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.Low New Job Generation In August Gives A Jolt To Trump’s Economy Push
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The latest U.S. jobs report—closely watched by economists, Wall Street, and the political establishment—has landed with a thud. For the first time since the pandemic era, the nation shed more jobs than it gained, raising troubling questions about the health of the labour...
Kunbi Caste Certificate Angers Sections Of Maharashtra Agitators
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Maratha reservation row has escalated, with OBC leaders threatening state-wide protests and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Minister Chhagan Bhujbal skipping the state Cabinet meeting and declaring that he would move court against the Maharashtra government’s decision to issue Kunbi caste certificates...
PUCL’s Tribunal Report On Manipur Angers Meiteis, Leaves Kuki-Zos Happy
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: The report of ‘The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the Ongoing Ethnic Conflict in Manipur’ released on August 20 by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has become a bone of contention between the Meitei community in Manipur and PUCL, which...
Are Tribals Hindus’ Controversy Leads To BJP-Congress Fight In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia Two recent events have caused serious controversy in Madhya Pradesh. The first is the claim by Umang Singhar, leader of the opposition in the state assembly, that tribals are not Hindus. The other is the death of infants by rat bites. Umang made this claim...
Yunus’ Bangladesh: Where Speaking Truth Is Treated As Terrorism
By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury For years, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was notorious for running one of the world’s largest prisons for journalists. Today, shockingly, Bangladesh has joined this shameful club under the unelected, military-backed rule of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. Since the Islamist-backed coup of 2024 that brought...
Possibilities Of A Multipolar World For A Lasting Peace Are Emerging
By Dr Arun Mitra Unending armed conflicts are unfolding across various regions of the world. As a result the global security is perhaps facing a degree of uncertainty not witnessed since the Second World War. Crisis-ridden capitalist institutions may outwardly appear powerful and dominant, yet their inability to resolve...
Why Trump Is Showing Big Worry At China’s Victory Parade In Beijing On September 3?
By Nitya Chakraborty The panicky reaction of the US President Donald Trump soon after the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s victory day parade speech in Beijing on September 3 is an indication of the nervousness that has gripped the western nations including the USA at the gradual decline of the...
Has GST Council Become Latest Victim Of Erosion Of Constitutional Autonomy?
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The manner in which GST Council has to decide the latest reform on goods and service taxes in India, has given an impression that it has become the latest victim to erosion of its constitutional autonomy. However, if this impression is true, it is a...
The $10 Billion Alliance: How Meta And Google Are Reshaping The AI Race
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Silicon Valley thrives on rivalries. Apple vs. Microsoft defined one era; Google vs. Facebook another. Yet in 2025, a startling twist has emerged: Meta Platforms and Google, two giants who have long battled for advertising dollars and digital dominance, are now partners in...
SCO Summit Has Opened Up An Opportunity For Narendra Modi To Break Away From The Past
By P. Sudhir The port city of Tianjin had decked up for hosting the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The SCO had expanded its mandate to include economic cooperation, cultural exchanges, and energy security. India and Pakistan joined as full members in 2017, followed by Iran...
KCR Dynasty In Telangana Is In Real Trouble Over Kavitha’s Exit From BRS
By Sushil Kutty Is the Bharat Rashtra Samiti ‘family drama’ nothing but sibling rivalry and favouritism? Also shades of patriarchy and the son getting to keep the cake while taking a bite of it, too. The daughter is angry to the point of boiling over and this is what...
Delhi High Court’s Quick Dismissal Of Umar Khalid’s Bail Appeal Is Surprising
By Harshit Anand Everything got done within a matter of seconds. To a couple of non-lawyer friends, it seemed appalling, the brevity of it all. But court practitioners know this is how fates get sealed in our courts — matter name/number is called out, judgment is pronounced, the next...
After Passing SCO Summit Test, Narendra Modi Faces Lula’s BRICS Meet On Monday
By Nitya Chakraborty After successfully passing the test of strategic autonomy for India at the just concluded summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at Tianjin in China on August 31 and September 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces another test on Monday September 8 at the virtual meeting...
Timelines For Approval Of Legislations Look Increasingly Impractical
By K Raveendran The three-month timeframe set by the ruling of a two-judge Supreme Court bench requiring governors and the President to take a decision on bills referred to them, now being re-examined by a 5-member constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice B R Gavai, appears to have entered...
Proposed GST Reforms Are Aimed At Giving Some Relief To Textiles Exporters
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik One measure that will surely provide some respite to middle-class budgets is Prime Minister Modi’s proposal to the GST Council to reduce goods and services (GST) slab rates from the current four-tier structure of 5%, 12%, 18%, and 28% to a simplified two-tier system of...
Maharashtra Politics Has A New Twist After Maratha Quota Decision
By Dr. Gyan Pathak After the Maratha reservation movement activist Manoj Jarange ended his five-day hunger strike on September 2 and the agitation was called off for now after the Maharashtra government accepted several of their key demands, the politics in the state has now a new twist. Though...
Oil Import Bill Plays A Big Role In India’s Evolving Fiscal Strategy
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Crude oil prices since 2020 have been a lesson in volatility: a pandemic plunge, a war-fuelled spike, and then a long, low-grade dance between OPEC+ policy and new supply from the Americas. For India — an import-dependent, fast-growing fuel consumer — those global...
India, China Relations Enter A Phase That Looks Increasingly Inevitable
By M A Hossain Sometimes, history moves not through bold declarations but through quiet recalibration. That is what unfolded in Tianjin on August 31, when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. This was no...
