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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.Employment And Unemployment Data For 2024 Is Puzzling
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Two reports brought out recently by Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation present puzzling data on employment and unemployment in 2024, and when read them together a doubly confusing scenario emerges regarding the ground realities. These two reports are – Key Employment Unemployment Indicators,...
Narendra Modi’s Ministers Are Talking In Differing Voices On Key Policy
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers is full of tough cookies, from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who warned Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha that refusing to accept a law passed in Parliament would not be tolerated. Then, there is Union Defence Minister Rajnath...
Bihar BJP Is Deliberately Spreading Rumour About Nitish Kumar’s Shift To Centre
By Arun Srivastava Nitish Kumar who is credited with giving an identity to the Biharis in recent times ironically has fallen out of grace but it is indeed a dichotomy that he still continues to be the benign hope for BJP to retain the power. Incidentally Bihar is the...
Waqf Act Of 2025 Challenges The Morality Of Indian Constitution
By Narender Nagarwal The ongoing challenges faced by Indian Muslims extend beyond the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development Act, 2025, the legislation that replaces the Waqf Act of 1955. Central to their fight is the urgent need to uphold their right to live with dignity and to...
Hezbollah Should Wake Up To The New Reality Of Military And Economic Weakness
By Manish Rai US Deputy Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus, recently visited Lebanon. During an interview with the LBCI news outlet, Ortagus stressed the importance of disarming Hezbollah. This statement from a senior US diplomat has sparked a new debate about the disarmament of Hezbollah, which has...
Trump’s 90-Day Pause – 90 Days Of Blackmail, Bullying And Looming War
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Trump’s 90-day tariff reprieve spells 90 days of geopolitical turbulence, US bullying and the threat of war. All three have been constant features of the period of US “unipolar” power, especially since the beginning of what even US presidents have termed the “forever wars.” But...
Why Did Donald Trump Take A Sudden Retreat On Tariffs After Macho Display?
By Anjan Roy Just as Donald Trump’s tariffs had shaken the world and the financial markets, a sudden brake on their implementation had equally shocked leaders to market sloggers as much. President Trump had equally abruptly pushed back the time when his “reciprocal” tariffs were to kick in. He...
Sanghamitra Chakraborty’s Biography Of Bengali Icon Soumitra Chatterjee Is A Welcome Tribute
By Nitya Chakraborty Sanghamitra Chakraborty’s just released book ‘Soumitra Chatterjee and His World’ is perhaps the first authoritative biography in English of the great Bengali icon, who was not just the chosen on-screen face for Satyajit Ray, featuring centrally in fourteen of his twenty-eight feature films, but also a...
Steep Realtime Decline Witnessed In Social Assistance Programme Since 2014-15
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Despite the Union Government’s claim that social security coverage has been doubled under PM Narendra Modi government within three years from 24.4 per cent in 2021 to 48 per cent in 2024, there has been steep realtime decline in assistance under National Social Assistance Programme...
Narendra Modi’s 2011 Tweet About Rana Is Back In Circulation To Prop PM’s Image
By Sushil Kutty Alleged 26/11 Mumbai terror-attacks mastermind, Tahawwur Rana, the Pakistani-origin Canadian is up against the brag “Modi hai toh mumkin hai”. Rana’s planning took the lives of 166. Now, he is here in flesh and blood and the feeling one gets is that Rana is headed for...
Waiting For A Phone Call In Oval Office For 48 Hours That Never Came
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: It’s a telephone call that US President Donald Trump has been waiting for endlessly over the last 48 hours, waiting for the Chinese supremo president Xi Jinping to call and negotiate the 145% tariffs he has imposed on the red country in a...
AICC Session At Ahmedabad Gave A Big Push To Dalit Identity Of Congress
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress is emphasizing on reverting back to its traditional voters and there was a conscious push to woo back the SC, ST, OBC community through (AICC) session, called Nyay Path. Addressing the AICC session, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge lashed out at the BJP for...
China Outreaches To Latin American Nations Assuring Major Assistance To Economy
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Ninth Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held at Tegacigalpa, capital of Honduras on April 9 concluded its deliberations of the 33 member regional body by calling for increased political and economic collaboration between the member nations through the synergy...
Columbian President Gustavo Petro’s Left Coalition Facing Tough Opposition In 2026 Polls
By Pablo Castaño NEW YORK: Not even the reality show La Casa de los Famosos, a spin-off of Big Brother, managed to surpass the audience of the first televised Council of Ministers in Colombia last February. Millions of Colombians watched live as some ministers criticized President Gustavo Petro, another...
24th Party Congress Of CPI(M) Has Taken Isolation And Defeat Of BJP-RSS As Main Task
By P. Sudhir The 24th Congress of the CPI(M), which concluded at Madurai on April 6 with a massive rally, was notable in many respects. There were changes both in the agenda and content of the Congress discussions. First of all, a Political Review Report which reviewed the implementation...
Congress Moves Forward With A Focussed Strategy At Ahmedabad Session
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the two-day AICC session in Ahmedabad, the Congress has moved forward. The resolution finally adopted on April 9, 2025, shows that the party has made up it mind to adopt a modulated strategy which includes both the confrontational path against “inflicted grave injustice” upon...
Waqf Amendment Act Is An Assault On Constitution And Rights Of Minorities
By Krishna Jha “Who are you threatening? Waqf Act will be law, and all will have to obey,” declared home minister Amit Shah. It was almost prophetic, leaving no uncertainties. Autocracy was spreading its wings with brutal intolerance against any voices raised in opposition. The initiative itself reflects not...
CDU Chief Friedrich Merz Is Taking Over As Chancellor Of Germany
By Satyaki Chakraborty The German conservatives under the leadership of Friedrich Merz finally clinched a deal with the ruling Social Democrats (SPD) for forming a coalition which will run Europe’s largest economy for the next four years amidst new global scenario following Donald Trump taking over as the U.S....
