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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.Engineering India’s Biggest Stock Market Scam: Now A Modi Legacy
By Krishna Jha BJP victory would soon turn into a reality and it was no illusion — that was what Modi and Shah told the investors. But the crash came at the most unexpected moment and led to a whopping Rs 30 lakh crore loss on the day the...
Infighting Mars Congress Party Celebrations In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran Even as the Congress in Kerala is luxuriating in its remarkable Lok Sabha election victory, the party is riven by virulent factionalism, submerged under an avalanche of complaints lodged by victorious party candidates, of active attempts at sabotage by rivals. Topping the list is senior Congress...
Soaring Ambitions, Fragile Wings: Human Rights And Ecological Preservation
By Prakhar Pandey A recent Supreme Court judgment affirming the “right to be free from adverse effects of climate change” as a fundamental Constitutional right has sparked a noteworthy debate. This landmark decision sits at the intersections of the urgent imperatives of biodiversity conservation, human rights and climate action....
US To Supply Weapons Directly To Ukraine’s Fascist Azov Battalion
By John Wojcik Only two weeks ago, the Biden administration lifted its ban on the use of U.S. arms by Ukraine inside of Russia. It also said U.S. troops, under the umbrella of NATO, could even end up directly battling against Russians inside of Ukraine. Now, to add insult...
Coalition Dynamics Adds New Compulsion To Sitharaman’s Budget-Making
By K Raveendran Having been confirmed as the finance minister in the Modi 3:0 cabinet, Nirmala Sitharaman is more pressed for time compared to her other colleagues as the budget of the new government is hardly a month away. And her budget-making this time is more complex as she...
Will Rahul Gandhi Get His Wish To ‘JPC’ Prime Minister Modi?
By Sushil Kutty Narendra Modi will likely start his third term as Prime Minister with an onslaught against him. That is if Raebareli MP Rahul Gandhi keeps faith with his charge that Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, had with their prediction of a post-election stock market rally,...
Bangladeshi Expectations From Modi 3.0: Let The Teesta Waters Flow
By Ashis Biswas India and Bangladesh will seek to cover new areas of bilateral cooperation and regional development with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits Delhi later this month, or in July, to hold scheduled talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Going by recent reports/analyses in the Bangladeshi...
Digitalisation Adversely Impacted Powers, Functioning Of Panchayats
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even 32 years after the passage of the 73rd amendment of the Constitution of India, Panchayati Raj as a system of governance is being systematically crippled by the higher political and bureaucratic layers. Moreover, digitalization has been adversely impacting the Panchayat’s power and functioning in...
PM Narendra Modi Takes Running A Coalition Govt As A Challenge
By Harihar Swarup With Narendra Modi elected Prime Minister for the third time, this time at the head of a coalition government, the question at the uppermost on the people’s mind as he took the oath of office and secrecy at Rashtrapati Bhavan was: Could Modi be a coalition...
EU Polls: Von Der Leyen’s Strategy Against Far-Right Makes Ground
By M A Hossain As the European Union (EU) navigates through a turbulent political landscape, Ursula von der Leyen, the incumbent President of the European Commission, is fervently working to secure a second term. This pursuit is particularly challenging given the recent EU parliamentary elections, where her party, the...
Voting In Defence Of The Constitution And Against Divisive Hatred
By S.N. Sahu Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister of India who occupied that high office for a third term after making blatant communal speeches while campaigning and maligning Muslims with his hate-filled remarks. It is a travesty of the Constitution, law, decency and morality that a person...
AIPAC’s Billionaire Backers Are Funding Anti-Union Groups Too
By Derek Seidman In response to Israel’s genocidal siege of Gaza, a new progressive effort, the “Reject AIPAC” coalition, is calling on federal candidates to refuse endorsements and contributions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), whose vast political operation has spent millions trying to crush left-leaning Democrats...
Centre In A Fix Over ‘Khalistani’ Lok Sabha MP Amritpal Singh
By Ashis Biswas Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh is the winner from Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib parliamentary constituency, putting the central government in a fix. The government appears undecided on what should be done with him. Speculation is rife over whether he would be released on interim bail from Dibrugarh Central...
States Need Faster Devolution For Accelerated Development, Critical Spending
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Centre has authorized the release of tax devolution of Rs 1,39,750 crore to states for June, and has tried to appear as if doing a great favour via a statement of the Union Ministry of Finance stating that this would “enable state governments to...
Mohan Bhagwat’s Muted Warning To Modi Is Too Little, Too Late
By Arun Srivastava RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that the NDA’s return to power after a decade in office was a testimony to the good things that happened on its watch. This is beyond comprehension. How could he claim that the NDA governed the country? Nothing could be...
Modi’s BJP Has Little Place In India’s Backward Lagging Villages
By Tirthankar Mitra One of the first tasks of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on assuming office for the third consecutive occasion was to sign a file awarding the 17th instalment of the Kisan Samman Nidhi. The act assumes significance as the BJP-led NDA government had been on an almost...
PM Modi Cannot Even Think Of Equalling Jawaharlal Nehru’s Achievements
By Devasis Chattopadhyay Narendra Damodardas Modi became the Prime Minister of India for the third term day before yesterday, and equalled Jawaharlal Nehru’s tenure, statistically. However, did he earn the respect of the citizens of India that was equivalent to what Nehru had earned? Since the time Modi took...
Thousands March On D.C. As Israeli Raid Kills 274 Palestinians
By C.J. Atkins Massive street protests erupted worldwide after the Israeli military killed 274 Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp as part of a “hostage rescue operation” in Gaza. Four Israeli captives taken prisoner by Hamas on Oct. 7 were recovered in the manoeuvre, amounting to 68 people killed...
