By Satyaki Chakraborty Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and chairperson of the main political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) returned to Dhaka on Tuesday May 6 on the eve of the completion of nine months of the interim government headed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Khaleda who was ailing for...
Declaration Of Assets By Supreme Court Judges Means Nothing
By K Raveendran The gesture of Supreme Court judges declaring their assets is at best, symbolic and, at worst, a distraction from the deeper and more systemic issues that plague the system. The declaration itself does not and cannot constitute a meaningful solution to judicial corruption, especially when the...
Observing May 9 As The Day Of Victory Over Fascism Has Become More Relevant In 2025
By Krishna Jha Remembering the dehumanising stories with all their bestialities, the compelling human ethos undefeated, stands victorious over the terror. This one truth alone has the right to wear the crown of thorns as humankind moves on, evolving ever, always. May 9, 1945 was the Day when Second...
Singapore’s Wong Records Landslide Win, But Challenges Loom
By Dr Imran Khalid Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has once again proved that in times of uncertainty, the electorate prefers the comfort of continuity over the seduction of change. With 65.57% of the national vote in the May 3 general election, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has emerged...
Climate Disaster Costs Could Reach $145 Billion Globally In 2025
By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes NEW YORK: According to a new analysis by Swiss Re Institute, insured natural catastrophe losses globally could reach $145 billion this year, primarily driven by “secondary perils” such as floods, wildfires, and severe thunderstorms. This follows a five to seven percent long-term annual growth trend,...
In The Shadow Of Global Tariff War, Japanese Investors Opting For India
By Subrata Majumder India has emerged as the second most attractive destination for Japanese investors in Asia, after Singapore. It surpassed China, the most attractive place for Japanese investment in Asia for over four decades. Hitherto, India was eighth in 2020 in terms of getting investment from Japan. Latest...
UN Secretary General Calls On India To Restrain But Offers No Plan To Punish The Guilty
By Sushil Kutty India has a great friend in UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who has on a number of occasions held India back from the brink of war with arch enemy Pakistan, thus saving India from total annihilation. This time, too, Guterres has asked both India and Pakistan...
Global Fragility Remains At A Near-Record High Level And Set To Rise
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Following the shocks of the last five years, global fragility remains at a near-record high level. The diversity of fragility profiles, according to the States of Fragility 2025 report, across all contexts is striking. About 2.1 billion people, or 25 per cent of the world’s...
Pro-Trump Far Right George Simion Wins First Round In Romania’s Presidential Elections
By Satyaki Chakraborty Donald Trump got a jolt in the latest national elections in Canada and Australia, but in Europe, pro-Trump George Simion, the leader of the far right alliance AUR won in the first round of Romanian Presidential elections held on Sunday May 4 getting 40.5 per cent...
Can BJP Make Political Capital In Bihar Polls Out Of Its Nodding To Caste Census?
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Not too long ago, BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was vehemently opposed to caste census. But in a dramatic policy reversal, the dispensation led by Narendra Modi has given its nod to it. It is no coincidence that such policy reversal comes ahead of...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Facing Revolt In His Party Over Big Loss In Council Polls
By Arun Srivastava Conservatives have been the biggest loser in the local council elections in Britain held on last Thursday but it is the looming threat perception of ultra-rightist forces taking control of the destiny of the Britons that has forced the Labour leaders and its cadres to rebel...
Madhya Pradesh Congress Plans Big Party Conclave In Jabalpur In August
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: While the Madhya Pradesh Congress is making all out efforts to strengthen party organization, the state government is facing serious financial crisis. The Congress has decided to hold a huge party conclave at Jabalpur. Jabalpur has a history. It was here that during freedom...
To Strike Or Not To Strike Pakistan Is The Big Question Before India
By Nantoo Banerjee Amazing are the ways of the Indian government and the country’s political satraps to deal with frequent Islamist terror attacks on India’s innocent citizens. In the last one month or so, the organized Islamist terror in West Bengal’s Muslim-majority Murshidabad district had led to massive destruction...
Indus Waters Diversion Can Catch Fire And Engulf The Entire Continent
By Anjan Roy Water can catch fire easily. When it comes to the Indus waters, we are seeing how combustible it could be —at least verbally for now. It might even be the flashpoint for a wider conflagration, an armed conflict. But there are sobering thoughts as well. It...
Karl Marx’s Teachings Had Big Impact Amongst Indians In 19th Century
By Pradip Bakshi KOLKATA: Karl Marx was born in Germany on May 5, 1818. He died in 1883 in London. India appeared in the writings of Marx and Engels over a period of about four decades: from the 1840s to the 1880s. The first reference to India — to...
Mamata Banerjee Has Outsmarted The Bengal BJP Through Temple Building At Digha
By Kalyani Shankar There is a growing conflict and temple war in West Bengal surrounding the inauguration of the Jagannath temple in Digha, a significant event that opened on April 30 during the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. The Bengal’s Jagannath Dham mirrors the renowned Puri Jagannath Temple, and...
