Hormuz crossings signal cautious diplomatic opening
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has coordinated safe passage for 26 vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, offering the clearest sign yet of a controlled easing in one of the world’s most sensitive maritime chokepoints since the...
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New York speech deepens India Pakistan clash
Pakistani senator Rana Mahmood-ul-Hassan’s combative remarks at a political gathering in New York...
in Happening Now May 22 ·Tharoor sees youth warning in CJP surge
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said the rapid rise of the satirical Cockroach...
in Happening Now May 22 ·Fresh plea widens Bhojshala legal battle
A fresh legal move by Hindu petitioners has widened the Bhojshala dispute in...
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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.Modi Government Banned The Voice Of The Voiceless Cockroaches On X
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Annoyed by the voice of the voiceless cockroaches on Social Media platform X, the Union Government of India led by PM Narendra Modi got their account banned in the country. Thanks to the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s one of the comments on May...
Modi Govt Is Still Not Taking Proper Initiative To Improve Relations With Dhaka
By Nitya Chakraborty More than three months have passed since the historic general elections in Bangladesh on February 12 this year leading to the installation of the BNP government in the country headed by Tarique Rahman. PM Narendra Modi’s warm congratulations to the Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and...
The Rupee Rout Is A Grim Warning Modi Govt Can’t Ignore At The Moment
By R. Suryamurthy India’s rupee is not merely depreciating. It is sending a warning flare about the structural weaknesses of an economy that spent two decades celebrating growth while postponing the harder questions of economic resilience, industrial depth, and external vulnerability. When the currency slipped past ₹96 to the...
Only Poor Are Bearing The Burden Of Iran War Under Modi’s Austerity Programme
By Sanjay Roy Geopolitical conflicts affect the lives of people who hardly have any role in initiating the conflict. The ruling class of conflicting nations engage in wars and the burden of the disruptions caused in the process is asymmetrically imposed upon common people. The national leaders of Israel...
Is UP Congress Trying To Bring BSP Onboard Opposition Bandwagon?
By Rahil Nora Chopra To obtain Dalits votes in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections in 2027, a section of the UP Congress leaders wants Mayawati on board the opposition front against the BJP. A tie-up with the BSP could help consolidate Dalit, Muslim and OBC votes behind...
India’s Present Economic Crisis Is Primarily Due To Modi Govt Policies
By Mahesh Rathi The Indian government today is trying to present the danger arising from the growing tensions in West Asia and the Hormuz Strait as the biggest cause of the economic crisis. An atmosphere is being created as if India’s economic difficulties have suddenly arisen because of some...
Donald Trump’s Indictment Of Raúl Castro Is Pretext For War On Cuba
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: After kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January and killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the following month, President Donald Trump declared “Cuba is next.” With the unsealing of a criminal indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro on May 20, the administration...
China-Russia Joint Declaration From Beijing Summit Puts More Pressure On Trump
By Nitya Chakraborty The joint declaration made by Chinese President Xi Jinping and the visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin after their summit in Beijing on May 20 has major ramifications on the global geopolitics in the context of the present unilateral actions of the U.S. President Donald Trump including...
Uttar Pradesh Politics Hots Up, Akhilesh Identifies With Cockroaches
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Uttar Pradesh became the hottest state in India on May 20. 2026 with Banda earning a distinction of the hottest city in the world with 48.2°C. Whether this affected the minds of the political leaders is not known, but their statements were hot, that made...
Narendra Modi Should Come Out Revealing The Real State Of Economic Crisis
By Nilotpal Basu The trouble with the post truth world is that it has an expiry date. The truth can be glossed over for some finite length of time, not perpetually. Truth eventually triumphs. It seems that we have reached that hour of reckoning. Indications were pronounced, coming from...
How A ₹1 Melody Toffee Became India’s Sweetest Soft-Power Gift
By T N Ashok The gift wrapped Melody chocolate seemed to sing a new jingle : Jab Melody hain, tho Meloni hain” to soft power India’s diplomatic thrust into a country where a saint was crucified and a great new religion was born that swept the world with millions...
Kerala UDF Govt. Scraps SilverLine Rail Project, Announces 100-Day Action Plan
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an important policy decision, the V. D. Satheesan Government has decided to scrap the K-Rail (SilverLine) semi-high-speed railway project from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod. Addressing a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Satheesan said all the land acquired for the project would be...
World Health Organization Warning On Ebola Is A Call To Seal “Viral Frontiers”
By Tirthankar Mitra Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has been declared to be an international public health emergency by World Health Organisation (WHO). It is much more than a timely medical alert. It is a call to seal “viral frontiers”. The epidemic in fragile states are no longer local...
Trump Plans International Summit To Take On Left And Liberals Globally
By Dave McKee NEW YORK: In what can only be described as an acceleration and expansion of the bellicose and dangerous far-right populist movement around the globe, the U.S. government of Donald Trump is reportedly seeking to build an international coalition to oppose the anti-fascist left. Washington says U.S....
British PM Starmer’s Crisis Needs The Search For A New Class Politics
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Former Welsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford is the latest figure to call for an orderly removal of Keir Starmer. The defenestration of the Prime Minister is now Westminster Labour’s default position as well as meeting the desires and expectations of most people. Drakeford’s measured intervention...
Cuba Is Under Siege By USA, But Neither Xi Jinping Nor Putin Taking It With Trump
By Nitya Chakraborty This is the season of high level summits. On May 14 and 15, U.S President Donald Trump visited Beijing and had ‘ fantastic’ talks, according to the U.S. President, Chinese media also went overboard explaining the great possibilities of China-US cooperation in political and economic spheres...
Congress In The Politically Sensitive And Emotionally Complicated Terrain
By Dr. Gyan Pathak History has again put the Congress in the politically very sensitive and emotionally complicated terrain. After the election result in Tamil Nadu, the Congress decided to support the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) led by Vijay. As chief minister of the state, Vijay on May 18,...
Supreme Court Ruling Forces Hard Reset On Stray Dog Policy
By K Raveendran Supreme Court’s endorsement of lawful euthanasia for rabid, incurably ill and demonstrably dangerous stray dogs marks a decisive shift in India’s long-running debate over public safety, animal welfare and the limits of sentiment in civic governance. The ruling does not license indiscriminate killing, nor does it...
