Opinion
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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.Youth Unemployment Drops In China, This Time It Might Stick
By Dr Imran Khalid In the autumn of 2025, China is quietly showing signs that it is turning a corner on one of its most daunting economic challenges: youth unemployment. The National Bureau of Statistics reported that the urban jobless rate for 16 to 24 year-olds (excluding students) fell...
Why India’s Seventh Entry Into The UNHRC Is A Troubling Tale For People?
By Edgar Kaiser On October 14 this year, India was elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the seventh time from the Asia group, along with Pakistan, Vietnam, and Iraq. While this may read as a diplomatic triumph for the state and a national prestige for the citizens...
British Labour Party Must Back Current Talks Based On Ukraine Peace Plan
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Everyone must hope that the present talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine succeed. It is a conflict that has cost perhaps half a million lives with many more injured, driven millions more into exile and wreaked havoc with the economy and infrastructure...
India’s Strategic Shift Toward Diversified Trade And Green Commitments
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik With the long-awaited trade deal with the US delayed, India is deepening engagement with other developed partners such as the European Union (EU) and New Zealand to secure free trade agreements (FTAs). This shift reflects New Delhi’s intent to diversify its trade relationships and reduce...
Future Of Millions Of Children In Poverty Is At High Risk
By Dr. Gyan Pathak “Regrettably, efforts to reduce poverty are slowing. If we are to reverse this slowdown and accelerate progress, we need to maintain and extend the approaches that have been shown to work in recent decades,” says the State of the World Children 2025, a flagship report...
New Labour Codes: A Most Unfair Labour Practice
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The trade unions with the exception of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sabha (BMS) have condemned the notification of the four new labour codes as the most unfair labour practice. Expectedly, Opposition parties and many trade unions have demanded that they be revoked as the codes were...
India Can Take A Leaf From China’s Book To Tackle Winter Pollution
By Tirthankar Mitra Come winter, the discourse over air pollution gets shriller in India. It is this time of the year when burning agricultural stubble and bursting firecrackers make the air more noxious. India can take a leaf out of China’s book to find s way out of the...
The New Kill Zone: Gaza’s Borders After The ‘Ceasefire’ Set By Israel
By Ramzy Baroud LONDON: The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of destruction. Starting on October 10, the first day of the announced ceasefire, Israel transitioned tactics: moving from indiscriminate aerial bombardment to...
The Quiet American Plot To End Progressive Government In Honduras
By John Perry LONDON: Trump’s gunboat diplomacy in the Caribbean grabs the headlines, while quieter moves to destabilise other progressive Latin American governments go unnoticed by corporate media. A key case is a plot that would create chaos enabling a neoliberal candidate to be declared victor, with Washington’s connivance,...
Behind India’s Rising Foreign Debt Is Growing Trade Deficit
By Nantoo Banerjee The government may disagree but India’s persistent trade deficit is ruining the country’s economy despite its impressive growth. Last month, import-happy India’s trade deficit reached a record high level of US$41 billion as exports witnessed the sharpest monthly decline over a year. Unfortunately, a big surge...
G20 Declaration Focuses On Immediate Economic Agenda Sidelining Views On Conflicts
By Nitya Chakraborty The two day G20 summit which ended at Johannesburg in South Africa on November 23 afternoon signalled two major political developments. First, the US, the leader of the democratic world got isolated geo-politically due to the decision of President Trump not to attend the summit and...
India Enters Into A New Phase Of Turbulent Industrial Relations
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With unilateral announcement of implementation of the four controversial laobur codes by the Government of India on November 21, 2025, and the joint platform of the 10 Central Trade Unions (CTUs) to intensify their protests already planned on November 26 against it ,is a clear...
Indo-US Trade Deal Is Nearing Conclusion As Both Sides Dilute Earlier Hard Stance
By Kalyani Shankar The long-awaited trade deal between the US and India is coming close. The US has indicated a potential reduction of the 50% tariff on Indian goods. President Donald Trump is expressing some flexibility on the matter. “We’re making a deal with India—it’s a much different deal...
Centre Can’t Pretend Sliding Rupee Just A Currency Blip
By R. Suryamurthy India is drifting into yet another familiar cycle of currency anxiety. The rupee has slipped to fresh lows, brushed up against the psychologically loaded 90-per-dollar mark, and triggered the usual storm of political point-scoring and expert cautioning. The noise is predictable; what it hides is far...
President Trump And New York Mayor Elect Mamdani Reset A Fractured Relationship
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The afternoon light slanted across the South Portico when Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City stepped out of a black SUV and strode toward the West Wing entrance of the White House in Washington on November 21 npoon— a sight that would...
Opposition’s Unsuccessful Attempt To Milk Sabarimala Issue
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The desperate attempt of the Opposition parties in Kerala – the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – to extract political capital out of the Sabarimala issue seems to be reaching nowhere. The main reason for the failure of the...
Centre’s New Four Labour Codes Have Angered The Indian Trade Unions
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: After a thumping win in Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP led central government has started to implement its hidden agendas, which it kept pending for more than five years. On Friday, November 21, 2025, it notified the four labour codes, which were waiting for...
Supreme Court Signalling Constitutional Rethink On Talaq Issue Has Wider Dimension
By Asad Mirza Recent observations by a Supreme Court bench on the topic of Talaq, has yet again opened a Pandora box. The issue could be resolved once and for all if the Muslim jurists make a review of the practice in keeping with the modern times. On November...
