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.Recent Political Upheavals In South Asia Have Constitutional Issues
By Vijay K. Tiwari, Bhanu Pratap Recent political turmoil in Asia has been marked by larger legal uncertainty. Images of violence, protests, and arson have evoked a sense of awe, amazement, and panic. Upheavals in South Asia, first in Bangladesh and then in Nepal must be critically understood from...
Gold Feeds On Oil’s Misfortune; One Hits The Roof, The Other Down In The Dumps
By K Raveendran Oil prices fell to their lowest level in five months on Tuesday, continuing a slide that has gathered pace over the past several weeks. The benchmark Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude futures have both dipped significantly, erasing much of the year’s earlier gains. In stark...
We Choose The Future, Our Time Now, Says New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani
By Satyaki Chakraborty Zohran Mamdani, the leftwing Democratic Party candidate for New York City mayor position, the election for which is scheduled for November 4 is creating waves in NYC by holding huge meetings in many areas of the financial capital of USA covering youth, students, the workers as...
Hollywood’s Fictional Presidents Mirror And Challenge Reality In US Politics
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: When Martin Sheen, who spent years portraying an idealized American president on “The West Wing,” recently castigated Donald Trump as the “biggest nothing in the world,” he articulated a tension that has animated American popular culture for decades: the gap between the leaders...
Decoding The Conviction Of German Fascists At Nuremberg Trial After 80 Years
By Krishna Jha The bell tolls for all those who while treating the living world step beyond. To cross the limits means getting over to barbarity. But consequences come in same measures. No one is spared. Nuremberg Trials are the live examples of the same. October 18 this year...
Overreliance On Legal AI Chatbots And The Erosion Of Reasoning Skills
By Harsh Gour Beyond systemic issues, there is a human cost to misusing AI in law. Many lawyers worry that treating AI as an oracle will erode their own legal reasoning. If an AI can quickly draft a petition or a plaint or summarize a case, will younger lawyers...
Trump Has Not Got Nobel Peace Prize But The Winner Machado Is His Acolyte In Latin America
By Nitya Chakraborty On October 10, the Nobel Prize Committee awarded the Peace prize for the year 2025 to the Venezuelan right wing politician Maria Corina Machado who has been working for the last few years for the removal of the President Nicholas Maduro from his office. The White...
Strategic Investment By Narendra Modi Govt In PSE’s Can Act As A Game Changer
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Over the last two months, social media has been active with both President Trump and Prime Minister Modi hailing each other as ‘friends’, yet the stalemate in US-India trade continues. Despite this exogenous tariff shock, the Indian economy has remained resilient with GDP growth of...
Smooth Implementation Of First Phase Of Gaza Peace Plan Is A Victory For Trump
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayer NEW YORK: On October 13, Monday, President Donald Trump stood in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt—a city deliberately chosen for its historical role as a venue for Middle Eastern peace negotiations—and signed what his administration has branded the “Trump Peace Agreement.” Alongside him stood more than two...
North Korea’s Hwasong-20 Missile Poses A Big Threat To US Defence Power
By Girish Linganna In the heart of Pyongyang, under the bright lights of Kim Il Sung Square, North Korea unveiled what it calls “the world’s most powerful nuclear weapon” — the Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile. The timing was no accident. As U.S. warplanes and aircraft carriers patrolled nearby waters,...
Court Framing Charges Against Tejashvi Yadav Jolts RJD On Eve Of Bihar Polls
By Arun Srivastava The framing of corruption charges by the Delhi High Court against the three members of Lalu Yadav Family, Lalu, Rabri Devi and their son Tejashvi on the eve of the crucial assembly elections in Bihar, has stunned even the detractors of their party RJD as Tejashvi...
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...
