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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.Supreme Court’s Interim Bail Order On Arvind Kejriwal Will Be Keenly Awaited
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the beginning, Narendra Modi promised “good days”, but it didn’t come even after 10 long years of his rule in India. Then there was opposition’s hue and cry against him. General Election 2024 was knocking at the door. Under his nose, in the capital...
Mayawati Has Turned BSP Into The BJP’s B-Team At Modi-Shah’s Behest
By Arun Srivastava If Mayawati, the Czarina of Dalits, has betrayed her Dalit comrades, the self-proclaimed Vishwa Guru and the public face of Hindutva, Narendra Modi, has lost the trust of the Hindus. Mayawati has been known for her cunningly crafted political stratagem, but the manner in which Modi’s...
Canadian PM Trudeau Is Regaining Ground In A Fiercely Fought Election
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Recently, Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau was interviewed by Rebel News and the interviewer asked him: why people don’t like you. Trudeau replied: “I think there is a lot of frustration with the way the world is unfolding and the frustration is being taken out...
CM Patnaik & PM Modi Declare Date & Time For Govt Formation
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi laughs at politicians you never think he thinks of. Like for example, Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha, the quietest politician in the hemisphere and not even remotely a threat. But Prime Minister Modi sees an adversary and Patnaik gets Modi’s goat,...
World’s First Organised Labour Movement Took Place In Kashmir In 1865
By Iftikhar Gilani Across the globe, people observe Labour Day on May 1 to commemorate the protests in 1886 at Haymarket Square, Chicago and express solidarity with workers. But not many people know that much before this incident, the world’s first organised labour and trade union movement had...
BSP Supremo Mayawati Has Changed Some Party Candidates To Help BJP
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party national president Mayawati is under tremendous pressure to retain 10 Lok Sabha seats won in 2019 and also to help BJP. In the beginning the manner in which Mayawati fielded candidates and announced her nephew Akash Anand to be national coordinator and...
Jose Raul Mulino Elected New President Of Panama In Prez Polls On Sunday
By Satyaki Chakraborty Jos Raul Mulino was elected as the new president of the Central American country Panama in the national polls held on Sunday May 5. He got 34.35 per cent of the votes as against 24.83 per cent received by his closest rival Ricardo Lombana. There were...
Sunita Williams’ Space Mission Delayed, New Launch Dates Explored
By Girish Linganna The launch of Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, which was scheduled to carry astronaut Sunita Williams, an astronaut of Indian descent, into space for her third mission, has been delayed because of a technical issue. No new launch date has been announced. This was set to...
Women Voters Will Play A Decisive Role In Bringing Down BJP Tally In Karnataka
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The crucial third phase of Lok Sabha election is most likely to bring more seats in the BJP’s bag compared to the first and second phase of elections, but it is not bringing any cheer on PM Narendra Modi’s face. Conversely, the struggle of the...
Bengal Governor Desperate To Wriggle Out Of Molestation Case
By Arun Srivastava Contemporary politics and the idea of India have undergone enormous changes. The tenets of probity, transparency and morality have lost values and relevance. What is happening in West Bengal in the midst of the Lok Sabha elections is a good indicator of that decline. First, West...
Congress-CPI(M) Combine Working Together In Murshidabad District Of Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra Even as once sworn political opponents Congress and the CPI(M) close ranks in West Bengal as a part of INDIA alliance against BJP, the coalition partners are likely to go separate ways after the election is over. The parting of ways post election has been trend...
Congress Hopeful Of Good Performance In Third Phase Of Polls In Madhya Pradesh
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Two former Chief Ministers and one Union Minister are among the candidates who will seek people’s mandate on May 7 in Madhya Pradesh. They are Digvijay Singh who is contesting from Rajgarh, which is his home constituency and the other former Chief Minister Shivraj...
Observing May Day In India Amidst The Lok Sabha Elections In 2024
By Maya John May Day began to be commemorated in India 101 years ago. The first programme, organised in the city of Madras on May 1, 1923 is credited to M. Singaravelu Chettiar, who was a towering nationalist figure, and an early communist associated with the anti-caste movement. By...
Remembering The Day Of Victory Over Fascism On May 9, 1945 After Surrender Of Germany
By Dr. Arun Mitra As we are set to observe May 9 as the day of victory over fascism, we are reminded of unprecedented sacrifices made by millions of people who laid down their lives fighting the most ghastly events in the human history. As per the ‘High Point...
Lithium Reserves In Argentina, Bolivia And Chile Drawing World Attention
By Girish Linganna In southwest Bolivia, high up in the Andes mountains, there is a massive, shining white salt flat, called the ‘Salar de Uyuni’. It is very flat and looks like a giant mirror. Underneath this salt flat, there is an important alkali metal that is essential for...
Rahul Gandhi Gets A Morale Boosting Endorsement From A Most Unexpected Quarter
By K Raveendran Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi raises the shrillness of his attack on Rahul Gandhi, aligning with a new phase of BJP’s identity politics, he is doing the Gandhi scion a great favour. Modi, on his part, seems to have settled the issue of the prime...
Rahul Gandhi Contesting From Raebareli Is A Calculated Decision
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi expressing joy and taking jibe at Rahul Gandhi’s candidature from Rae Bareli shows that the man is blinded by political arrogance and overconfidence. His remark “Daro mat, bhago mat”, implying that Rahul left the Amethi seat out of fear, is simply empty electoral rhetoric...
Uttar Pradesh Presents A Difficult Third Phase Election For BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP is finding itself in a very tough electoral battle in the third phase of Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh for which election campaign will end on May 5. It is surprising that despite high pitch communal campaign by BJP leadership, including the Prime...
