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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.Jeremy Corbyn Announces The Plan To Hold Conference Of New British Left Party
By Andrew Murray LONDON: Plans for the first conference of the new left party in Britain launched by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have been announced to the 800,000 people who have signed up as supporters. Thousands of delegates to the November gathering are to be chosen by lottery...
Europe In 2025 Is Showing All The Signs Of Pre-World War Two Eco-Political Turbulence
By Nitya Chakraborty Europe which was the main centre of two world wars in the last century is showing signals of many of the features of the politics of the continent in the pre- second world period spanning 1925 to 1939 in political and military terms. Though in term...
Cheaper Goods, Costlier Questions: The Hidden Risks Of GST 2.0
By R. Suryamurthy On September 22, India will roll out the most sweeping reform of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) since its launch eight years ago. The political packaging is clear: cheaper soaps, medicines, and small cars just in time for the festival season. The new regime collapses...
The Quarterly Trap: America’s Corporate Dance With Short-Term Gains
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The rhythmic pulse of American capitalism beats every ninety days. As earnings season approaches, corporate America enters a familiar choreography: CFOs massage spreadsheets, CEOs rehearse optimistic narratives, and employees brace for potential restructuring. This quarterly ritual, enshrined since the Securities Exchange Act of...
Suicides In Wayanad Deepen Congress Factionalism In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The recent suicides of two Congress leaders in Wayanad and the reverberations over the Rahul Mamgootathil issue have exposed the deepening factionalism in the Kerala unit of the Congress. Last week witnessed the death, allegedly by suicide, by a local Congress leader Jose Nelledam in...
Trump Suing New York Times For Defamation Seeking $15 Billion Is A Sign Of His Panic Reaction
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump has sued ‘The New York Times’, the newspaper he has been calling the “failing New York Times” for nearly 19 years and still hasn’t seen it failing. So now he has gone and sued The New York Times’ believing if it doesn’t fail...
FBI Director Kash Patel’s Political Loyalty Hit The Bureau’s Image In Kirk Assassination Case
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: FBI Director Kash Patel’s swift capture of the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination should have been an unqualified victory. Instead, his handling of the case has exposed the tensions inherent in placing a political loyalist atop the nation’s premier law enforcement...
At 75, Super Star Rajnikanth Is Dominating Tamil Cinema Defying All Younger Actors
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayer Tamil superstar Rajnikanth will be 75 on December12,this year. Three months before th matinee idol steps in into his life’s platinum jubilee, celebrations have started in Tamil Nadu organized by his fan clubs. AT this age, when people enjoy a retired life, Rajnikanth defies age,...
India’s Jobless Poor Are Trapped In Contradictory Data Details
By Nantoo Banerjee Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya’s recent claim of the country’s unemployment rate being the lowest among the G20 nations at two percent seems to lack credibility as per the records available with various government and non-government agencies connected with the matter. Mandaviya’s reference to...
Supreme Court Has Done A Good Balancing Job On Waqf Amendment Act 2025
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Supreme Court of India did a balancing exercise on the Waqf Amendment Act 2025 in the interim stage of hearing on September 15, 2025. The apex court refused to stay the act on the one hand, which brought cheer to the Union Government, but...
Small Exporters Hit By Trump Tariffs Need More Assistance At This Hour
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik President Trump appears to be softening his stance on India. His social media posts on September 6 and September 9, expressing a more friendly overture, reflect this. He emphasized on renewed US-India trade negotiations, described Prime Minister Modi as his “very good friend,” called India–US...
NATO’s Response To Russian Drone Incursions Rekindles The Memory Of 1930’s Europe
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The buzzing of unmanned aircraft over Romanian and Polish airspace carries with it an ominous echo from Europe’s darkest chapter. As Russian drones probe NATO’s eastern frontier with increasing frequency, the alliance faces a moment that historians will recognize as disturbingly familiar: the...
Ensuring Law And Order To Restore Peace Is The Main Task Of Karki Govt In Nepal
By Kalyani Shankar Nepal has welcomed a new Prime Minister, marking a significant step toward the country’s future after a period of turbulence. On Saturday, Sushila Karki, the first female Prime Minister of Nepal and former Chief Justice, took her oath of office and received strong support from Generation...
Prime Minister’s Manipur Visit Failed To Produce Any Concrete Result
By Dr. Arun Mitra Two years ago, we had travelled as a medical team to Manipur to assess the health status of the people. We visited Imphal, where the Meitei population is predominant, and Kangpokpi, largely inhabited by Kukis. What we saw was heartbreaking. Families displaced from their homes...
RSS Has Launched Massive Saffronisation Programme In Northeastern States
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Manipur on September 13 would always be remembered by the strife ravaged Manipur citizens as a political trip for party purposes.. A reluctant visitor, Modi has nothing to offer to the people of the state. His three-hour visit was more...
Sikh Truck Drivers Struggle With Fear And Stigma After Florida Crash
By T N Ashok NEW YORK / STOCKTON / CALIFORNIA: On a Sunday afternoon in Stockton, the prayer hall of a Sikh gurudwara hums not only with hymns but with the quiet murmur of truck drivers practicing English phrases. Men in turbans lean over sheets of paper filled with...
Kashmiri Apple Growers Are Struggling In Selling Their Fruits To Other States
By Sushil Kutty There’s a lot of talk about how Union Home Minister Amit Shah shook off Article 370 and Kashmir turned back towards becoming paradise on earth again. Wonderful, but it was a political game of one-upmanship and the Bharatiya Janata Party took on the mantle of being...
Queen Of Mystery Thrillers Agatha Christie Remains Timeless As She Steps Into Her 135th Year
By Tirthankar Mitra Agatha Christie, the timeless crime and detective storyteller turns 135 on September 15 Be it novels or short stories, the plots of the “Queen of Crime” outsmarted us all time and again.. A proud Britisher, she was born in 1890 and died in 1976 at the...
