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.Outcome Of 52 Marginal Seats In Earlier Bihar Polls Can Be Decisive In 2025
By Tirthankar Mitra Given a closely contested poll battle in the two phase election in Bihar next month, results of 52 constituencies can make or break the prospects of INDIA and NDA alliances. The Bihar polls are likely to be a closely run electoral race as Opposition did well...
Even Common Infections Are Becoming Harder, Sometimes Impossible To Treat
By Dr. Gyan Pathak One in six bacterial infections globally are resistant to standard antibiotics endangering millions of lives and straining heath systems. Even common infections are becoming harder, sometimes impossible to treat. India has much to worry, because very large number of resistant infections have been reported from...
Kerala CM Rejects Allegation Of ED Summons To His Son
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Yet another attempt by a frustrated opposition to discredit Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Government has failed dismally. The latest exercise undertaken by the Congress and the BJP relates to a so-called summons by the Enforcement Directorate(ED) to the Chief Minister’s son, Vivek...
India Must Cut Down Coal Consumption
By Nantoo Banerjee There is little to be excited about the recent inauguration of predominantly mountainous Arunachal Pradesh’s first commercial coal mine at Namchik-Namphuk in the Changlang district jointly by Union Coal & Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy and Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu, marking the state’s first coal...
PM Narendra Modi Must Take Up Students Visa Issue With President Trump Urgently
By Kalyani Shankar The U.S. visa crisis has particularly impacted international students, including those from India. There are growing concerns about the future of their education in the US. Approximately 1.1 million international students are studying in the US. The recent crackdown on international students, has intensified, with its...
Afghan Foreign Minister Muttaqi’s Current Visit To India Is Positive For The Region
By Asad Mirza The Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi is on a 7-days visit to India. The visit assumes importance as it is the first such high level visit by any Afghan official to India since the Taliban-led government of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was proclaimed...
Passing Away Of IPA Columnist Sushil Kutty Is A Big Loss To Independent Media
By K Raveendran Sushil Kutty, who passed away on Sunday night, lived and wrote like a man apart — a loner in every sense, and yet deeply connected to the world through the force of his words. A regular columnist for the India Press Agency for the last ten...
2025 Nobel Prize Winner Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is An Uncompromising Writer
By Tirthankar Mitra Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the Hungarian author whose fiction walked the tightrope between despair and grace has been awarded the 2025 Nobel prize for literature. He is the second Hungarian to win this prize. Born in 1954 in Gyda, he came of age in the long dusk of...
With Israel’s Partial Pull Out Of Troops, The Long March Of Palestinians To Gaza Is On
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: The people of Gaza have begun their long march home from the concentration camps in the southern part of the besieged strip, as a ceasefire agreement finally appears to be taking hold and Israeli troops have partially pulled back from cities in the north....
Trump-Modi Meet At ASEAN Summit In Malaysia Can Remove Irritants In Indo-US Ties
By Nitya Chakraborty There is a big possibility of renewal of India-US bilateral ties impacting the ongoing trade talks following the proposed one on one meeting between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the U.S. President Donald Trump during their presence in Kuala Lumpur to attend the summit...
Basking In Borrowed Glory: Funny And Hilarious Show Of Bravado
By K Raveendran President Donald Trump’s admission that he is basking in borrowed glory is as disarmingly honest as it is characteristically Trumpian. When he says that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, the newly minted Nobel Peace Prize laureate, called to tell him that she was accepting the...
Narendra Modi Government Took 11 Years To Make Draft Employment Policy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Government of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has finally decided to bring National Labour & Employment Policy – Shram Shakti Niti 2025, though it took 11 years to do so. Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has put the draft policy on...
NITI Aayog Warning On India’s Digital Overreach Needs To Be Taken Seriously
By R. Suryamurthy When India’s new Income-tax Act, 2025 was unveiled earlier this year, it was touted as a model of modernization — a law that would replace the colonial hangover of the 1961 Act with a “trust-based, transparent, and technology-driven” tax regime. But as the government celebrates digital...
A Pause In Netanyahu’s Slaughter: Can A New Israeli Politics Emerge?
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Unyielding vigilance is needed to ensure Israel fulfils its commitments under the “ceasefire.” Palestinians streamed back to Gaza City to confront anew the now familiar scenes of destruction with their homes and businesses, schools and hospitals, mosques and churches heaped in ruins with vital infrastructure...
The Price Of Pragmatism: What India Gains (And Loses) By Courting The Taliban
By Girish Linganna In a move that would have seemed unthinkable just a few years ago, Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in New Delhi on October 9 for an eight-day official visit that marks a watershed moment in India’s foreign policy. His meetings with External Affairs Minister...
Nomination Begins For Bihar Election But Seat-Sharing Troubles Continue
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Filing for nomination papers for the first phase of Bihar election has began on Friday , October 10 but both the NDA and INDIA bloc are still trying to overcome the troubles on account of seat-sharing among their alliance partners. All the political parties in...
Israel-Hamas Deal Has Lessons For The Global Anti-War Movement Supporters
By Dr Arun Mitra The agreement reached between Israel and Hamas has raised a ray of hope that the massacre of Palestinian children and women, being carried out by the Israeli army for nearly two years, might finally stop. However, reports continue to emerge that Israel has not ceased...
Parleys With Paswan, Manjhi, Nitish On As NDA Braces For Bihar Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra The BJP and its allies in the NDA continue their hectic efforts to come to an effective seat-sharing arrangement ahead of Bihar assembly elections. But behind agreement and smiles, much effort was put in to persuade Chirag Paswan, with Union Minister Nityanand Rai visiting Paswan’s...
