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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.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...
BJP Is Still Depending On Ram Mandir For Getting Maximum Seats In Hindi Heartland
By Harihar Swarup Modi ki Guarantee—Ram Lalla Darshan Yojana. The promise, displayed on large hoardings, is what welcomes you to Raipur as you exit airport. Even those who live in the hinterlands of Chattisgarh have been assured of a darshan at the Ram temple in Ayodhya if Prime Minister...
Smriti Irani Loses VVIP Tag With Rahul’s Raebareli Move
By Sushil Kutty Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s move to shift battleground from Amethi to Raebareli is a King’s defence. Chess great Garry Kasparov, however, didn’t seem to agree. He cracked his “little joke” on the Gandhi family scion even while stating that Indian politics shouldn’t take his “advocacy or...
Left Parties Thwart A Poaching Attempt By BJP In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Left parties are made of sterner stuff. Their leaders, MPs and MLAs are not up for grabs unlike the Congress party which succumbs to threats, intimidations and blandishments from the saffron camp at the drop of a hat as it were. That is the unmistakable...
Saudi Arabia Has Its Pivotal Moment In The Pursuit Of International Clout
By M A Hossain In the vibrant heart of Riyadh, amidst its soaring skyline and lively thoroughfares, a momentous gathering of global leaders, policymakers, and influential business figures recently unfolded. The occasion? The World Economic Forum’s Special Meeting in the Kingdom-an event of profound significance, highlighting Saudi Arabia’s escalating...
Time For Prime Minister Rishi Sunak To Call Early General Elections
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The Tories are imploding. That is the story of local election results following the polls to the councils throughout Britain, hundreds of Conservative seats lost, and gains for Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens. Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak should take the hint and...
Regular Workers’ Real Wages Declined By One Percent Every Year
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Regular workers’ real wages have been declining by one per cent every year under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime. However, BJP’s election manifesto and Modi’s guarantees have left this issue untouched, and used the word “wages” only twice, while giving the guarantee of periodic review...
There Is Nothing Wrong In Imposing High Taxes On Super-Rich In India
By P. Sudhir The obnoxious speech of Narendra Modi on April 21 at Banswara, Rajasthan was notable for its vicious attack on Muslims and demonising any redistribution policy as a handing over of the gold and property of Hindus to the “infiltrators”. The bigotry displayed in this speech has...
Ajit And Sharad Pawar Fight Regardless Of What Awaits Supriya Sule
By Sushil Kutty In Modi’s India there are no pocket-boroughs, says BJP’s diehard cadre. Except Wayanad in Kerala, which is ‘Rahul Gandhi’s pocket-borough’. Not Amethi, which Rahul gave up to Smriti Irani in 2019 and doesn’t want anymore. A couple of months ago, Sonia Gandhi fled Gandhi family pocket-borough...
Phase 3: West Bengal To See TMC, BJP & Congress-Left Fight On May 7
By Rahil Nora Chopra The four constituencies of Malda South, Malda North, Jangipur and Murshidabad are all geared up to go to polls on May 7 and considered the Congress bastion. The Malda North constituency of West Bengal will witness a three-cornered contest with the Congress-Left Front alliance, BJP...
Untimely Death Of The CPI Leader Atul Anjaan Is A Big Loss To Left Movement In India
By Satyaki Chakraborty The death of the prominent peasants leader of the country Atul Kumar Anjaan at the wee hours of Friday, May 3 has come as a big shock to the farmers organisations and the Left movement in the country. Atul, the national secretary of the Communist Party...
Biden’s “Xenophobic” Label For India And Japan Is A Costly Mistake
By Girish Linganna US President Joe Biden is receiving criticism from many groups for describing India and Japan as “xenophobic” because they do not desire an influx of immigrants. This has raised concerns about a possible diplomatic mistake, considering the United States’ enhanced relations with these Asian countries as...
Legal Guarantee On MSP For Farmers Has Emerged As A Big Issue In 2024 Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra India lives in her villages. Though not often taken into consideration like many other sayings of Mahatma Gandhi, the powers that be at the Centre have paid its share of lip service to the residents of the villages- the farmers. But there are farmers and farmers....
Havana Congress On New International Economic Order Draws New Roadmap
By Satyaki Chakraborty The 50th anniversary congress on the New International Economic Order concluded in Havana on May 1 giving a call to the nations belonging to the Global South to reform the world system by changing the pattern of governance in the international bodies and brining more equity...
Narendra Modi Govt Worked Only For Crony Capitalists Of India
By Nitya Chakraborty Narendra Modi during his campaign for the Prime Ministership in 2013 and early months of 2014 focused mainly on corruption of the UPA-2 government in the last two years of its tenure and promised to the Indian voters a corruption-free government in 2014 Lok Sabha polls....
CJI Must Intervene To Ensure The Sanctity Of Electoral Process
By Arun Srivastava No, it is not a simple ‘unusual & worrying’ case. The allegation levelled by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, that the BJP has hatched a plan to switch EVMs being used in the Lok Sabha polls with the 1.9 million machines went missing in 2019,...
