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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.Narendra Modi Has Some Successes In Foreign Policy But Faults Are Equally Big
By Girish Linganna As India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi gears up for the upcoming parliamentary elections to seek his third term, he will base his electoral campaign on highlighting the various ways in which he has brought about significant changes and development in India over the past ten years....
Remembering Revolutionary Bhagat Singh On His Martyr’s Day March 23
By Krishna Jha The Martyr’s Day we observed on March 23 leads us to sharpen our struggle against the communal fascism threatening India. It is the day when Bhagat Singh, a young man of 23, was hanged by the British colonialists along with his two other comrades. He was...
2024 Lok Sabha Election Is A Historic Battle Against The Advent Of Fascism In India
By Nitya Chakraborty The 18th Lok Sabha elections scheduled to be held from April 19 to June 1 this year in seven phases have assumed historic importance in the past 73 years of the functioning of parliamentary democracy in India since the holding of the first Lok Sabha polls...
Hullabaloo About Electoral Bonds May End Up As A Whimper Pre And Post Poll
By K Raveendran The big noise about electoral bonds will in all probability end up in a whimper like the investigations into the 2G spectrum scam, both of which can be compared in terms of scale and the extent of mischief. Both scams are likely to remain a dark...
Arvind Kejriwal Gets International Heft Against The Deshi Vishwaguru
By Sushil Kutty Acting US Deputy Ambassador Gloria Berbena was at the receiving end of New Delhi’s ire after the US State Department spoke its mind on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Both the US State Department and Gloria Berbena gave Modi’s millions a chance to...
In Lok Sabha Polls In Punjab, AAP Is Advantageously Placed As Against Its Three Rivals
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Having arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal in an excise case on March 21, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now begun raids at Punjab Excise and Taxation Commissioner on March 27. The latest ED action is largely perceived...
Party Nominees Refusing To Contest: Major Perception Threat For BJP
By Arun Srivastava Hype created by the urban middle class “andhabhakts” that Narendra Modi is invincible and he is the redeemer has few takers even within the rank and file of the BJP. Barely a month back, Modi came up with the slogan “Teesri baar Modi sarkar, abki baar...
Arvind Kejriwal Was Used By BJP In 2011 Movement To Take On The Congress
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its Chairperson, Arvind Kejriwal, owe their political incarnation to the anti-corruption movement of 2011. The movement’s epicentre was Delhi and it brought together intellectuals from diverse fields – bureaucracy, law, teaching, banking, fine and performing arts, sports, films, and social...
Deepti Asthana Documents Through Her Lenses The Stories Of Struggling Women
By Harihar Swarup A woman laughing uninhibitedly, her head thrown back, hair fanning about her. Two women lolling by the river enjoying an unguarded moment. A girl clutching a lap top in a starch cottage. Kalbelia dancers from Rajasthan applying makeup on their faces. What Deepti Asthana wants to...
Netanyahu’s Walls Are Caving In As He Has Already Lost His Public Opinion War
By James M Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s walls are caving in. His multiple battles fall into two categories: keeping his increasingly fragile government in place and fighting a war he has already lost in the court of public opinion and possibly on the ground in Gaza if...
Border And Business Expansion: China’s Twin Pressure On India
By Nantoo Banerjee At a time when India is baffled by China’s preposterous and farcical claims over the state of Arunachal Pradesh, its government-owned Sanghai Automobile Industry Corporation, commonly known as SAIC Motor, has joined hands with billionaire Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Group to manufacture passenger cars and commercial vehicles...
INDIA Bloc Has To Ensure Maximum Unity To Take On Powerful BJP In Lok Sabha Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Who will win the 2024 Lok Sabha polls? The election battle has started after the Chief Election Commissioner announced the poll schedule on March 16. The polling will begin on April 19 and end on June 1. The results will be announced on June 4. It...
Rigid Stand Of RJD Leader Lalu Yadav Is Delaying Seat-Sharing Agreement In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava A sense of despondency has gripped the non-RJD constituents of the INDIA bloc in Bihar at the sudden attitudinal change in RJD chief Lalu Yadav towards them and his impulsive tactic not to concede their request for allocating them the seats where they have roots. The...
Arvind Kejriwal Gives A Taste Of Government Behind The Bars
By Sushil Kutty It is no holds barred. And, says AAP, Arvind Kejriwal behind bars is more dangerous than when he was free and ducking summons. The AAP decided Sunday that a ’Main Bhi Kejriwal’ campaign will be organized. Two, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not resign. This when...
People Power Has Led To The Adoption Of Un Ceasefire Resolution On Gaza
By Ben Chacko The UN Security Council has voted, for the first time, for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Only the pressure of world opinion has forced this change. Western powers initially lined up to endorse Israel’s war. One by one those endorsements have fallen away, as horror at...
It Is Not Going To Be A Cake Walk For DMK Led Front In Lok Sabha Elections In Tamil Nadu
By K R Sudhaman Tamil Nadu, which goes to Lok Sabha polls in the first phase itself on April 19 is likely to see interesting three-cornered contest with alliances by the three formations having been firmed up. With most of the smaller regional parties having joined one formation or...
Kerala Move Seeking Supreme Court Intervention Against President Murmu Has High Significance
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was an extraordinary move. But then, the compulsions that constrained Kerala to move the Supreme Court against President Draupadi Murmu were also extraordinary. True to its reputation, the State has blazed, yet again, a new trail. The petition seeks a directive from the apex...
In Bengal, It Is Going To Be A Two Way Battle Between TMC And BJP In Lok Sabha Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra The stage is set in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections beginning on 19 April. While the ruling dispensation of West Bengal, Trinamool Congress has a leg up vis-a-vis the principal Opposition party BJP as the former has come up with its entire list of...
