India presses Washington to lift oil-linked tariffs
New Delhi has offered Washington a revised “final” trade proposal while making the removal of an additional 25% tariff tied to purchases of Russian crude its central demand, according to two people familiar with the...
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Protests widen across Iran as calls for reform intensify
Iran has seen a widening wave of street protests across multiple cities, with...
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Allies question KKR’s Mustafizur Rahman call
Unease within the ruling coalition has spilled into the sporting arena after several...
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Rahul Gandhi questions BJP resolve on global pressure
Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, on Wednesday launched...
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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.Amit Shah’s New Strategy For 2026 Bengal Assembly Polls Worries TMC
By Nitya Chakraborty The two and half day visit by the union home minister Amit Shah to Kolkata during 2025 year end to explain to the West Bengal party leaders his new strategy to take on the ruling Trinamool Congress in the assembly elections scheduled in March-April 2026, has...
Zohran Mamdani’s Success As A Mayor Of New York Will Reshape American Politics
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: When Zohran Mamdani placed his hand on the Quran in a decommissioned subway station at midnight on January 1st, 2026, he was not merely assuming the mayoralty of America’s largest city. At 34, the democratic socialist was inaugurating what may prove to be...
India To Continue With Its Growth Momentum Despite U.S. Tariff Impact
By Satyaki Chakraborty NEW DELHI: India will maintain its growth momentum in 2026 defying the uncertainty in global economy over the impact of the U.S. tariff rates. The GDP growth projected at 7.4 per cent in 2025 will be at the level of 6.6 per cent in 2026 showing...
Trump Through His Venezuelan Invasion Has Started War Against Global South
By Nilotpal Basu In the wee hours of January 2, the skies of Caracas lit up with fire trails from airborne armaments and aircraft. They were followed by a stream of helicopters used in commando operations, most notably the Delta Force. The world woke up on 3rd morning to...
New Executive Committee Of Bengal BJP Does Not Inspire Confidence
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: With Assembly election in West Bengal less than three months away, a new state committee of BJP being put in place makes the endeavour an instance of doing too little too late. The most notable face conspicuous by its absence is former state chief Dilip...
Sharia, Manu Smriti Or Indian Constitution – Which Is Stronger?
By Dr. Ram Puniyani The Indian Constitution has been the outcome of the values which emerged during our freedom struggle. The Constituent Assembly, broadly a representative of India, formulated the Indian Constitution which as a whole is the guide to our national life. The Constitution calls for democratic society...
US Imperialism Exposed As Britain And The EU Look The Other Way
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The past few days have really thrown the role of imperialism in sharp relief. The actions of the US — attacking a sovereign country, kidnapping an elected president, attempting to hold that country to ransom with the threat of further military force — have shocked...
Gig Workers Have Genuine Demands Needing Centre’s Attention
By Krishna Jha Gig platforms’ contributions are now more than fifty percent to the country’s service sector. According to data available, it is 55 percent and more to the country’s digital economy and thus playing a crucial role in the urban employment. It is a boon to the migrants,...
Judicial Discretion, Political Optics And The Limits Of Comparison
By K Raveendran The sharp criticism mounted by Opposition leaders against the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case has been foregrounded as a defence of constitutional liberty. Yet, when examined closely, the argument appears driven more...
BCCI Disallowing Bangladeshi Cricketer From Playing In IPL Was Wrong
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Even the return of Bangladesh -Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Mr Tarique Rahman to Dhaka may not help in reducing present political tensions in Indo-Bangla bilateral ties. On the contrary, there is a strong possibility of a fresh eruption of poll-related violence in all likelihood to...
Millions Of Americans Planning Massive Demonstrations Against Trump On January 20
By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON D.C.: It’s back to the streets, on January 20, for 50501, No Kings, the Women’s March and their labour and other allies, campaigning anew against the autocracy of Republican White House occupant Donald Trump. “History is clear: Authoritarianism is defeated by broad, nonviolent movements rooted...
High Court Satisfied With Sit Probe Into Sabarimala Gold Theft Case
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala high Court’s expression of satisfaction with the investigation being conducted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the Sabarimala gold theft case constitutes a major setback to the combined Opposition in the State. The Opposition has been launching a vituperative campaign to discredit...
Punjab Govt Led By AAP Has Taken Major Measures To Improve Women Health
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Hindustan Times on its web portal reported an incident, on Oct 15, 2025, which makes everyone shudder and reflects how humanity has dipped into a deep well of poisonous inhuman water. “A 27-year-old woman was allegedly forced to give birth on the roadside in...
Hungarian Film Director Bela Tarr Inspired Many Young Film Makers In Europe
By Tirthankar Mitra Not known to be a filmmaker with a penchant for rainbow themes, Bela Tarr’s films stood apart for their unconventional method of direction and issues which stayed in the minds of the audience long after they have left the movie theatres. If the works of the...
Narendra Modi Has Lost His Moral Right To Lead 2026 BRICS Presidency
By Nitya Chakraborty India’s isolation from Global South on the issue of Trump’s invasion of Venezuela is now complete. Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims himself as the leader of Global South. Both at the SCO summit and BRICS meeting last year, Modi was active in articulating the aspirations and...
Trump’s Onslaught On Venezuela Is Aimed At Looting Natural Resources Including Oil
By Asad Mirza During the past one year, perhaps no other man has garnered so much news headlines and space as the American President Donald Trump. This is not due to any of his humane policies or pro-people announcements, but based solely on his quirky and unpredictable executive orders...
U.S. Invasion Of Venezuela And Kidnapping Of President Is A Threat To Global South
By Dr Arun Mitra US aggression on Venezuela, kidnapping its elected President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on the cooked up charges of narcoterrorism reminds one of the familiar story of Lion and the Lamb. Similar excuse was given when the US attacked Iraq in 2003 that...
A Decade After 2014, Modi’s Farm Income Promise Looks Economically Hollow
By R. Suryamurthy By any reasonable political measure, the promise to double farmers’ incomes was one of Narendra Modi’s most consequential commitments. Announced with flourish in the early years of his first term, it sought to reframe India’s agrarian question—not as one of chronic distress to be periodically managed,...
