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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.Major Legal-Political Victory For Cash-Strapped Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran Cash-strapped Kerala scored a significant legal-political victory when the Supreme Court directed the Union Government to allow the State additional market borrowing to the tune of Rs 13,608 crore. The apex court’s ruling has come as a big relief for Kerala, which has been struggling to...
President Joe Biden Plans A Temporary Food Port For Hungry Gazans
By Sushil Kutty The United States in its latest “let’s alleviate Gazans’ condition” will build a port on the Gaza coastline for easing the movement of relief into the war-torn city of the dead and a few living. This isn’t President Joe Biden’s brainwave, but the POTUS mentioned it...
Gaza War Turns Palestine Into A Potential Middle Eastern Lightning Rod
By James M Dorsey The Gaza war has turned Palestine into a lightning rod for mounting frustration and discontent in Arab autocracies such as Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. Concerned that the war could mobilise segments of civil society, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates where any...
President Biden Opts For Economic Populism At Home, Imperialism Abroad
By Mark Gruenberg President Joe Biden’s last State of the Union address before the 2024 elections laid out an agenda of sharp contrasts, with economic populism dominating domestic policy and Cold War confrontation and militarism defining his international strategy. At home, Biden pledged to impose higher taxes on billionaires...
Russia And China To Set Up A Nuclear Power Plant On The Moon
By Tirthankar Mitra Asking for the moon ceased to denote seeking the impossible ever since the first man landed on earth’s sole god-made satellite in the year 1969, it didn’t matter whether it was a “blue moon” or a “hunter’s moon.” What had been a giant leap for mankind...
In Mexico, Leftwing Morena Looks Poised To Win The Presidency Again
By Kurt Hackbarth On Friday, March 1, Mexico’s left-wing Morena party marked the beginning of the country’s official presidential campaign season with a kickoff event in Mexico City’s central square, or Zócalo. Before a maximum-capacity crowd and following an introduction by the party’s mayoral candidate for the city, Clara...
BJP-TDP-JSP Alliance To Make Andhra Pradesh Polls Competitive
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) have agreed in principle for an alliance on the eve of Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha election 2024 in Andhra Pradesh. Both the BJP and the TDP are in urgent need to ally to protect...
BJP Opens Up To Its Estranged Allies To Score High In Lok Sabha Polls
By Arun Srivastava Just 13 months back, precisely on February 10, 2023, Narendra Modi had made an audacious boast on the floor of Rajya Sabha “ek akela sab par bhari” (he alone was overpowering for all). He had even said “one person is proving too much for so many”....
Sweden Joining NATO As A New Member Poses No Fresh Threat To Russia
By Sushil Kutty Sweden joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Europe is more secure. Finland joined and it wasn’t similar hype. Finland is Sweden’s neighbour. Both added muscle to NATO. The feeling runs deep — deeper than the Atlantic Ocean — that the more European countries join NATO,...
Congress Seeks Votes On Right To Employment, Minimum Wage Guarantee
By Rahil Nora Chopra Seeking to woo the country’s youth, the Congress has promised the “right to employment” as well as Rs.1 lakh a year apprenticeship for youths after graduation as part of its poll promise for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, besides mulling stringent punishment to those responsible...
Legal Guarantee For MSP And Expansion Of PDS Are Imperative
By Dr. Soma Marla In early March, the price of Kinnow fruit at Gaddiannaram fruit market, Hyderabad is Rs 40 a Kilogram. While oranges and apples are increasingly dumped in to Indian markets from California or New Zealand, small farmers in Punjab are distressed for not receiving even half...
Hardliners Win In National Elections In Iran Sidelining Moderates
By Tirthankar Mitra Iranian elections are over and given the counting trends, moderates will be taking a back seat while the hardliners are set to sweep the polls..Reformist movement has been in steady decline for years and was further damaged by the previous president, Hassan Rouhani. The reformists backed...
BJP-BJD Alliance In Odisha Can Shield BJP From Possible Loss In Lok Sabha Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Talks for BJP-BJD alliance in Odisha is in advanced state. “There were discussions on the alliance among other issues,” said BJP MP Jual Oram, adding “the party’s central leadership will make the final call.” Obviously, there is greater possibility of pre-poll alliance between the two...
Saffrons Will Project Sandeshkhali Nationally To Discredit INDIA Bloc
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi was absolutely right in saying that the Sandeshkhali “storm” would sweep across Bengal and ensure an end to the Trinamool Congress’s “rule of terror”. His confidence emanates from the apparition of the RSS polarising the Bengali society attaining a tangible shape. Ever since Modi...
SBI Plea For Extension Of Deadline On Electoral Bond Details Is Unsustainable
By P. Sudhir The Supreme Court of India had struck down the electoral bonds scheme as unconstitutional and manifestly arbitrary. That the Modi government would find this verdict unpalatable is not surprising, given the fact that the electoral bonds scheme was devised by it to legitimise political corruption. The...
Trump’s November Vulnerabilities Come To The Fore After His Tuesday Sweep
By Sushil Kutty Third day after Super Tuesday and Donald Trump is on everybody’s mind. His Republican Party rival Nikki Haley, after the drubbing she got, is full of unsolicited advice for the man who beat her in every state but two in the ongoing Republican Party primaries. And...
Observing The Spirit Of International Women’s Day On March 8 In India
By Krishna Jha “You bear the seed, flower and fruit…You who never cease to Repair life…” It was Luce Irigaray, an Italian poetess, and author, yearning to be one, in completion, separate from the other. Her tenderness is there, in suffering, in happiness, she breaks the shackles and emerges...
Big World Leaders Are Failing To Protect Peace And Security In The Globe
By Dr Arun Mitra There was lot of complacency after the end of cold war as several people felt that now we shall enter an era of lasting peace and a world free of nuclear weapons. But this did not happen. The United States and its allies, many of...
