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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.Mass Layoffs, Price Hikes, Job Insecurity Mark Trump’s Tariff War On April 2
By C.J. Atkins WASHINGTON D.C.: Just a sampling of headlines on the first day of the USA’s new “Golden Age” serves to illustrate the chaos and uncertainty – along with the ridiculousness and absurdity – of President Donald Trump’s post-globalization world. “Layoff announcements surge to the most since the...
Brazilian President Seeking Support From China And Russia To Meet Trump’s Threat
By Nitya Chakraborty Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, better known globally as Lula has launched a major initiative to meet the U.S. President Donald Trump’s unilateral tariff offensive by joining hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Russian President Vladimir Putin, apart from taking assistance from...
Trump Has Driven Back U.S. Trade Regime To The Early Days Of Mercantilism
By Anjan Roy From politicians to economists to the humble stock traders, nobody could really believe it will come to pass. Worse, in fact, it should be as bad as it turned out in reality. Donald Trump’s promised April 2 announcement of tariffs on goods entering the United States...
Will Delhi Police Actually Act Against Riot Accused Delhi Law Minister
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Hope and frustration run high. Despite a court order to Delhi police to register an FIR and direction for further investigation to be conducted against BJP leader and Delhi law minister Kapil Mishra and others over his alleged involvement in the 2020 Delhi riots, Mohammad...
Altering The Waqf Bill Could Lead To Splitting Of The Muslim Community
By Arun Srivastava The rightist BJP riding on the back of its so-called secular allies, JDU and TDP, managed to get its much-hyped Waqf Bill adopted by the Lok Sabha on April 2. With this, the Narendra Modi government has moved several steps forward in not only taking over...
China Takes Precautionary Measures In Agri Products Trade To Meet Trump’s Tariff Challenge
By Kunal Bose President Donald Trump in his pursuit of making America great again (MAGA) has launched a fusillade of indefensible tariff measures upsetting the multilateral trading system. While this Trump campaign will prove hurtful for countries across the board – allies and those perceived as not friendly –...
Samajwadi Party To Politically Benefit From Its Opposition To Waqf Bill In Parliament
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi national president Akhilesh Yadav has consolidated his position as leader PDA (backwards, dalits and minorities) after his opposition to waqf amendment bill 2025 in Parliament. The manner in which Akhilesh Yadav and his party MPs launched attack on BJP on the issue of waqf...
Trump’s Liberation Day Tariffs Should Act As A Wake Up Call To Starmer
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Britain’s elite stands exposed by Donald Trump’s tariffs. The Make America Great Again (MAGA) presidency is declaring economic war on its so-called allies: and none, worldwide, have staked so much for so long on “partnership” with the United States as Britain. What Trump terms “liberation...
CPI General Secretary D Raja Underlines Principled Unity Of All Communists To Fight RSS-BJP
By Satyaki Chakraborty Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary D. Raja gave a clarion call on Wednesday for the building of principled unity of all communists in India to act as the vanguard of the battle against the Narendra Modi government and the RSS-BJP led Sangh Parivar. Addressing...
Signs That New Delhi Has Been Overwhelmed By Trump’s Tariff Brutality
By K Raveendran It is curious that Indians have learnt of New Delhi’s willingness to cut tariffs for American goods from President Donald Trump rather than an official statement from the Modi government. It is as though charmed by Trump’s personal warmth towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has...
India Can Take Lessons From Response To Trump’s Tariff Rate By Canada, Mexico And China
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik President Trump inflicted 20 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports and 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods. Canada retaliated with 25 per cent tariffs on American exports worth US$ 20.7 billion. There is a possibility of expanding this retaliation to US$ 86.2...
Centre Notifies Series Of Orders Allowing Price Hike For Thousands Of Drugs
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has published a series of orders on April 1, 2025 allowing hike in essential medicines, other drugs, and medical equipment. Prices of essential drugs have been allowed to increase by 1.74 per cent in 2025, as against 0.005 per...
BJP To Launch Gaon Chalo Yatra For Four Days From April 9 In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Both BJP and Congress have decided to take several steps to streamline their organization. BJP has decided to launch “Gaon Chalo Basti Chalo Abhiyan (Let us go to villages and communities) from April 9 to April 12. April 6 is Party’s foundation day. On...
Another Kerala Trail-Blazer: Commission For The Elderly
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has, once again, blazed a new trail by deciding to constitute a commission for the elderly, the first of its kind in the country. In a path-breaking initiative, the State Assembly unanimously passed the Kerala State Elderly Commission Bill, 2025 aimed at protecting the...
It’s Time To Cap The Number Of Seats In Lok Sabha
By Nantoo Banerjee If in the United States, the world’s second largest federal democracy, the number of seats in the House of Representatives could remain capped at 435 since 1913, there is no reason to justify the latest delimitation exercise to freshly fix the number of seats and boundaries...
Decoding Major Tasks Of CPI(M) At 24th Party Congress In Madurai On April 2-6
By Nitya Chakraborty The Communist Party of India (Marxist) begins its five day session of 24th Congress on April 2 at Madurai in Tamil Nadu. The 24th congress, held after every three years is expected to frame the road map of the party for the next three years...
Modi Govt Must Act To Prevent Illegal Immigration From India To U.S.
By Kalyani Shankar Illegal immigration from India to the United States is emerging as a significant issue between the two countries. India has one of the highest numbers of illegal immigrants in the US, with an estimated 750,000 people. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two countries have built...
India’s Present Growth Model On The Basis Of GDP Is Imperfect
By Dr. Gyan Pathak UN Geneva’s Beyond Lab’s movement around ‘Beyond GDP’ has many lessons for India, the country whose ruling establishment has recently created a hype around its GDP growth. Quoting the IMF data, the government said India’s economy has reached $4.3 trillion in 2025, which was $2.1...
