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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.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...
Congress Is Hoping On Its Five Guarantees For Success In Karnataka Polls
By Harihar Swarup Winning Karnataka is central to the BJP’s plans to make deeper inroads into the south. The saffron party tasted power for the first time in South India in 2008, when B S Yediyurappa formed the government in Karnataka despite falling short of a majority. While a...
Modi’s Attempts To Polarise Hindi Heartland Not Yielding Big Response
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi “spreading fear” among Hindu women by claiming that the Congress would not even spare their mangalsutra if it comes to power, as well as maligning Dr Manmohan Singh for his reflection on share of power to the minorities, such as Muslims, are the top...
Jat Farmers Anger Haunt BJP In Second Phase Of Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The visible anger in powerful Thakur-Rajput community which constitutes 10 per cent of total votes in the population of Uttar Pradesh can spoil chances of BJP candidates in eight seats of Western UP going to poll in second phase on April 26.. The Thakur community...
Court Order On Bengal Teachers Recruitment Has Big Impact On Lok Sabha Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra Illegality and bribe are unacceptable under any circumstances. But so is tarring those with the same brush who did not indulge in these unlawful practices and obtained teaching and non-teaching jobs from 2016 School Service Commission test in West Bengal. A 300-page judgement of a Division...
Middle East Totters On The Edge Of A Cliff As Two Arch Enemies Confront Each Other
By James M Dorsey Multiple overt and covert wars have pushed the Middle East to the edge of a cliff. Increased tension between Iran and Israel complicates efforts to pull the Middle East back from the abyss. With the two archenemies walking a fine line between waging covert or...
Democratic Alliance Wins In South Korean Elections To Parliament Defeating Ruling PPP
By Kap Seol South Korea’s unpopular conservative president, Yoon Suk-yeol, and his People Power Party (PPP) suffered a well-deserved defeat on April 10 when voters went to the polls to elect a new National Assembly. The governing party could only manage 108 out of the 300 seats. Yoon now...
PM Narendra Modi’s Frustration Mounting On His Stronghold Too
By Dr. Gyan Pathak At the fag end of second phase campaign of Lok Sabha election 2024 scheduled on April 26, PM Narendra Modi’s stronghold Hindi heartland states are emanating signals that they are heading for a clipping of his poll ambitions. BJP’s performance in the first phase of...
Election Commission Is Deaf Of Hearing And Voiceless To Boot
By Sushil Kutty The second phase will be between ‘Mangalsutra’ and ‘Muslim’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and, to a lesser extent, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have seen to it. The Congress manifesto mentions “encouraging Muslims” to fight for their rights, but later in the document chooses “ensuring Muslim rights”,...
Why Is 2024 Lok Sabha Poll So Crucial For Defending The Secular Fabric Of India?
By D. Raja The elections for the18th Lok Sabha are taking place in a context which is extremely crucial for our country. A lot depends on how our country will decide about the survival of our Constitution and Parliamentary democracy. A plethora of rhetoric and empty promises are going...
India Should Take Fresh Approach To Improve Relations With Maldives
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The 93-member Maldivian Parliament, People’s Majlis, is now having the supermajority (more than three-fourths of total seats) of the People’s National Congress (PNC), the party that President Mohamed Muizzu belongs to. In the general elections on Sunday, PNC won 71 seats out of 93. Together...
$95 Billion Weapons Bills Will Prolong Deadly Wars In Ukraine And Gaza
By C.J. Atkins WASHINGTON : Splitting President Joe Biden’s bonus war budget bill into several pieces proved to be the winning formula to getting (most of) it passed in the House after months of trying to clear the package as a whole repeatedly hit a wall. In a series...
Narendra Modi’s Vicious Attack On Muslims Misquoting Manmohan Is A Blatant Violation Of Model Code
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vicious attack against the Muslims, the largest minority community in the country at the election rally in Rajasthan on Sunday misquoting a statement of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2006, has crossed all limits of the Election Commission’s Model Code...
The Current Heatwave May Spoil The Election Tempo, Result Predictions
By Nantoo Banerjee The current heatwave seems to have far overtaken the ongoing Lok Sabha election wave with political combinations such as the NDA and the INDIA are increasingly uncertain about their positions as the heatwave is certain to have an impact on the participation of voters in the...
Artificial Intelligence Has Become A Dominant Tool Of Poll Campaigning In 2024
By Kalyani Shankar Artificial Intelligence, a game-changer in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, has revolutionised traditional campaign strategies. The era of candidates personally visiting voters’ homes and engaging in conversations over tea, even after a five-year hiatus, has given way to a more technologically advanced approach. In the 2014...
Prime Minister Losing Steam As The Going Gets Hot In Ongoing Polls
By Sushil Kutty “Infiltrators” from Bangladesh and Myanmar weren’t evicted in 10 years of muscular Modi rule. Instead, large numbers of the “termites” were beneficiaries of Modi’s welfare schemes including free monthly rations, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Modi’s LPG, Modi’s LED bulbs and Modi’s jan-dhan yojana bank accounts. So,...
