India condemns strike on vessel near Yemen
India has condemned an attack that sank an India-flagged cargo vessel near Yemen, calling the continued targeting of commercial shipping and civilian seafarers deeply troubling. The mechanised sailing vessel MSV Faize Noore Oliya capsized and...
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Tharoor distances himself from Bhagwat youth event
Senior Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has rejected suggestions that his participation in a...
in Happening Now Aug 5 ·Centre weighs computer-based NEET after exam failures
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that shifting NEET-UG to a computer-based...
in Happening Now Aug 5 ·Dipke welcomes Bhagwat’s youth outreach
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has welcomed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan...
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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.Bankipur Reveals The Politics Of Refusal And Rejection
By K Raveendran Bankipur may eventually be remembered not as the constituency that discovered Prashant Kishor, but as the first place where the anger dramatised by the Cockroach Janta Party acquired an electoral address. The distinction is crucial. Kishor’s victory does not amount to popular acceptance of a coherent...
J&K Parties Observe August 5 As Black Day, Organise Protests
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even seven years after the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35 (A), there seems to be no reconciliation between the Centre and the people and political parties of Jammu and Kashmir who observed August 5 as black day and organized protests across the Union Territory,...
Oil Monopolies Earn Huge Profits In Iran War While The People Suffer
By Satyaki Chakraborty The biggest oil companies of the world have soared their profits at a record level in the last three months of the global energy crisis due to the US-Iran war involving other Gulf countries.. The oil monopolies are taking full advantage of the crisis situation in...
Balochistan Has Become A Nightmare For Pakistan Army
By Manish Rai Balochistan is currently experiencing one of the most severe violence outbreaks of the year. In the past few months, Pakistani security forces have suffered heavy casualties due to coordinated rebel attacks. The Pakistani army’s General Headquarters (GHQ) was compelled to initiate operations that were classified as...
How Telangana’s Shikha Goel Is Rewriting The Rules Of Cyber Policing
By T N Ashok For more than a century, policing has followed a familiar script. A crime is committed. The victim reports it. Investigators hunt down the culprit. The court delivers justice. The digital age has shattered that sequence. By the time an online fraud is reported, the money...
Kerala Transport Minister Makes Insulting Remarks Against Women
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a shocking remark, Kerala Transport Minister C. P.John has landed himself in a major controversy with his insulting remarks against women in the State. In a tasteless remark, John accused a significant section of women in the State of pretending to be poor to...
AISF Carries A Rich Legacy Of Participating In India’s Freedom Struggle
By Krishna Jha August 12 this year marks the 90th anniversary of the foundation of All India Students’ Federation. Right since its inception in 1936, AISF got involved in the struggle for national independence. When ‘Quit India Movement’ was launched 84 years back, on August 9, 1942, AISF had...
Screen Legend Sivakumar’s Kamba Ramayanam Is A Outstanding Work
By T N Ashok There was a time when Tamil actor Sivakumar was celebrated solely for his sensitive performances on the silver screen. Audiences admired his ability to portray emotionally layered characters, while younger generations came to know him as the father of two of Tamil cinema’s biggest stars—Sooriya,...
Bangladesh Is A Clear Winner In U.S.- China Diplomatic Battle Over Its Loyalty
By Nitya Chakraborty Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman emerged as a clear winner at the end of his crucial talks with the U.S. envoy for South Asia Sergio Gor last week as he was able to extract maximum concessions from the U.S. team on big investments in his country...
Prashant Kishor’s Win In Bankipur Bypoll Has Serious Implications For BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Jan Suraaj Party’s supremo Prashant Kishor’s win in Bankipur bypoll in Bihar is not an ordinary political event, since its impact is not likely to be limited in one constituency and is one state only. It will have far serious implications on the political discourse...
No End To Protests Against Islamabad At Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
By T. N. Ashok Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) is witnessing one of the gravest internal crises in its 78-year history. What began as protests over electricity tariffs, wheat subsidies and governance has snowballed into a broad-based political movement demanding genuine representation, electoral reforms and an end to Islamabad’s...
Democratic States Challenge In Court Trump’s New Tariff Under Section 301
By Satyaki Chakraborty A coalition of 25 Democratic-led US states has sued the US administration on Monday, alleging that the US president Donald Trump exceeded his legal authority by imposing sweeping tariffs on 60 trading partners and asking the US Court of International Trade to block the measures and...
U.S. Assistance To Shore Up Japanese Yen May Not Help In The Long Term
By Anjan Roy In a significant development in world’s major financial markets, the US Federal Reserve Bank has started buying the Japanese currency, the Yen. The development was first reported in the Financial Times of London last weekend. Subsequently, Reuters published a photograph of a note pad of Scott...
In Order To Defy BJP’s B Team Stigma, Trinamool Rebels To Campaign Against UCC
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: It is no secret that Trinamool Congress is a divided house with rebels led by Uluberia (Purba) MLA Ritabrata Banerjee while old faithfuls including Sovandeb Chattopadhyaya and Kunal Ghosh continuing to owe allegiance to Mamata Banerjee. Now both are competing for a place in the...
Do Celebrity Members Shine In Parliament Or Merely Add Glamour?
By T N Ashok For over seven decades, India’s Parliament has opened its doors not only to career politicians but also to eminent personalities from cinema, sports, literature, science and the arts. The idea was never to turn the Rajya Sabha into a hall of fame. Rather, the framers...
US Security Umbrella Over Gulf States Is Crumbling
By Nantoo Banerjee The U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be desperately looking for a graceful exit fast at least to save the U.S. partnership with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and also the massive financial cost of war. The financial cost of the Iran war already reached...
Ruling AAP Is Strongest In Punjab Before 2027 Assembly Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Before Legislative Assembly Election of Punjab to be held early in 2027, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have entered clearly as front-runner. Chief Opposition party Congress is undergoing a serious infighting, while Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP have still limited influence in...
India’s Young Women Power MNC Factory Revolution
By T N Ashok Women in the age group 18 to 30 are the rising work force in India representing the strongest demographic powering an unprecedented revolution of the fairer sex working at the shopfloor level in India, particularly the south, with aggressive hiring by MNCs for their quality...
