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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.Asian Countries Require Significant Efforts To Close Energy Transition Gap
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Asia and Pacific region’s energy mix is central to achieving global net-zero targets, but it has a 20 per cent higher emission intensity than the global average. The rising energy demand, reliance on coal power generation, energy import dependence, and depth of energy-intensive manufacturing, and...
Despite Setback To Trump, Canadian Election Results Give A Major Relief To India
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The victory of the Liberal Party in the Canadian general elections held on April 28 is a big relief to India and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the NDP led by the Sikh extremist Jagmeet Singh suffered a big defeat losing its...
Kuki-Zos Plan Events In Delhi, Guwahati And Manipur To Mark May 3, 2023
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Two dates – May 1 and May 3 – have assumed significance this time round in Manipur as organisations working for promoting the cause of Kukis, Zomis, Hmars and several others, which together work to realise shared objectives, have chalked out programmes that are...
After A Year Of Stagnation, Indian Cement Industry Poised For High Growth In 2025-26
By Kunal Bose Cement along with some other big polluting industries is being included in the national emissions trading system (ETS). A leading Indian cement producer says: “We are closely watching carbon capturing work by our counterpart in China and other pollution mitigating work done there. The common goal...
BJP’s Christian-Outreach Plan In Kerala Suffers A Setback
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The much-hyped BJP’s Christian outreach programme in Kerala has suffered a severe setback, thanks to a self-goal scored by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In the wake of the passage of the Wakf (Amendment) Bill by Parliament, the BJP appeared to have succeeded in making...
Trump’s Second Term’s ‘First 100 Days’: Tariff Chaos, Lower Popularity
By Nitya Chakraborty The United States of America President Donald J. Trump has completed his first one hundred days in office in his second non-consecutive term on April 29, Tuesday amidst continuing global disorder over his chaotic policies — unilateral tariffs hike, failure to establish peace in Gaza with...
India Needs Internal Harmony In Overcoming Terrorist, Pak Threats
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The politics in India in the week past in the aftermath of Pahalgam terror attack has laid bare a troublesome political and social Faultline. Internal harmony in the country, which is a prerequisite in overcoming the threats and challenges offered to us by the terrorists...
India After Pahalgam: More Excuse For Formalising Hindu Rashtra?
By Sushil Kutty ‘India that is Bharat’ has never been more ‘Hindu’ than at this point in time. The signs of the elusive ‘Hindu Rashtra’ are showing, starting with the India-Pakistan ‘Mahabharata’ in the offing. The war will be fought on Hindu-Muslim lines and is the direct fallout of...
High Time We Rediscover Marx, The Peerless Materialist Philosopher
By Krishna Jha From 1836 to 1844, the Chartist movement started in England. It helped the working class to take a political role. It was also a time when in 1847-48, Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto came out interpreting the role of the working class, concretising it in a...
Remembering Sanjay Singhvi, A Dedicated, Thinking Trade Unionist
Dr K R Shyam Sundar I first met Sanjay in 2010 when I was doing a project on the theme of non-standard workers and social dialogue practices in India (the first ever project initiated by the International Labour Organisation in the world at that time). His “office” was situated...
China Sees U.S. As Biggest Destabilizer Of Global Economic Order
By Charubrata Roy The US has become the biggest destabilizing factor in stoking global economic and trade frictions, severely undermining the international economic and trade order, a spokesperson from the China Council for The Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) said on Monday. The US has topped the list in...
The Far-Right Origins Of Donald Trump’s Self-Deportations
By Nyki Duda NEW YORK: Since Donald Trump’s administration took office in January, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has promoted its efforts to push migrants to “self-deport.” Assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin told reporters early this month that the United States is...
China’s Warning Against Nations Striking Trade Deals With The US Is Absurd
By Nantoo Banerjee Hit by the massive US import tariff, export-led China seems to have gone crazy as its No.1 export destination, the United States of America, has suddenly gone out of reach after US President Donald Trump’s prohibitive import tariff on China. Shockingly, China has issued a warning...
India And Pakistan Must Not Play In The Hands Of War Mongers
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, 2025 escalated the tensions in India and Pakistan to a new high, yet the war mongers have by and large failed in their intentions so far, barring only some exchange of fire on the line of control along the...
Narendra Modi Govt Is Set To Implement Uniform Civil Code Nationally This Year
By Kalyani Shankar After the controversial passage of the Waqf Bill, the Modi government plans to implement the equally or even more contentious Uniform Civil Code (UCC) passed last year. This raises the question of whether it’s the right time to push for the UCC amid ongoing protests against...
Challenges Of Suicide And Prevention Measures In India
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: Suicide has become a grave social and mental health crisis in India. The highest numbers of suicide cases are reported from states like Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka. The suicide rate is particularly higher in the southern states, while it is...
China With Its Overcapacity In Cement Production Looks To African Markets
By Kunal Bose The world’s two leading cement producing countries China and India had a few common negative experiences last year resulting principally from falling demand from the infrastructure sector. At all times, at what rate, highways to sea ports to airports will be built will remain a government...
US-Saudi Arabia To Ink The Biggest Arms Deal Valued At $100 Billion
By Asad Mirza Washington and Riyadh are reportedly close to a new $100 billion arms package as Trump’s Gulf trip nears. The US is poised to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package worth well over $100 billion, sources told Reuters, saying the proposal was being lined up for announcement...
