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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.Trumps Shifting Stand At Davos Confuses NATO And European Leaders
By T N Ashok NEW YOTK: When President Donald Trump stood before the assembled worthies of global capitalism in Davos last week to discuss his designs on Greenland, he offered a masterclass in the very behaviour America has spent decades condemning. The irony was apparently lost on no one...
Anjan Dutt, The Actor-Director-Singer Of Bengal, Is Still Prolific At 73
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Born on January 19 when independence was five years young, Anjan Dutt has always walked down a road less travelled. Small wonder, he put on many hats during his more than five decade long career but never stuck to one in particular. He is a...
Remembering Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose On His 129th Birth Anniversary
By Mithun Dey “Blood is calling to blood. Arise, we have no time to lose. Take up your arms. There, in front of you, is the road our pioneers have built. We shall march on that road. We should carve our way through the enemy’s ranks, or, if God...
NATO’s Arctic Angst Amidst Dying Transatlantic Order In Trump Era
By Andrew Murray LONDON: Europe’s supine, corrupted and democratically exhausted bourgeoisie is finally starting to break from Donald Trump, at least superficially. Having effectively endorsed the aggression against Venezuela, and earlier capitulated entirely to the White House demagogue on trade, it is now drawing a line of sorts around...
Supreme Court Decision On Mamata’s Action During ED Raid Will Impact Bengal Polls
By Nitya Chakraborty For the two main contenders in the coming assembly elections in West Bengal in March/ April 2026, every week is important in the present electoral battle as fresh developments take place needing for a relook at the poll strategy. The ruling Trinamool Congress led by the...
Greenland’s Shadow Over Global Commodity Markets And Geopolitics
By K Raveendran Greenland, long perceived as a remote expanse on the geopolitical periphery, has moved abruptly into the foreground of transatlantic tension. The island’s strategic location astride the Arctic, its military relevance, and its potential reserves of critical minerals and rare earths have converged to turn it into...
New BJP President Nitin Nabin Is More Aligned With Top RSS Leadership
By Dr. Gyan Pathak There is no room left for speculation now about significance of the new BJP president Nitin Nabin as he spent the first day in office on January 20, 2025. In his maiden speech after taking over as BJP National President, he himself gave clear message...
Trade Deal With India Is More Important To EU At This Juncture Than Needed By India
By Anjan Roy For years, trade talks between India and the European Union had lingered on the periphery. When it all began, EU had posed high and mighty and refused to back down on India’s issues be it for protection of India’s small and marginal farmer against onslaught of...
BSP Supremo Mayawati Launches Major Campaign To Revive The Dalit Base Of Party
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BSP supremo Mayawati has made it clear to all political parties as well as her voters that she is very keen to revive her party to stake claim to power in 2027 assembly polls. Fed up being sidelined and dubbed as B team of BJP...
Decoding Lenin, The Architect Of Russian Revolution On His 156th Birth Anniversary
By Krishna Jha Lenin, the guide and carrier of the 1917 Great October Socialist Revolution and architect of the first socialist state in the world, was 54 years old when he died on January 21, 1924. Lenin was identified with the theory and practice of the prime event of...
New ISI Bill Seeks To Curtail Theoretical Research Of Statisticians
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Founded by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis way back in 1931, Indian Statistical Institute has grown over the years into a part and parcel of economic planning of the country. Now its autonomy is under threat after decades of unfettered existence during which it has made invaluable...
2025 Was Donald Trump’s Year But 2026 Is Going To Be The Year With Xi Jinping’s Domination
By Nitya Chakraborty 2025 was the year of the maverick U.S. President Donald Trump. The developments during the year beginning January 20 evolved around Trump. He was the key decision-maker, irrespective of what other countries leaders felt. He cared little for the United Nations, WTO, WHO and all other...
The Gaza Con: How Trump Rebranded Annexation As Investment
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Donald Trump has never met a geopolitical catastrophe he couldn’t rebrand as a development opportunity. His latest venture—the risibly titled “Board of Peace” for Gaza—is perhaps his most audacious grift yet: a scheme to dress up territorial control as portfolio management, to transform...
Governor R N Ravi Creates Controversy Over National Anthem Again
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Governor R N Ravi on Tuesday January 20 has once again created controversy by walking out of Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha, third year in a row, alleging disrespect of the National Anthem of India, while his conduct itself is a disrespect of the tradition of...
Europe Versus USA On Greenland Has All The Potential Of A Flare-Up
By Asad Mirza Greenland has become a focal point of international tensions yet again, as US President Donald Trump repeated arguments that Washington must control the territory for national security reasons and has refused to rule out using military force to acquire it. Trump also announced that he will...
European Businessmen Highly Worried At Transatlantic Facture
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: The debate gripping Western capitals sounds familiar: should governments tax the wealthy more aggressively to fund strained budgets? From London’s abolition of non-dom status to California’s proposed billionaire levy, the political momentum is unmistakable. But in Brussels, senior officials privately describe the wealth...
Manufacturing Index Reaches All Time High In Q-3 2025-26: FICCI Survey
By Satyaki Chakraborty FICCI’s latest manufacturing survey continues to reflect sustained growth and increasing optimism for India’s manufacturing sector. For the third quarter of 2025-26, the index has touched all-time high with 91 per cent of respondents reported either higher or same production levels as compared to 87 per...
Oxfam Has Shone A Spotlight On The Threat The Rich Pose To Democracy
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The “billionaires’ decade.” That is how charity Oxfam describes the 2020s, having published research pointing to the extreme — and accelerating — concentration of wealth in Britain and worldwide. The stats alone are alarming — billionaires’ wealth grew 16 per cent in 2025, three times...
