Unrest in Bangladesh puts India’s missions on alert
Indian diplomatic facilities in Bangladesh were targeted overnight as protests over the death of Sharif Osman Hadi escalated into widespread unrest, prompting heightened security at missions in Dhaka, Rajshahi and Chittagong. Officials said stone pelting...
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Millers press Centre to halt jute seed exports
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Bangladesh braces for flashpoint funeral amid unrest
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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.Latest Bangladesh Developments Have Dangerous Consequences For India
By Nitya Chakraborty The political developments in Bangladesh including violence against any one opposing the fundamentalists are having dangerous consequences for India involving the security and geopolitical stability in the sub continent. According to this writer who has been following the churnings in the newly liberated nation since 1971,...
CJI’s Bench Hits The Nail On A Problem That The Courts Were Always Shy To Discuss
By K Raveendran A pointed observation from the apex court has opened an uncomfortable but necessary conversation about judicial integrity, a subject that has long been discussed in hushed tones but rarely confronted head-on within the system itself. A bench of the Supreme Court of India headed by Chief...
Rise In Agricultural Activities Brought Unemployment Down In Rural Areas
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With rise in agricultural activities during the reaping of Kharif and sowing of Rabi crops, the unemployment rate in the rural areas of India has witnessed a considerable fall to 3.9 per cent in November 2025 as against 4.4 per cent in October on current...
Big Relief To Kerala CM P Vijayan As High Court Stays Proceedings On ED Notice
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Yet another attempt to discredit the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala has failed with the High Court staying, for three months, proceedings on the show-cause notice the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had issued to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former finance minister Thomas Isaac, and...
Steel Producing Giants Like China, Japan, India Are Competing To Import Raw Materials
By Kunal Bose Japan is a shining example of remaining a powerful entity in the global steel industry in terms of capacity and production volume but more by way of technology prowess. This is in spite of it remaining perennially wholly dependent on imports of principal steelmaking ingredients. The...
Thailand, Cambodia Resuming Border War Again Has A Bad Omen For The Region
By Tirthankar Mitra A ceasefire imposed rather than agreed upon rarely lasts long. The renewed fighting between Thailand and Cambodia is a case in point. A truce brokered earlier this year marked a lull in hostilities. It was pushed on the two neighbouring countries by US President Donald Trump...
U.S. Blockade Of Venezuela Is Also An Indirect Attack On Cuba
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. NEW YORK: Hitting two birds with one stone, the U.S. government, top-level disturber of the peace now brandishing a Caribbean armada, is striking out against Venezuela—and Cuba too, indirectly. The U.S. military on December 10 seized a large oil tanker in the Caribbean bound...
Narendra Modi Govt Brings To An End Two Decade Old Rural Job Scheme MGNREGA
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Two decades old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2005 is finally replaced by Viksit Bharat – Guarantee For Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill 2025 on the last day of the Winter Session of the Parliament on December 19....
Trump’s Tariff Hike Squeezes India’s Exports Leaving States Counting Losses
By T N Ashok India’s export-led growth strategy is facing its most severe test in years as sweeping U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump ripple through the country’s manufacturing heartland, triggering order cancellations, factory slowdowns and mounting job losses. Nowhere is the pain more visible than in Tamil...
World Bank Methodology On Poverty Estimation Ignores Ground Reality
By Utsa Patnaik Of late, there have been several academic papers and media writeups on the World Bank’s 2025 claim of steeply declining extreme poverty in the world, especially in Asia. It would be wonderful if this was true, but it is not true. This claim is spurious, arising...
U.S. Under Trump.2 Underlines That National Security Is Interlinked With Economic Security
By Asad Mirza The last week witnessed both a loss and a win for the Indian diplomacy. The win was being included in the latest proposal by the American President Donald Trump to form a new regional grouping called C-5, and the loss was India being denied a seat...
India’s Reengagement With China In Trade And Investment Is Benefitting Exporters
By T N Ashok When India quietly eased business visa rules for foreign engineers and technicians last month, the immediate beneficiaries were Indian manufacturers struggling with stalled factory lines and half-installed machinery. But the deeper signal was unmistakable: New Delhi is cautiously reopening channels with Beijing at a moment...
In Maharashtra Municipal Polls, Uddhav Sena And MNS Of Raj Thackeray To Join Hands
By Rahil Nora Chopra The formal alliance between the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray-headed MNS is expected soon in the run up to the elections to 29 municipal corporations of Maharashtra. Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said “Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray had come together…we would...
Leading War Journalist Peter Arnett Knew Best How To Cover Conflict Zone
By Tirthankar Mitra Having dodged bullets and ducked bombs for a considerable part of his working life, trailblazing war journalist Peter Arnett died in his bed. He was 91. Arnett managed to stay ahead of death in the different theatres of war. In the process, he brought eye witnesses...
How A Disney Studio Animation Film “Zootopia 2” Is Boosting China-US Trade Agenda?
By Nitya Chakraborty Something incredible is happening in Beijing as also in other cities of China in the last five days. The cinema halls showing the American animation film “Zootopia 2” produced by the famous Disney studio are full and the Chinese cine lovers who have not yet seen...
Parliament And Its Complex Witness Strong Protests Over G Ram G Bill
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Lok Sabha passed the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee For Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill 2025 today December 18, 2025 which seeks to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act amid fierce opposition, uproar, and tearing of the copy of the...
Bangladesh Interim Chief Dr. Yunus Facing Severe Scrutiny From Western Nations
By Ashis Biswas In Bangladesh, the interim Government led by Chief Adviser Dr M. Yunus has not yet succeeded in establishing the requisite level of administrative control over the pre-poll situation. February 12 2026 is the date of polling. As expected old and new parties are carrying on a...
As War In Ukraine Completing Four Years In February, No Immediate Truce In Sight
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: Nearly four years since Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia still occupies roughly 20 percent of the country, and Russian President Vladimir Putin made clear Wednesday that he has no intention of compromising on his territorial demands despite President Donald Trump’s...
