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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.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...
Europe’s Centre Is Holding — By Integrating The Far Right
By David Broder Would Giorgia Meloni prefer to partner with the “mainstream pro-European” Emmanuel Macron, or else the “far-right outsider” Marine Le Pen? Ahead of this weekend’s elections to the European Union’s parliament, much punditry on the EU’s future speculated on the next moves by the Italian prime minister...
Modi 3.0 Compelled To Cut Corners By Coalition Compulsions
By Sushil Kutty Narendra Modi is now Prime Minister of India for the third time. He took the oath of office Sunday evening at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. As many as 30 cabinet ministers, 36 ministers of state (MoS) and 5 MoS (independent charge) were also sworn in along with...
Modi’s ‘NDA Govt’ Starts Third Term, Reined In By Coalition Politics
By Kalyani Shankar The NDA coalition government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has just taken office, and it’s too early to predict how it will perform, even whether it will run its five-year term. It is common knowledge that India has a messy history of multi-party governments. Late...
India’s Industrial Progress Will Depend On Government Stability
By Nantoo Banerjee The country’s industrial outlook for the current year as well as the next few years will depend on the stability of the new government and how the Bharatiya Janata Party deals with its alliance partners and the opposition, which will have a formidable presence in the...
PM Modi Must Address Severe Child Poverty In His Third Term
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India, under Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna, has been giving free foodgrains to 80 crore poor people who are dependent for food on government, because they don’t earn enough to support their needs for food. Their number remained the same for the last 10...
Desperate Contests Later, Win-Win For Both BJP, Congress In Assam
By Ashis Biswas At the end of the bitterest general elections in recent times, it is only in Assam that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition, the Congress, are broadly satisfied with the outcome. The BJP won 11 out of 14 Lok Sabha seats while...
Need Kinder Laws For Street-Vendors Navigating Urban Environment
By Kumar Ritwik The economic liberalisation of the 1990s brought with it malls and shopping arcades. However, the timeless allure of traditional marketplaces, deeply ingrained in the collective consciousness of Indian society, persists. A significant part of that allure is individuals who earn a living vending goods, spices, vegetables,...
The Fight Against Caste Oppression Can Unite Indian Workers
By Amol Singh Punjab with a population of 27 million, the majority of which is Sikh, has in recent times, has given rise to an important movement that seeks to organize the Dalits, who comprise the poorest and most downtrodden section of rural society in the state. More than...
Next Week Could Mark A Make Or Break For Netanyahu’s Political Future
By James M Dorsey The coming week or two could determine Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s political fate and reshape the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s Gaza war. That is, if Netanyahu fails to comply with war cabinet member Benny Gantz’s demand that the prime minister produce a plan for...
With Elections Behind Us, It’s Time For ‘Market Forces’ To Take Control Of Fuel Prices
By K Raveendran Fuel consumers would do well to be ready to loosen their purse strings and face the post-election nuanced reality after they enjoyed a Rs 2 per litre cut in prices before the Lok Sabha elections. There has been a pattern in the price behaviour during and...
