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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.Donald Trump’s India Gambit: Is It Genuine Recalibration Or Optics?
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: When President Donald Trump told reporters on November 8 that trade talks with India were “going good” and floated the possibility of visiting New Delhi next year, he was doing more than exchanging diplomatic pleasantries. He was attempting damage control on a relationship...
Supreme Court Stray Dog Order Big Setback To Vaccine Lobby
By K Raveendran A landmark order by the Supreme Court of India mandating the removal of stray dogs from public-spaces and their relocation into designated shelters marks what appears to be a significant blow to the interests of the vaccine-industry lobby and its aligned advocacy networks. That lobby, long...
China Rattles US Naval Supremacy By Commissioning Aircraft Carrier Fujian
By Anjan Roy China has commissioned its latest aircraft carrier, Fujian, this week which further confirms it is the world’s largest blue water navy by vessels count. Fujian aircraft carrier is a mammoth ship comparable only to the largest ones of the US navy in the same class and...
Centre Speeds Up Finalisation Of Shram Shakti Niti 2025
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even as the Central Trade Unions and farmers have started their month-long campaign and protests against the Draft Shram Shakti Niti 2025 and Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025 to be culminated on November 26, 2025, the Centre has started pushing for early finalization of the...
Supreme Court’s Zainul Judgement Evolves The Standards Of Conviction
By Bhavya Johari The Supreme Court’s October 7, 2025 ruling in Zainul v. State of Bihar arrives at a critical moment for the Indian criminal justice system. As mob violence cases surge in India, the ruling redefines the evidentiary threshold for prosecutions under Section 149 of the Indian Penal...
The United Left Has The Potential To Defeat Surging Reform Party In Britain
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Battle lines are emerging that could determine whether the left re-emerges as a serious challenger in British politics. For most of the year the main disruptor has been the right, with Reform establishing a steady lead in opinion polls and a huge march through London...
Future Of Trump’s Favourite Grouping QUAD Is At Stake Due To India-US Schism
By Nitya Chakraborty US President Donald Trump’s favourite grouping Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) is in deep crisis due to the strain in India-US relations in 2025 covering both trade and political issues and also a dip in personal ties between Trump and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over...
Left Sweep In JNU Students’ Union Poll Signals Changing Ideological Pulse
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Echo of national discontent among youth is now prominently heard from Bihar to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Educated youth in Bihar have been vocal during the continuing election in the state where first phase of election has just been concluded on November 6, 2025, while...
Modi Govt’s Latest Revision In GST Camouflages Squeeze On State Finances
By Prabhat Patnaik The Narendra Modi government has made much of the revision in rates of the Goods and Services Tax that it has announced. Its propaganda machine has worked overtime to tom-tom the benevolence of the government, how it has lightened the load on the common man precisely...
The Soybean Gambit: How America’s Golden Bean Lost Its Lustre
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: In the flat expanse of Illinois farmland, where autumn skies stretch endlessly above golden fields, Dean Buchholz watches his soybean harvest with a gnawing unease that has become all too familiar. After decades of cultivating this protein-rich oilseed, he has witnessed his crop...
From Maharani To Jan Suraaj: The New Mood In Bihar’s Battle For Power
By R. Suryamurthy The battle for Bihar has entered its final, feverish act. The second phase of polling on November 11, covering 122 seats across the southern and central regions, will decide whether Nitish Kumar ends his two-decade innings as chief minister — or pulls off one last political...
Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025 Is Being Opposed By All Sections
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Voices of protest against the India Government’s Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025 have begun to emerge en masse stating it as anti-farmer, anti-consumer, and anti-employee. The power employees, engineers, farmers and consumers have started to come on the same page to oppose it. In a...
Bihar Polls: Gandhi Siblings & Amit Shah Exchange Barbs At Each Other
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political battle for Bihar has turned into a fierce war of words, with Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accusing the BJP and the Election Commission of stealing elections and Union home minister Amit Shah hitting back at the siblings. The Wayanad...
Karnataka’s Domestic Workers Bill Is Welcome, But Problems Remain
By Madhulika T, Mohan Mani The Karnataka Government recently released a draft Bill on domestic work (‘Bill’) for public feedback and comments. Since Independence, several attempts, mostly through private members’ Bills, have been made to introduce a comprehensive central law to regulate domestic work. None, however, have materialized. In...
Zohran Mamdani’s Victory As New York Mayor Has Given A Big Boost To Global Left
By Nitya Chakraborty The historic victory of the Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani in New York mayoral elections on November 4 night is acting as a big booster, not only to the left wingers in the Democratic Party belonging to the Bernie Sanders group, but also to the left...
NDA and MGB Fought A Very Close Electoral Battle In Bihar In The First Phase
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the first phase of election on November 6 for 121 out of 243 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Mahagathbandhan (MGB) fought a very tough electoral battle. There are about 20 seats where outcome seems to be very uncertain,...
Republicans Stunned As Tuesday’s Verdict Was A Referendum Against Trump
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Democrats swept to decisive victories across the nation Tuesday night, winning every major contested race in what political analysts are calling the first significant electoral referendum on President Trump’s second-term economic policies. In the most closely watched contests, Democrats won both governor’s races...
Hate Filled ‘Othering’ Of RSS-BJP Will Have Diminishing Returns
By P. Sudhir Lord Curzon must be chuckling in his grave. Recently, in Karimganj district rechristened as Sribhumi in Barak valley, a local Congress leader sang Rabindranath Tagore’s iconic song “Amar Sonar Bangla, Ami tomaybhalobasi”. It immediately drew a sharp reaction from the Himanta Biswa Sarma government. The Chief...
