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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.Why We Need A Nuanced Reading Of Dr Ambedkar’s Views On Judicial Appointments?
By Sushovan Patnaik Today, as we remember Babasaheb Ambedkar on his 135th birth anniversary, there is a certain crisis of identity that the Indian judiciary seems to be confronting. On this exact day, a month ago, members of the fire department allegedly discovered piles of burnt currency in the...
Senator Bernie Sanders Leading The Anti-Trump Campaign From The Front
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON: Socialist senator Bernie Sanders is out on the stump again, helping lead, in a big way, the opposition to Donald Trump where other Democratic Party lawmakers have not. And people—tens of thousands of them coast to coast—are responding. The latest proof occurred on April 12...
US Import Tariffs On China Raise India’s Trade Vulnerability
By Nantoo Banerjee It is good to know that the government is already cautious about the possible increase in Chinese export trade and investment to India to exploit both the local market as well as to push exports to the USA taking advantage of the massive US import tariff...
BJP-AIADMK Alliance In Tamil Nadu May Give Benefit To NDA In 2026 Assembly Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Although the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections are a year away, the recent announcement of the BJP and AIADMK poll alliance is strategically important. This tie-up, part of the larger National Democratic Alliance at the national level, could benefit both parties in the upcoming elections. Both sides...
Incumbent Daniel Noboa Wins Presidential Polls In Ecuador Defeating Luisa Gonsalves
By Satyaki Chakraborty The right wing President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa won Presidential elections run off on April 13 by securing 55.85 per cent of the votes polled as against 44.15 per cent polled by his rival Luis Gonzalez of the left coalition, defying the close fight predictions given...
Trump’s 90 Day Pause May Lead To Some Recalibration Of Tariff Rates
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Days of pressure from fellow Republicans, business executives and even his close friends hadn’t appeared to move Trump, who insisted last week: “MY POLICIES WILL NEVER CHANGE.” Eventually, though, he backed down on April 10 and reversed course on his sweeping tariff plan by announcing...
Wages Under MGNREGA Scheme Are Inadequate For Survival
By Dr. Gyan Pathak A frightening reality of MGNREGA Scheme has come to the fore. Wages given under the scheme are inadequate for survival. Payments are delayed. Denial of work is frequent. Funds are scarce. Rural workers’ miseries are multifold, though MGNREGA provides a legal right to work for...
Tamil Nadu BJP Leader Annamalai Is In The List For New BJP President
By Arun Srivastava The central BJP leadership is quite scared of the growing unrest among Dalits, farmers and tribals across the country. RSS which so far has succeeded in setting the narrative for the development and empowerment of these classes, for the first time, finding itself moving in a...
Spain’s Ruling Govt Partner Leftwing Sumar Facing Serious Credibility Crisis
By Eoghan Gilmartin MADRID: Spain’s left-wing Sumar held its second national conference on March 29–30, with its future already in doubt. In two recent polls, the junior partner in the country’s coalition government had lost over half its support since the 2023 general election (down from 12.3 percent to...
Modi And Trump Don’t Just Blunder, They Also Outshine Each Other In Flip-Flops
By K Raveendran In both foolhardiness in decision making and shameless flip-flop in dealing with disastrous aftermaths, Narendra Modi and Donald Trump have exhibited a total lack of honesty in admitting their mistakes. The similarity is too striking to be missed. Thanks to recklessness and impulsiveness in decision making—Narendra...
Employment And Unemployment Data For 2024 Is Puzzling
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Two reports brought out recently by Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation present puzzling data on employment and unemployment in 2024, and when read them together a doubly confusing scenario emerges regarding the ground realities. These two reports are – Key Employment Unemployment Indicators,...
Narendra Modi’s Ministers Are Talking In Differing Voices On Key Policy
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers is full of tough cookies, from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who warned Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha that refusing to accept a law passed in Parliament would not be tolerated. Then, there is Union Defence Minister Rajnath...
Bihar BJP Is Deliberately Spreading Rumour About Nitish Kumar’s Shift To Centre
By Arun Srivastava Nitish Kumar who is credited with giving an identity to the Biharis in recent times ironically has fallen out of grace but it is indeed a dichotomy that he still continues to be the benign hope for BJP to retain the power. Incidentally Bihar is the...
Waqf Act Of 2025 Challenges The Morality Of Indian Constitution
By Narender Nagarwal The ongoing challenges faced by Indian Muslims extend beyond the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development Act, 2025, the legislation that replaces the Waqf Act of 1955. Central to their fight is the urgent need to uphold their right to live with dignity and to...
Hezbollah Should Wake Up To The New Reality Of Military And Economic Weakness
By Manish Rai US Deputy Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus, recently visited Lebanon. During an interview with the LBCI news outlet, Ortagus stressed the importance of disarming Hezbollah. This statement from a senior US diplomat has sparked a new debate about the disarmament of Hezbollah, which has...
Trump’s 90-Day Pause – 90 Days Of Blackmail, Bullying And Looming War
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Trump’s 90-day tariff reprieve spells 90 days of geopolitical turbulence, US bullying and the threat of war. All three have been constant features of the period of US “unipolar” power, especially since the beginning of what even US presidents have termed the “forever wars.” But...
Why Did Donald Trump Take A Sudden Retreat On Tariffs After Macho Display?
By Anjan Roy Just as Donald Trump’s tariffs had shaken the world and the financial markets, a sudden brake on their implementation had equally shocked leaders to market sloggers as much. President Trump had equally abruptly pushed back the time when his “reciprocal” tariffs were to kick in. He...
Sanghamitra Chakraborty’s Biography Of Bengali Icon Soumitra Chatterjee Is A Welcome Tribute
By Nitya Chakraborty Sanghamitra Chakraborty’s just released book ‘Soumitra Chatterjee and His World’ is perhaps the first authoritative biography in English of the great Bengali icon, who was not just the chosen on-screen face for Satyajit Ray, featuring centrally in fourteen of his twenty-eight feature films, but also a...
