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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.RSS Launches Big Drive In Bihar And Bengal Before Assembly Elections
By Arun Srivastava The RSS which observes its centenary year of foundation in October this year, is all set to play a key role in the victory of the BJP candidates in Bihar assembly poll scheduled around the year end. After helping the BJP win assembly elections comfortably in...
Israel-Iran War Has To Stop Unconditionally With Immediate Effect
By Dr Arun Mitra Two telephone calls that shook me and are still haunting were that I made to my acquaintances today. I could feel the anguish when I called my friend in Srinagar whose son is studying medicine in Tehran and with whom they are not having easy...
Manipur BJP Karyakarta Wants SoO Abrogated, Other Leaders Share View
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Even as the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) proceeds to recast and limit the scope of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) deal with Manipur’s Kuki-Zo insurgent groups, dissenting views from within the Bharatiya Janata Party have come to the fore. This development has...
Like George W. Bush, Donald Trump Is Lying His Way Into War In Middle East
By Branko Marcetic NEW YORK: For the past two decades, disastrous Middle East wars have been synonymous with the name of Bush. The current US president seems determined to now make them synonymous with the name Trump. It is widely understood that the US war with Iran that the...
Global Energy Transition Gains Ground, But Security And Capital Challenges Persist
By Satyaki Chakraborty Global progress towards secure, equitable and sustainable energy is accelerating after years of sluggish gains, according to a World Economic Forum report released on June 19 in Geneva. However, rising geopolitical tensions, investment gaps, and a growing disconnect between clean energy innovation and deployment where it...
Economic Fallout Of Israel-Iran Conflict Could Extend Way Beyond Region
By K Raveendran With the likelihood of a diplomatic solution appearing increasingly distant, West Asia is now clearly veering toward a longer and more intense confrontation, one that may significantly reshape economic, geopolitical, and energy dynamics not only in the Middle East but globally. What was initially perceived as...
Possibility Of U.S. Participation In Israeli War Against Iran Is Now Real
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump cut short his visit to Canada to return home after the G7 summit to take stock of the situation as he ruled out what national security advisor Tulsi Gabbard had to say about the alleged nuclear facility in Iran....
What Did Trump-Munir Cook Up For India At White House Lunch?
By Sushil Kutty Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir had lunch with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday. Missing from the menu was the delectable ‘Ambush Modi’, the main course. Gen. Munir must not have known. But not many knew till Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri woke...
June 2025 Going To Be A Decisive Hinge Month In Middle East History
By Matein Khalid There is precious little good news to emerge from the Middle East since the IDF launched its spectacular blitzkrieg and leadership decapitation strike against Iran’s nuclear asset and military/intelligence elite last Friday. This weekend was grim with Iran’s ballistic missile strike on Haifa and Tel Aviv...
Nilambur Bypoll In Kerala Set For A Tough Electoral Battle
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for an absorbing electoral race between the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the by-election to the Nilambur assembly constituency in Kerala. The by-election has been necessitated by the exit of PV Anvar from...
Bihar Congress Organisational Meeting Revealed Fissures Over Dalits Issue
By Arun Srivastava It was a meeting with difference. Usually the organisational meetings are held to project a leader or strategize the policies and ideas. But the June 15 meeting convened by Krishna Allavaru, a close aide of Rahul Gandhi and in-charge of Bihar where Assembly elections, turned out...
The Capitalist Social Order Has Always Been Based On Subjugation And Violence
By Krishna Jha It was in the decade of 1840s, dominated by strikes and struggles and signified by upheavals and uprisings. Among them the most popular but brutally suppressed one that remained alive only for four days – but has kept echoing even after almost two centuries — was...
The Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede Leads Us To Rethink Crowd Safety
By Tarun, Anamika Shukla June 3, 2025 marks the end of an eighteen year wait for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (‘RCB’) to be crowned champions of Indian Premier League (‘IPL’) 2025. On June 4, an open bus victory was organised by the RCB management, DNA Event Management and the Karnataka...
Was Israeli Strike Against Iran A Part Of Donald Trump’s Game Plan?
By Nitya Chakraborty Israeli missile strikes against Teheran and Iran’s counter offensive entered its fifth day on June 17 Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically cutting short his stay in Canada for G-7 meeting for Washington indicating that he would be busy in peace moves in the next...
Intensification Of Minority Pushback In Assam Sparks Outrage
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Intensification of minority pushback drive after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s reaffirmation during the special session of the Legislative Assembly of the State held on June 9, 2025, that his government will not halt the pushback drive against alleged Bangladeshi infiltrators, has sparked the...
After Instigating Israeli Attacks Against Iran, Trump Is Working For Truce Between The Two
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump is leading the attack on Iran. This much is clear when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there were two assassination attempts on President Trump by Iranians, once when he was campaigning and the bullet nicked his now famous ear! Then at the...
Akhilesh-Rahul Pact Has Boosted Morale Of Opposition In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav’s announcement that his party will contest as part of INDIA alliance in 2027 assembly has boosted the morale of opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh. While addressing the office-bearers and leaders of Samajwadi Party minority cell at party headquarters Akhilesh...
India’s Platform Workers Deserve A New Lease On Their Social Security
By Gayatri Singh, Akhil Surya As new and myriad forms of employment come into play, it is essential that we critically rethink what a “traditional employer-employee relationship” means and analyse these forms by broadly interpreting an “employment relationship” under the existing labour laws. In India, the Industrial Disputes Act,...
