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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.Tyla’s Journey From A TikTok Star To Grammy-Winner Is Fabulous
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav It takes just a glance at one of her music videos for one stop and replay and then discover all of her playlist. Before the 22-year-old winner of the Best Music Performance Award at Grammy 2024 became a hot South African music sensation, she has...
Janata Dal (S) Key To BJP’s Karnataka Calculations In 2024 Polls
By Sushil Kutty The Janata Dal (Secular) is in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Does this mean the JDS is fighting for its “political survival”? Ask party head HD Kumaraswamy, a former Karnataka Chief Minister and the son of ex-Prime Minister HD Devegowda, and he says JDS wants...
Rahul Keeps His Focus Firm On Caste Census, Pro-Poor Justice
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has placed the OBC, SC and ST question as the top priority of the national discourse by maintaining a sharp emphasis on the matter in his election campaign speeches and demanding nationwide caste census to better evaluate the situation of India’s...
Elon Musk’s Advisers Were Not Fully Sure About Narendra Modi’s Third Term In 2024
By Girish Linganna Elon Musk’s choice to delay his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised questions about the real reason behind Musk’s s decision to postpone the visit despite Tesla’s commitment to establishing a manufacturing base in the country as a priority According to industry insiders...
Real Wages Of Rural Labour In India Have Stagnated During Ten Years Of Modi Rule
By Prabhat Patnaik By now it is well-established by several researchers that the real wage rate in rural India, whether of agricultural labour or of rural labour in general, remained virtually stagnant between 2014-15 and 2022-23 (Das and Usami in Review of Agrarian Studies, July-December 2023; Dreze and Khera’s...
Indian Workers Have To Play A Major Role In Ousting Modi Govt In Lok Sabha Polls
By Amarjeet Kaur May Day 2024 falls during the on-going election campaign for 18th Lok Sabha in the country to decide the destiny of this great composite culture and civilization once again. We want that the people choose to vote out the disastrous rule of RSS-BJP and would resolve...
U.S. Worried At The Possibility Of Harming Former PM Imran Khan In Prison
By Girish Linganna Recent discussions in the US Congress on the political situation in Pakistan have raised questions about the safety of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan presently lodged in prison..According to several sources familiar with the matter who spoke to The Intercept, the Senate Majority Leader emphasized...
Why Lok Sabha Election For 20 Seats In Kerala Is Crucial For Future Of Left In Indian Politics?
By Satyaki Chakraborty The polling to the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala in the second phase of elections on April 26 is of crucial significance to the two communist parties CPI(M) and the CPI for their future role in the turbulent post election days of the Indian polity....
Organised Congress Offers BJP A Tough Electoral Battle In Rajasthan
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With second phase of election on April 26, Lok Sabha election on all 25 constituencies in Rajasthan will conclude. In every constituency, the Congress has offered BJP tough electoral battles, which made none less than Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lose his cool, who out...
UBT Shiv Sena Forced To Sweat It Out As Polls Heat Up In Maharashtra
By Sushil Kutty Skies are clear and the heat unbearable. Will people step outdoors to vote? The first phase saw some reluctance. One more lacklustre phase and Prime Minister Narendra will have nothing new to coin. But voting is being tied to the ‘mangalsutra’ and it ain’t different in...
Mamata-Kolkata High Court Confrontation Has Serious Implications
By Arun Srivastava Will the Calcutta High Court hold West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee guilty of contempt of court? Political circles are abuzz with anticipation ever since Banerjee came out with her sensation allegation: “They (the BJP) have bought off the Calcutta] High Court.” Her disenchantment with the...
Prime Minister’s Vicious Speech Against Muslims In Poll Campaign Violates Constitution
By P. Sudhir The prime minister’s vitriolic speech of April 21, delivered two days after the first phase of polling of the Lok Sabha elections, has been widely condemned both in India and abroad. The language and bigotry which he displayed to incite hatred against the Muslim community and...
May Day In 2024 Is A Reminder To The Indian Working Class Of A Long Battle For Rights
By Krishna Jha It was May Day when workers all over the world were waking up to the reality that they too have rights, as a class. For us in India, outcome was All India Trade Union Congress that came into existence in 1920, with Lala Lajpat Rai as...
How Bhagawat Gita Egged Robert F Kennedy Jr. To Stand Against President Biden
By Anjan Roy Robert J Oppenheimer was inspired by it, T.S. Eliot was fascinated by the slokas and now an independent candidate aspiring for the White House revealed he was egged on to put a fight for the top job by the Bhagawat Gita. Robert F. Kennedy, nephew of...
In Middle East War, U.S. Facing A Big Dilemma On How Far To Get Involved
By Girish Linganna Deterrence is straightforward! It means stopping the enemy from taking action by threatening military force. The US, with its powerful global military, should easily be able to deter Iran, which has outdated military equipment, including warships and fighter jets older than the first Moon landing. However,...
Election Commission Has A Dismal Record On Acting Against Modi’s Breaches Of Poll Code
By K Raveendran For the sake of record, the Election Commission has said that it is examining the complaint made against the speech made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Rajasthan where he had said that if Congress is elected to power at the Centre, it...
In The First Two Phases Of Polling, Trends Have Not Favoured BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak People gathered to hear PM Narendra Modi in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh on April 22, just two days before the end of election campaigns for the second phase of Lok Sabha election 2024, were surprised when they heard him lowering the pitch from the high...
BJP Confident In One But Shaky In Two Other Sitting Seats In Bengal In Second Phase
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: second phase of 18th Lok Sabha elections starting on April 26 will have a strange commonality with the first phase in West Bengal. Just like the April 19 elections, it remains to be seen whether the three constituencies represented by BJP MPs in the second...
