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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.Truce Talks On Manipur Failed To Produce Joint Statement Despite Meeting Of Both Sides
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Though happy that ultimately the warring Manipur groups – the Meiteis and the Kuki-Zos – sat across the table with the Union government on April 5, Saturday in New Delhi yet the home ministry team led by advisor (North-East) A K Mishra has had...
An International Health Crisis Looms Large In The Area Of Tackling HIV
By Anand Grover With the international rules based order in disarray today and as parameters of governance are undermined across the world, the crisis in health is looming large. Having been through two major pandemics in the recent past – HIV and Covid – it is now instructive for...
New CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby Has A Tough Task In Imparting Dynamism In The Party
By Nitya Chakraborty 71 year old CPI(M) politburo member Mariam Alexander Baby has taken over as the sixth general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) following his nomination at the 24th congress of the Party which concluded at Madurai on April 6. Baby is a veteran leader...
India Is Let Off Lightly With Trump’s Import Tariff
By Nantoo Banerjee US President Donald Trump is absolutely right to justify the new tariffs as a necessary step to combat “unfair” import trade practices that have hurt his country’s industries and employment opportunities for decades. Thanks to its own liberal import policy over the last several years, the...
Implementation Of Amended Waqf Act Remains A Big Challenge To Modi Govt
By Kalyani Shankar There is a lot of concern about the Waqf Property Amendment Bill 2025, which the Lok Sabha passed on Wednesday. This controversial bill updates the 1995 Waqf Act and gives the Central Government more control over waqf properties. The Rajya Sabha cleared it the next day....
Petitioners Challenging Waqf Act 2025 Allege It To Be Anti-Islamic
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With the President of India’s assent, the WAQF Amendment Bill 2025 has become an act, but it was promptly challenged in the Supreme Court of India, where the matter was mentioned today April 7, 2025, before the Chief Justice of India for urgent hearing. The...
Kunal Kamra Case Is About Limitations And Restrictions On Freedoms
By Sushil Kutty Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra is in the Bombay High Court with a petition to quash the Mumbai Police FIR against him for making the ‘traitor’ jibe against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, whose keen ears prick up in a micro-millisecond if the word happens to...
Brazilian Left Facing A Succession Problem As Lula Is Ending His Third Term
By Olavo Passos de Souza NEW YORK: With the third term of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva well beyond its midway point, South America’s largest nation is again suffering from a leadership crisis. The once widely beloved politician’s approval rating has reached the lowest point that we...
Protests In The US Show How A People’s Mass Movement Can Be Rebuilt
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Demonstrations across the United States over the weekend against Donald Trump and his policies give the lie to claims that all is lost in the struggle for people’s rights and social justice against the conservative right and its far-right allies. Of course, there are always...
Narendra Modi And Donald Trump: Leaders Bonded Even In Himalayan Blunders
By K Raveendran Donald Trump and Narendra Modi never seem to tire of expressing admiration for each other, their mutual regard forming an odd but undeniable transnational political camaraderie. What binds them is not simply shared ideology but a similar worldview shaped by populism, nativism, and a flair for...
Minimum Pension Remains Rs 1000 Since 2014 Under Modi Government
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Two important piece of news this week may shock the conscience of many, but not the ruling establishment of India. The first is that Minimum pension for workers under one of the social security coverage given under Employment Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) remains at Rs...
Nitish Kumar’s Political Woes Mount As Bihar Assembly Polls Are Approaching
By Sushil Kutty Don’t doubt the intentions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the gentle warning to a fellow panelist from a BJP spokesperson, which caught the fancy of the anchor of the prime-time show who repeated the warning in a tone that brooked no defiance. Prime Minister Narendra...
Amended Waqf Act May Lead To More Churning Among The Muslim Support Of BJP Allies
By Arun Srivastava Saffron ecosystem must be feeling ecstatic at its achievement of having Waqf board under its belt, acquiring vast tract of land owned by it across the country and pushing the Muslims to the position of second grade citizens. A closer introspection nevertheless would make it explicit...
CPI(M)’s 24th Party Congress Approves Political-Tactical Line
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 24th CPI(M) Party Congress has approved its political-tactical line laying stress on increasing the independent strength of the party even as it remained part of the state-specific secular and democratic front, including the Congress, to “defeat the neo-fascist regime” at the Centre. This decision...
Trump’s Tariff Gamble: A Path To Global Recession?
By Dr Imran Khalid President Donald Trump’s declaration of April 2, 2025, as “Liberation Day” marked a seismic shift in U.S. trade policy, with the imposition of sweeping reciprocal tariffs that have sent shockwaves through the global economy. The new measures include a universal 10% tariff on all imports,...
Trump’s Bid For Greenland Is A Part Of Battle Over Arctic Resources
By Huw Paige LONDON: Buried underneath the Greenland ice sheet is the legacy of a spectacular American failure. Camp Century was a hidden US military base, a network of tunnels that was supposed to expand from its originally limited scope during the 1950s into a sprawling complex of missile...
Hungary’s Withdrawal From ICC For Receiving Netanyahu Is A Warning
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Hungary’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a warning. Both of the breakdown of respect for international law, and of the growing identification of far-right forces across Europe with the state of Israel. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban chose a visit by Israeli...
Post April 2, India Feeling More Confident In Maintaining Global Export Thrust
By Subrata Majumder The entire world is deepening into geopolitical tensions and increasing uncertainty in trade following the announcement made by the U.S. President Donald Trump the new tariff rates on April 2. The U.S. slapped 27 percent import tariff on India. President Trump exhilarated this as “discounted replication”,...
