India rebuts Pakistan at UN council debate
India delivered a sharp response to Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council open debate on “Leadership for Peace”, rejecting Islamabad’s assertions on Jammu and Kashmir as “unwarranted” and reaffirming that the Union Territory of...
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VHP urges FIR over Babri Masjid foundation claim in Bengal
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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.‘SHANTI’ Act Alone May Not Fully Protect Nuclear Plants Against Liabilities
By Nantoo Banerjee It is difficult to explain why the government took nearly 17 years to decide on launching a bill in Parliament to allow private participation in India’s nuclear power generation programme. The proposed Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill to amend...
Left Loses Power In Chile As Far Right Antonio Kast Wins Presidential Polls
By Nitya Chakraborty The Latin American Left got a major shock on Sunday December 14 as the far right candidate Jose Antonio Kast won the run off Presidential elections by defeating the ruling Left coalition candidate Jeannette Jara by a margin of 16 per cent of the polled votes....
Jimmy Lai: From Refugee Entrepreneur To Beijing’s Most Defiant Critic
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: When Jimmy Lai walked into Hong Kong’s High Court on Monday morning, smiling faintly and waving to family members, the moment carried the weight of more than a single verdict. It marked the end of an era — not just for a 78-year-old...
Task Cut Out For LDF In Kerala After Local Bodies Polls Setback
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no denying that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has suffered a setback in the local bodies elections. The Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) is certainly on a comeback trail with an excellent victory. As for the BJP, but for the win in Thiruvananthapuram...
Hollywood Legend Rob Reiner’s Tragic Death Is A Big Loss For World Cinema
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Rob Reiner 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner 68, died in a tragic homicide at their doorstep in Brentwood in Hollywood home in Los Angeles, after sustaining multiple stab wounds from an unknown assailant. Investigations are on to apprehend the culprit. Reiner...
America’s Democratic Socialists Are On A Winning Spree At All Levels
By Branko Marcetic NEW YORK: Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral win in New York forced many political observers to think, for the first time, of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) as a serious and potentially formidable force in American political life. For the more than one hundred DSA members who assembled...
2025 Is Ending With Wars In Different Parts Of The World And Conflicts Rising
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The world appears to be facing one of its most dangerous moments for many years. In the Middle East Israel menaces Lebanon and Syria and pushes forward its genocidal project across Palestine. In Sudan and DR Congo proxy wars continue — as they do also...
Kerala Local Polls Result Is A Wake Up Call For LDF Three Months Before Assembly Polls
By Nitya Chakraborty The results of the local polls in Kerala covering corporations, municipalities as also gram panchayats declared on Saturday December 13 are a firm indication of the massive erosion of the support base of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) headed by the CPI(M) in both rural...
A Cultural Symbol Developing Into A Polarising Element In Dravidian Land
By K Raveendran Thiruparankundram, a rocky hill on the outskirts of Madurai, has long stood as a lived metaphor for Tamil Nadu’s layered religiosity. The hill hosts the Subramaniya Swamy temple dedicated to Lord Muruga, revered across Tamil society, and the Sikandar Badusha dargah, associated with Sufi traditions that...
Labour Codes To Push Majority Of MSME Workers Into Informal Employment
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is transitioning from old labour laws to new labour code regime. Union Government expects the new labour codes will be fully implemented from April 1, 2026, that is from the beginning of the new financial year 2026-27. The impact is very difficult to assess...
Venezuela And Honduras First Targets Of Trump’s New Security Strategy
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. WASHINGTON DC: The National Security Strategy (NSS) is a document setting U.S. foreign policy goals that the Executive Branch periodically sends to Congress. Commenting on the NSS released on Dec. 5, Rebecca Lissner, associated with the establishment-oriented Council on Foreign Relations, indicated that, “The...
Robinson’s ‘Christianity’ Reflects US Leadership Of The Global Far Right
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Anti-racists, many of them Christians, will challenge far-right agitator “Tommy Robinson” over his attempt to identify Christianity with his message of hatred this weekend. Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) hosting a carol service is a surreal contrast to his normal routine of bigoted rants and...
Bangladesh Elections On February 12, 2026 Matter A Lot To India
By Nitya Chakraborty The announcement by the Bangladesh Election Commission on the holding of general elections in Bangladesh on February 12 next year is a major development in the evolving politics of South Asia, especially with respect to India. The EC statement was welcomed by all the contesting political...
Inequality In India Is Among The Highest In The World, Says World Inequality Lab
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only five months after the Union Government had boasted in July 2025 that India was among the world’s fourth most equal country, the World Inequality Report 2026 has found that inequality in the country remains among the highest in the world. Not only that, little...
Karnataka Congress Still Locked In Power Struggle Between CM Sidda & DK
By Rahil Nora Chopra Power tussle within the ruling Congress in Karnataka refuses to die down. The latest salvo is Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son and MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah saying the Congress high command has clearly indicated that currently there’d be no change in leadership. Reacting to Yathindra Siddaramaiah’s comments,...
All Attempts To Reform Capitalism Are Bound To Come To A Cropper
By Prabhat Patnaik It is a well-known fact that contemporary “mainstream” economics, the only kind which is taught to students over much of the world, does not capture the reality of capitalism. What is less recognized is that this “mainstream” economics, not just in its existing incarnations, but no...
Issue Of Installation Of Surveillance Tools On Mobile Phones Still Remains
By Prabir Purkayastha After concerted pushback from users, privacy groups and mobile phone manufacturers, the Modi Government has withdrawn its directive to compulsorily install its “modified” Sanchar Saathi app on all mobile phones. The app, initially intended for tracking stolen or lost phones, would have turned the mobile phone...
Time For British Prime Minister Keir Starmer To Stand Up To Donald Trump
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Everybody gets it except Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Labour MPs, including those traditionally on the right, are clear that the basis for Britain’s alliance with the USA is collapsing. The new US national security document — itself dismissive of Britain — is a manifesto for...
