Court backs poll counting safeguards
Supreme Court scrutiny has left the Election Commission’s counting arrangements for West Bengal undisturbed, dealing a legal and political setback to the Trinamool Congress days before votes are to be counted on May 4. A...
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Court limits prayer claims on public land
Allahabad High Court has ruled that public land cannot be claimed for exclusive...
in Happening Now May 2 ·Kailash pilgrimage signals cautious thaw
Pilgrims from India will again travel to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar this...
in Happening Now May 2 ·Hormuz swarm threat unsettles oil routes
Iran’s fast-attack boat fleet has become a central risk for shipping through the...
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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.With Elections Over, Realistic Pump Prices Only A Matter Of Time
By K Raveendran Election-season restraint on fuel pricing is giving way to a harsher economic reality, and Indian consumers are likely to feel the impact first through the everyday costs that rarely appear as headline inflation until they have already entered household budgets. Petrol, diesel and cooking fuel are...
U.S. Withdrawal Of 5,000 Troops From Germany Signals Worsening Relations With Europe
By Satyaki Chakraborty The U.S. decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany announced on Friday, marks further deterioration in U.S. relations with Europe and NATO in the context of the Iran war as also the Russian war in Ukraine. Trump indicated his displeasure with the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz...
Enactment Of IR Code In November 2025 Is Not Helping The Indian Labour
By Sophy K.J The enactment of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (‘IR Code’) November 21, 2025, brought about a significant change in the labour adjudication mechanism. The IR Code effectively abolished Labour Courts leaving behind a one-window adjudication forum at the Industrial Tribunal level. By its legislative scheme for...
High Time For Baghdad To Make Some Hard Decision On Pro-Iran Outfits
By Manish Rai Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), an Iraqi militia that receives support from Tehran, has been officially designated as a terrorist organization by the United States. They are offering a reward of up to $10 million for information regarding its leader, Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji, who is also...
‘Animal Farm’ 2026: An Entertaining Adaptation Of The Orwell Classic
By Chauncey K. Robinson NEW YORK: A “fun” fact about the 1954 film Animal Farm, based on the novel by George Orwell, is that it was funded by the CIA (the same was true of the later screen adaptation of his 1984). The spy agency’s idea was to take...
May Day 2026 Marks Critical Turning Point For Labour Movement In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The theme of May Day 2026 focuses on “Ensuring a Healthy Psychosocial Working Environment” which reminds us how the working environment has deteriorated in recent times. In India, the recent workers unrests in April in Noida and the states in the National Capital Regions, show...
China Launches Its Biggest Outreach To Africa Through Zero Tariff
By Satyaki Chakraborty China has started its biggest outreach to the African nations by implementing from May 1, 2026 by implementing zero tariff treatment to the 53 nations of the continent who have diplomatic relations with China, This poses a major challenge to India as Narendra Modi government is...
US’s Iran War Has Started Impacting Adversely South Asian Economies
By T N Ashok The global oil market has once again become the battlefield with ups and downs in the prices depending on the trends in moves of US and Iran. What began as a geopolitical confrontation involving the United States, Israel, and Iran has now spiralled into a...
VD Satheesan Likely Cm Face In Case UDF Returns To Power In Kerala
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the exit polls predicting a possible return to power for the United Democratic Front (UDF), the Indian Union Muslim League, the second largest constituent in the Congress-led UDF, has indicated strong support for V D Satheesan for the post of Chief Minister. IUML Kerala...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Has Emerged As A Votary Of Independent Europe
By Eoghan Gilmartin MADRID: Over the past two months, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has drawn international attention as the most prominent European critic of the US-Israeli war on Iran. As clips of his speeches have gone viral on social media, the Financial Times dubbed him “Trump’s nemesis”; the...
China’s Lead Over U.S. In AI Patent Applications Casts Its Shadow Over Trump-Xi Summit
By Nitya Chakraborty Just two weeks before the scheduled summit of U.S President Donald Trump with the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14-15, the report of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on the status of AI related applications, has unnerved the U.S. administration as the...
Unease Lies Beneath BJP’s Win Of All 15 Municipal Corporations In Gujarat
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has just won all 15 municipal corporations, 78 of the 84 municipalities, 33 of 34 district panchayats, and 220 of 260 taluka panchayats in Gujarat. No doubt, it is an impressive performance indicating its continued stronghold in the state, both in urban and rural...
Deadlock In U.S.-Iran Peace Talks May Continue As Both Fight For Strategic Advantage
By T N Ashok The war between the United States, Israel and Iran has entered a phase where strategy is no longer defined by battlefield advances but by economic endurance, political psychology and global spillover. What began with the February 28 strikes has evolved into a multi-layered confrontation in...
India’s Affluence Story Needs A Reality Check For Corrective Action
By R. Suryamurthy There is a certain seductive neatness to the story India now tells itself about wealth. It is a story of ascent—of rising incomes, expanding aspirations, and a confident class of consumers who no longer measure success in square feet or car segments, but in experiences, access...
Contours Of May Day Have Changed With New Challenges To Labour
By Nilotpal Basu May Day, the International Workers’ Day, is celebrated on May 1, to commemorate the working class movement’s struggle for an eight-hour workday, immortalised by the conflicts from the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago. It was established by an international federation in 1889, now recognised globally to...
Tribal Polls Setback Signals Trouble For The Ruling BJP In Tripura
By Sagarneel Sinha AGARTALA: Despite being the ruling party of the northeastern state of Tripura, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has once again failed to come to power in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) with TIPRA Motha sweeping the elections, which were held recently. In the...
May Day 2026 Calls For New Challenges To Indian Working Class
By Krishna Jha As the new labour codes of the government threaten to take away many of the rights of the working masses, including that of the eight-hour working day, this May Day should act as a reminder of the struggle and strength of the workers across the world....
India-New Zealand FTA: Farmers’ Union Fears Adverse Impact
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: India and New Zealand signed FTA on April 27, 2026, which cheers the governments of both the countries, whereas the Indian farmers union is showing concerns over the pact, why so? Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in a tweet termed the FTA signing ceremony...
