Opinion
Appeal
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.India Abstaining During Voting On UN Resolution For Ceasefire In Gaza Is The Lowest Point Of Diplomacy
By Nitya Chakraborty On Thursday June 12, Indian diplomacy under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached its lowest ebb when India abstained in the United Nations General Assembly from a vote on a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The 193 member UN general assembly...
U.S.-China Trade Deal May Adversely Affect India’s Ambitious Manufacturing Plans
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump went to town with his announcement that his Art of the Deal with China on trade and tariffs was a Done Deal even as China chose to downplay it as the negotiations finalised at a uniform tariff of 55%...
Israel’s Attack On Iranian Military Targets Has Potential For Full Scale War In West Asia
By Asad Mirza Israel’s attacks on Iran could lead to a catastrophic potential full-scale war, further destabilising an already volatile Middle East, with serious implications for global security. Such a conflict could disrupt global oil supplies, involve international powers, and deepen regional instability. Israel’s June 13 airstrikes on Iranian...
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Is Beleaguered Pakistan’s Hope For Cornering India
By Sushil Kutty Pakistan’s foreign minister for a short while Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is emerging as the top diplomat of South Asia. This is the view in the western world just getting to know that Pakistan is peacenik and India is warmonger, led by foreign minister S Jaishankar, who, according...
Indian Policy Makers Have To Look Now At The U.S. Designs In Indian Subcontinent
By Dr. Ram Puniyani The Pahalgam attack on tourists led to a chain reaction leading the attack on bases of terrorist violence in Pakistan. As a ceasefire has been in place; it is time to think about dealing with this cancerous phenomenon in society. Surely the phenomenon of terror...
Congress Party Workers In Uttar Pradesh Upbeat About Early Revival
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: For the first time in so many years, Congress Party appears to be in revival mode to take on BJP in 2027 assembly elections. In Uttar Pradesh.. Congress Party is seriously implementing the agenda through Sangathan Srijan programs all over the state to set up...
Columbia’s Left Wing President Announces Referendum In Support Of His Labour Reforms
By Satyaki Chakraborty The South American nation Columbia is in political turmoil as the left wing President Gustavo Petro went to the people of the country with his proposal for labour reforms through referendum after the Senate rejected his proposal. The Senate is dominated by the anti-Left parties. Petro...
NDA Seat Sharing Talks For Bihar Polls To Be Concluded By August End
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the high-stakes battle for Bihar inching closer, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had taken up the decision to fight the upcoming assembly elections with Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial face and is expected to finalise its seat-sharing formula soon as major allies...
Dialogue, Dialogue And Only Dialogue Can Teach Pakistan Right Lessons
By Nitya Chakraborty More than a month after the pause of India’s Operation Sindoor on May 10 at 5 PM, time has come to state it in candid terms that our Prime Minister’s doctrine of New Normal in respect of relations with Pakistan has failed to convince the major...
For 800 Million Indians Struggling With Basic Nutrition, Healthcare, GDP Rankings Are Irrelevant
By P. Sudhir The CEO of NITI Aayog has asserted that India has emerged as the fourth-largest economy. He was at least truthful enough to concede that this was based on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) projections for 2025-26 in its World Economic Outlook. Through further elaborations, we precisely...
Bihar Is Now Narendra Modi’s Laboratory For The Experiment Of Dalit Politics
By Arun Srivastava Traversing from Maharashtra trough Uttar Pradesh, the Dalit politics has acquired a new dynamics and character in Bihar. Saffron ecosystem, especially Narendra Modi, intends to exploit this new kinetics for winning the 2025 assembly election and further consolidating his personal mass base and appeal. With this...
Anti Immigration Protests Spreading To Many More Cities Of America From Los Angeles
By T N Ashok LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles anti-immigration riots continued unabated for the third day as the city’s mayor Karen Bass clamped curfew on downtown LA and the protests spread to other blue states demonstrating an uneven fight between the democrats and the republicans. While California Governor Gavin...
World Has Missed The Target Of Eliminating Child Labour By 2025
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In 2015, the United Nations set a goal to end child labour worldwide by 2025 but progress has been slow and halting. World has missed the target. It has 138 million children between 5 and 17 years of age in child labour, while South Asia...
Trump’s Battle In California Is Not Only Against Mexican Immigrants But Also Against Mexico
By Sushil Kutty Mexico or ‘Mehico’? Mexicans have never stopped calling Mexico ‘Mehico’, just like Mumbaikars never stopped Bombay ‘Mumbai’ in their heads throughout the British Raj. And ‘Mehicans’ have always considered California Mexico’s land, taken by force sometime in the past when the American wild west ran afoul...
Gender Gap Closes At Fastest Rate Since Pandemic But Full Parity Remains 123 Years Away
By Satyaki Chakraborty The global gender gap has closed to 68.8%, marking the strongest annual advancement since the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet full parity remains 123 years away at current rates, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025, released on June 12 in Geneva.. Iceland leads...
Prison Overcrowding In India Is Truly The Story Of Overwhelming Apathy
By Tanishka Goswami, Shikhar Aggarwal Man is not made better by being degraded. In Mohd. Giasuddin v. State of A.P. (1977), Justice Krishna Iyer famously remarked: “Our prisons should be correctional houses, not cruel iron aching the soul.” In this backdrop, the Supreme Court has emphasised over the years...
Proper Connectivity Is Crucial For Making Tourists Stay Enjoyable In Minicoy
By Effgeemaliku Minicoy, the southernmost island of the Lakshadweep archipelago, lies approximately 400 kilometres off the coast of Kochi, Kerala, in the Arabian Sea. Known for its vibrant coral reefs, distinct Maldivian culture, and strategic location near the Nine Degree Channel, this remote island is a paradise for its...
Massive Anti-Trump Demonstrations Are Planned In U.S. Cities On June 14 To Mark “No Kings Day”
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON: In the aftermath of the Los Angeles immigration raids of the last several days, organizers expect the nationwide “No Kings Day” protests on June 14 to be massive, and they are doing everything in their power to ensure the demonstrations are peaceful and that the...
