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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.AAP Retains Tarn Taran Assembly Seat By A Good Margin In Bypoll
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party has succeeded in retaining its Tarn Taran assembly seat by defeating the Shiromani Akali Dal by a margin of 12091 votes. AAP candidate Harmeet Singh Sandhu got 42649 votes and SAD candidate got 30558 votes. Third position was captured by the...
Federal Govt Reopens But Health Care Ambiguities Haunt Citizens
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: The federal government reopened on Thursday s after a grueling 42-day shutdown, sending nearly 900,000 furloughed workers back to their jobs and averting what economists warned could have been a devastating blow to the holiday economy. But the bipartisan agreement that ended the...
Maharashtra Congress To Ally With Smaller Parties For Local Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Maharashtra Congress has taken a decision to ally with smaller and like-minded parties for the upcoming local body elections, leaving those from the ruling Mahayuti coalition. This is even though the Congress continues to assert that its alliance with its major Maha Vikas Aghadi...
President Donald Trump’s Provocations Are Bolstering Latin America’s Left
By Steve Ellner NEW YORK: When Donald Trump assumed the presidency in January 2025, the Pink Tide governments in Latin America were losing ground. The approval rating of Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, reached the lowest of his three presidential terms, while that of Colombia’s Gustavo Petro...
Foreign Powers Including U.S. Are Responsible For Catastrophe In Sudan
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. NEW YORK: Since war erupted in April 2023, fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has caused a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. Some 150,000 people have died and 14 million Sudanese out of a population of 51 million are...
General Elections And Referendum To Be Held On Same Day In Bangladesh
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh is going for national elections in February 2026 along with the holding of referendum for the July charter on the same polling day. The national address of the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Government Dr. Muhammad Yunus on Thursday afternoon set the stage for the Parliamentary...
Federal Shutdown Ends With GOP Victory Amidst Democratic Divisions
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The longest government shutdown in American history ended Wednesday night not with a grand bargain, but with a narrow Republican victory that exposed fissures within Democratic ranks and left millions of Americans facing steep healthcare premium increases in the coming weeks. President Donald...
Blasts In Both Delhi And Islamabad Show The Extent Of Terrorism In South Asia
By Dr. Arun Mitra After reading the names and seeing the photographs published in newspapers, it has become clear that those killed in the Delhi bomb blast included both Hindus and Muslims. The explosion occurred at Gate No. 1 of the Lal Qila (Red Fort) metro station — an...
More Action Required To Check Black Marketing Of Fertilisers
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Department of Fertilisers, Government of India has said that in active coordination with Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, and the state government it took effective action against black marketing of fertilisers. In fact, it is half the truth. Black marketing of fertilisers continues along...
Foundational Concept Of RSS Was Against India’s Secular Constitution
By Nilotpal Basu A controversy and a debate is raging in the country over the bonafides of the RSS. The context is the focus brought to the fore by reference to the unregistered status of the organisation. For the ministers of the BJP led governments at different levels, this...
KIIFB Catalyses Infrastructure Development In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) has paved the way for large-scale infrastructure development within Kerala’s acclaimed model of development and social progress. It has also helped in realizing the vision of “Nava Keralam (New Kerala) where the living standards of citizens match those...
The Supreme Court’s ‘Grounds Of Arrest’ Ruling Is A Welcome Elaboration
By Sahil Hussain Choudhury In a landmark judgment that could reshape the constitutional architecture of arrest and remand, the Supreme Court on November 6, 2025, held that every person arrested in India must be informed of the grounds of arrest in writing, and in a language they understand. The...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer May Fall But That Does Not Solve Problem In Britain
By Ben Chacko LONDON: If Keir Starmer intended to stave off a leadership challenge by advertising his readiness to fight one, he has miscalculated. All his intervention has done is placed the question of his leadership at the top of MPs’ minds. Perhaps identifying Wes Streeting as a possible...
Trump’s Fair Deal Promise Sounds More Realistic Than Before
By K Raveendran President Donald Trump has declared that a ‘fair trade deal’ with India is forthcoming, asserting that once concluded, India will once again ‘love’ America. He framed it as a departure from past arrangements that, in his view, had been ‘pretty unfair,’ and suggested both countries were...
Why Not PM Narendra Modi’s Degree Row Should Be Heard On Merit?
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Disclosure of the details of the degree of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi by Delhi University will be delayed further, because a division bench of the Delhi High court has flagged on November 12, 2025 the delay by the four petitioners in filing...
Communist Jeannette Jara Is Front Runner In Chile Presidential Elections First Round Opinion Poll
By Nitya Chakraborty With three days left for the Presidential elections in Chile on Sunday, November 16, opinion polls indicate the joint candidate of the ruling Left combination, communist parliamentarian Jeannette Jara leading with around 30 per cent of the votes while the main Right challenger Antonio Cast at...
Global Leaders Rushed With Statements Expressing Empathy With India On Red Fort Blast
By T N Ashok The air around Delhi’s Red Fort was thick with smoke and confusion on the evening of November 10, 2025. Sirens wailed as ambulances pushed through the crowded lanes of Old Delhi, their flashing lights reflecting off the centuries-old sandstone walls. Vendors abandoned their stalls, tourists...
Global Fight For Ending Poverty Is Integrated With The Battle For Climate Justice
By Krishna Jha Robert Frost was not alone, nor it was the only time People were passing through a crisis. But now it is life itself that has started ebbing. Climate has become a threat. Dangers are escalating every day. The river has been drying up. Jungle is aflame...
