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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.Sunitha Kejriwal In The Hot-Seat As Kejriwal Gets Grilled
By Sushil Kutty On Saturday Sunitha Kejriwal made her entry, not Rabri Devi-like, but reminding the people of Delhi of what could happen if Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is sent to judicial custody instead of released on bail. Chief Minister Kejriwal’s wife addressed the “nation” on behalf of Chief...
India’s Digital Entertainment Market Is Too Tempting For Global Players To Ignore
By K Raveendran The spotlight is shining brightly on India’s digital entertainment market. The news of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, ADIA, contemplating a $1.2 billion investment in Pocket FM, a rising Indian audio storytelling platform, is a powerful testament to this growing international appeal. This potential deal signifies...
Rahul Gandhi’s Critical Remarks On Dharavi Development Project Have Merits
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav A day ago, an American travel influencer named Tara Katims was criticised for taking a Dharavi slum tour in Mumbai and posting a video about it. Some people felt that turning poverty into tourism was disrespectful. Even though Katims explained that the tour guide was...
Resolving Israeli-Palestine Conflict: Palestinians May Be More Accommodating
By James M Dorsey A just-published Palestinian public opinion survey offers pointers for what a successful transition from the devastating Gaza war to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will have to entail. The survey’s pointers take on added significance as the United States, Europe and Arab states seek...
Modi Government Disrupts The Capacity Of Opposition To Campaign In Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Disruption of the ability of the opposition to run political campaigns has been well pronounced since January 1, 2024 to March 22, which can even be seen in the political advertising through Google. No national political party other than the BJP is among the top...
Will Delhi Chief Minister’s Arrest Have Impact In Lok Sabha Elections?
By Sushil Kutty Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday took back from the Supreme Court his appeal against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate. The top court was poised to hear the plea when Kejriwal’s lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi declared the decision, which Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta said was...
NITI Aayog’s Claim On Poverty Ratio Falling Below Five Percent In India, Is Flawed
By Prabhat Patnaik The other day the chief executive officer of NITI Aayog made a fantastic claim, that the poverty ratio in India had fallen below 5 per cent according to the 2022-23 consumption expenditure survey data. His claim was based on the fact that the per capita consumption...
Congress Organisation Is In Mess In Madhya Pradesh With Continuing Defections
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Unexpected and dramatic developments marked the politics of Madhya Pradesh in the past few days. They included minor rift in the state cabinet. difference in the Congress over the selection of candidate for Lok Sabha poll and continued defection from the Congress, According to...
Bihar Seat-Sharing Deal: Congress, RJD, Left Iron Out Creases
By Rahil Nora Chopra The seat-sharing between RJD, Congress, three Left parties – Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) –in Bihar has been finalised and will be declared within a day or two. The RJD held seat-sharing discussions with...
India’s Demographic Dividend Is Being Wasted Due To Wrong Modi Govt Policies
By Sanjay Roy According to official sources, India’s unemployment rate in the past five years turned out to be one of the highest in the post-independence period. For decades before the current regime the average open unemployment rate used to be within the range of 2-3 per cent. In...
Houthi Militants Strike Southern Israel Through Cruise Missile For The First Time
By Girish Linganna On Tuesday evening, Israel verified that a cruise missile launched by the Houthi group had hit an area close to Eilat, a city in the southern part of the country. This event marks the first instance of the group’s missile penetrating Israeli air defense systems. The...
Second MAGA And Trump-Orchestrated Coup Is Already Well Underway In Prez Elections
By John Bachtell NEW YORK: Once upon a time, if a presidential candidate predicted a “bloodbath” if they lost, called for terminating the Constitution, or was a serial rapist, insurrectionist, liar, and fraudster, they would have been termed a dangerous crook.. But when Donald Trump says such things, the...
Bottom 50 Per Cent Earned Less Than 198 Rupees Daily, PM Modi Calls It Rising India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On the eve of Lok Sabha general election 2024, we have two important news this week – first, Indians are one of the most unhappy people of the world; and secondly, the promised “good days” came only for the top 10 per cent people of...
Supreme Court Stand On PMLA Bail Has Huge Bearing On Pending Review Of Draconian Law
By K Raveendran The observations by the Supreme Court the on Wednesday , disapproving of enforcement agencies’ practice of delaying proceedings in Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cases to keep the accused incarcerated for indefinite periods resonate deeply with the court’s commitment to safeguarding personal liberty, which has...
Electoral Bond Scheme Details Reveal Clearly Hindutva-Corporate Nexus
By P. Sudhir The details of the electoral bonds scheme released so far have strikingly confirmed the existence of the communal-corporate, or more specifically, the Hindutva-corporate nexus in the country. As per the data available, the BJP has been the prime beneficiary of the bonds scheme getting Rs 8,252...
Arvind Kejriwal’s Summons Dodging Days Are Coming To A Close
By Sushil Kutty Why does not the Enforcement Directorate arrest Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi Excise Policy Case and be done with it? What is stopping the Enforcement Directorate from drawing a line on summons and follow-up with real action? On March 21, Kejriwal petitioned the...
Former President Kovind’s Report On Simultaneous Elections Is Against Federalism
By Krishna Jha As the elections are getting closer, both for the Parliament and a few assemblies, there are challenges too haunting our secular, democratic fabric. One was declared in a 18,000- page report prepared by a committee led by former President Ram Nath Kovind and submitted to Droupadi...
Indian Policy Makers Have To Be Prepared For A Tariff War If Trump Wins
By Subrata Majumder United States of America’s presidential poll is due in November this year. Various opinion poll forecasted Trump’s returning as President of USA. He is assertive to impose 10 percent tariff on all imports and 60 percent on China. Wave of trepidation looms on Trump’s new approach...
