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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.India’s Javelin-Class MPATGM Set For Induction By Army In 2026
By Girish Linganna The Indian Army is set to receive a major upgrade in its tank-destroying capability as the indigenously developed Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile system moves closer to operational approval by 2026. After years of intensive testing and successful trials, this advanced weapon system represents a giant...
Farmers Of Northern States Are Agitating Against Centre, State Govts
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Why are the farmers of Bhiwani and Charkhi Dadri districts staging an indefinite dharna at Loharu Sub-Divisional Magistrate Office since July 16, 2025? More than 100 days of sit-in is still continuing, so why is the government not heeding to their demands? What...
Cracks In BJP-Nitish Kumar Alliance Weaken NDA Before Bihar Polls
By Arun Srivastava Nothing is well with the NDA in Bihar, right before the two-phase polls on November 6 and 11. The political development inside the NDA has strayed away from the path as envisioned by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Their plan to condense Nitish Kumar to...
Ex-POTUS Obama Joins Poll Campaign To Pep Up Democrat Candidates
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers WASHINGTON: In the fading autumn light of Newark and Norfolk, Barack Obama delivered what may prove to be the opening salvo in a protracted Democratic campaign to reclaim political ground lost to Donald Trump’s resurgent Republican coalition. Speaking to enthusiastic crowds Saturday, the former...
For India’s Disabled Litigants, Justice Is An Insurmountable Challenge
By Vikas Gupta The Indian judicial system is famous for its slow pace. The crawling of cases – with it the lives of millions involved – has been the subject matter of numerous films, caricatures in media and commentary in the runaway world of social media. There are over...
Big Tech’s Brutal Culture Pushes Employees Down An Abyss Of Anxiety
By K Raveendran The narrative circulating among professionals in high-performing technology firms is increasingly marked by anxiety. Reports of employees receiving lay-off notifications at 3 a.m. are emblematic of a culture in which even top-paid staff feel tethered to the abyss of “you may not be here tomorrow”. The...
India, U.S. Forge Defence Alliance Even As Trade War Looms Large
By TN Ashok In a striking display of geopolitical pragmatism, India and the United States finalized a sweeping 10-year defence framework agreement this week, even as a bitter tariff dispute threatens to derail a $530 billion trade deal between the world’s largest democracies. The defence pact, signed after talks...
Fear Of Denial Of Right To Vote Haunts Bihar’s Dalits, Muslims
By Arun Srivastava Despite Rahul Gandhi donning critical and aggressive posture and putting Narendra Modi on the mat in the current assembly polls campaign in Bihar, the Dalits, rural poor and pasmanda Muslims are yet to acquire sufficient confidence of exercising their right to vote. With four days left...
AITUC, AIBEA Flag Pitfalls In Centre’s Draft National Employment Policy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Draft “Shram Shakti Niti 2025 – National Labour & Employment Policy” of India is now under sharp attack from various stakeholders. They have pointed out the pitfalls of the policy, while the joint platform of the 10 Central Trade Unions (CTUs) has already launched...
India To Buy ₹1,500 Crore More Meteor Missiles For Rafales
By Girish Linganna India is set to purchase Meteor long-range air-to-air missiles worth USD 180 million (approximately ₹1,500 crore) in a game-changing move that will significantly boost the country’s air combat capabilities. These advanced missiles will be fitted on Rafale fighter jets, giving India a decisive edge in air...
Evidence Mounts Of Trump’s Plan For A Coup In Venezuela
By Tim Wheeler NEW YORK: Evidence is mounting that the Trump administration is preparing for a coup to overthrow the Venezuelan government, escalating a U.S. effort that has dragged on for years. The president’s increasingly bellicose behaviour toward Venezuela is evident in his sharp increase of military forces deployed in...
Trump-Xi Summit At Busan Is A Game Changer Within China’s Us Policy
By Nitya Chakraborty In the last 24 hours since the holding of the historic summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, a large number of commentaries in the American media as also in other western papers have been written. While in US, the assessment of the...
Borrowed Power: Trump’s Gamble With The Big Bomb May Backfire
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayer NEW YORK: When Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that the United States would “immediately resume nuclear testing,” the world flinched — not because it expected mushroom clouds to rise over Nevada again tomorrow, but because it remembered what those clouds once meant. For three...
NDA’s Manifesto On Bihar Elections Is Evasive, Full Of Vague Promises
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Shrewdness is all that reflects NDA’s manifesto on Bihar elections released on October 31, 2025, just a week before the first phase of election to be held on November 6. It is elusive. It does say nothing about the plight of Bihar, even though it...
Navigating Turbulence With Defiance While Maintaining Resilience
By TN Ashok The pronouncements from India’s economic policymakers carry an almost defiant optimism these days. Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran recently projected GDP growth touching 7% for fiscal year 2026—a remarkable forecast given that just months ago, analysts feared the figure might languish around 6%. Meanwhile, inflation...
Assam CM’s Strange Fury Over Congress Leader Singing Tagore Song
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Apparently, if political leaders insist, certain songs composed by ‘Kabiguru’ Rabindranath Tagore cannot be sung except on special occasions. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has ordered the state police to initiate a case of treason against a Congress leader, who committed the sin of singing ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ some days ago at...
Deaths From Substandard Drugs: Painful Price Of Policy Failure
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: The Chhindwara cough syrup tragedy has once again exposed the deep cracks in Madhya Pradesh’s health system—especially in the quality control and supply chain of medicines. Dozens of children lost their lives, and the investigation revealed that the cough syrup administered to them contained toxic...
Kerala Becomes First State Free Of Extreme Poverty
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: Kerala has added yet another feather to its capacious cap of achievements, turning its critics and detractors green with envy. ‘God’s Own Country’ is set to officially become the first state in the country to be free from extreme poverty. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will...
