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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.Pak Generals Forcing Balochis To Take Up Arms Under Bigger Conspiracy
By Manish Rai Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan has been the scene of a low-level insurgency and a brutal military crackdown for decades. However, the vast and resource-rich province has witnessed a surge in deadly attacks in recent times. Pakistan’s largest province recently witnessed a drastic increase in attacks...
Lok Sabha Election Campaign 2024 Brought India’s Faultlines In Sharp Focus
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Campaign for the Lok Sabha election 2024 has brought India’s faultlines in sharp focus – which included the falling credibility of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in ensuring free and fair election, the apparent threat to democracy and the Constitution, widening chasm between the...
Narendra Modi Using Health Issue Of Naveen In Poll Campaign Is A Sign Of Desperation
By Sushil Kutty Two Assamese defend Prime Minister Narendra Modi as often as they invent a chance. One of them is Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The other, a journalist-turned-media baron who never tires of praising the Prime Minister. Both these gentlemen are ever ready to do a...
BJP’s Disinformation Campaign On ‘Inheritance Tax’ Was Mischievous
By Prabhat Patnaik An object lesson in how fascistic outfits operate is provided by the BJP’s attitude towards an inheritance tax. The fact that there has been an immense increase in income and wealth inequality in the country during the neoliberal era is well-known. Indeed this is not a...
Attempt To Discredit Kerala LDF Govt Falls Flat
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Opposition parties’ latest attempt to discredit the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has come to grief, causing acute embarrassment to them as usual. An issue-starved Opposition had, with unconcealed glee, pounced on an audio clip allegedly sent by bar owner from Idukki district Animon to...
Kharge To Oversee INDIA Bloc’s June 1 Assessment Meet In Delhi
By Rahil Nora Chopra Who will form the government at the Centre, the NDA or the INDIA bloc? Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has called a meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in Delhi on June 1 to evaluate their performance in the ongoing elections and chalk...
Renowned Writer Jhumpa Lahiri Is Opposed To Narendra Modi’s Notion Of India
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav As the world is on a boil with wars raging between Russia and Ukraine and the Israeli onslaught on Palestinians, world leaders and intellectuals are hard-pressed to comprehend and rationalize the gruesome developments. In an interview with The Guardian, Pulitzer prize-winning writer author Jhumpa Lahiri...
UK’s Labour Leader Keir Starmer Goes To Polls Marginalising Left Group
By Daniel Finn LONDON: With an election campaign underway for July 4 polling,, Keir Starmer rammed through the selection of Praful Nargund, a private health care entrepreneur, as the Labour candidate to run against Starmer’s predecessor Jeremy Corbyn in the London constituency of Islington North. Starmer had already made...
Election Campaign Ends, Political Dust Raised Will Take Time To Settle
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Lok Sabha Election 2024 campaign ended on Thursday May 30, but after raising unprecedented level of political dust which will take much longer time beyond its result on June 4 to settle. Irrespective of who or which political party or alliance wins, people will continue...
Saving The Constitution Has Emerged As A Major Issue In Lok Sabha Polls
By P. Sudhir As the last phase of polling is about to be completed, there is no doubt that the Constitution of India and its protection has been one of the main issues in the Lok Sabha election. Right from the beginning, the leaders of the INDIA bloc of...
Narendra Modi In Meditation Mode Is A Last Ditch Effort
By Sushil Kutty The surround sound around Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Meditation’ at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari during the ‘silence period’ in force before the last and seventh phase of the 2024 election is at its crescendo. Modi recently astounded people with “nobody knew Mahatma Gandhi before...
Narendra Modi Has Started Talking Of 1000 Years Period Like Hitler
By Krishna Jha Marx has written that religion is the opium of the masses. Also it is the sigh of the oppressed. Both express the wretchedness of our populace. They need to forget the present, which is awfully painful. Future appears to be bleak and past is lost in...
INDIA Bloc Leaders Have Put Up Solid Campaign To Take On PM In Varanasi
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Irrespective of outcome of Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, credit goes to India Alliance to make BJP struggle in all the 13 seats in Poorvanchal part of state. Knowing fully well the outcome of most VIP constituency Varanasi where PM Narendra Modi is contesting...
Kolkata (North) Constituency Witnessing Battle Of Three Veterans
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Peppered with palaces, mansions and manors dating back to the 18th century that earned the city then called Calcutta the moniker of “The City of Palaces”, three principal contestants of Kolkata (North) Lok Sabha constituency once belonged to the same political outfit, Indian National Congress....
India’s Leading PSE BHEL Sees Big Resurgence In Its Operations
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has experienced a significant turnover after a period of stagnation in orders and productivity. BHEL had been facing challenges in recent years, has reported notable improvements in its financial performance for the financial year 2023-24. In the financial year 2022-23,...
Chabahar Port: A Strategic Move For India, Iran, And Afghanistan
By Girish Linganna India is working to revive the long-delayed Chabahar port project in Iran. On May 13, India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) and Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization signed a 10-year agreement. This deal allows India to develop and operate the Chabahar port. IPGL will invest around $120...
Election Commission’s Credibility Touches The Lowest Level In Its Long History
By K Raveendran The credibility and trustworthiness of the Election Commission of India (ECI) have hit a new low in the current Lok Sabha elections and the situation has come to such a pass that it cannot be retrieved without certain cataclysmic changes in the system. India’s election commission...
BJP Faces A Herculean Task In Odisha Lok Sabha Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy with his Ayodhya Ram Temple inauguration in January, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was busy with Shree Jagannath Heritage Corridor in Puri. Patnaik inaugurated his project on January 17, 2024, and Modi inaugurated his project on January 22,...
