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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.2024 Lok Sabha Poll Campaign May Witness Nastiest Negative Advertising
By Kalyani Shankar 2024 is election year in 64 countries, such as India, the US, the UK and the European Union, Mexico and South Africa. Political advertising is increasing worldwide. Political parties and candidates often use negative campaigns to make themselves appear better and their opponents weaker. Parties have...
Massive Success Of India Rally On Sunday Should Raise Hopes For Opposition
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Three incidents of March 21 have significantly altered the political narrative for the Lok Sabha Election 2024 – First, the chief opposition Congress informed the nation that their bank accounts have been frozen; Secondly, under the direction of the Supreme Court of India all details...
No End In Sight To Netanyahu’s War On The Children Of Gaza
By Sushil Kutty The Israeli Defense Forces struck a Palestinian Islamic Jihad command center in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balahon Sunday. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in no mood to listen to US requests to steer clear of Rafah,...
Taliban Regime Goes Back To Archaic Practices Affecting Women’s Lives
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Despite assurances of a more lenient rule following their ascent to power, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which is also known as Taliban (Pashto for “students”) have intensified restrictions on various aspects of women’s lives. Women in Afghanistan face a multitude of constraints, including exclusion...
Seat-Sharing: INDIA Bloc Appears To Be In Comfortable Position In Bihar
By Arun Srivastava Despite nursing the unpleasant realisation that JD(U) of Nitish Kumar and LJP of Chirag Paswan will not succeed in turning peoples’ disposition in the favour of the saffron ecosystem and help BJP retain its 2019 winning seats, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his lieutenants in the...
Oligopoly Has Emerged As The Dominant Trend In Indian Market During Modi Years
By Nilanjan Banik Over the last one decade India is witnessing the emergence of oligopolistic market structure. Oligopoly, characterized by a few large firms dominating an industry, has become increasingly prevalent across several sectors in India, including aviation, gas and energy, infrastructure, telecommunication, banking, retail, media, and automotive. The...
Bill Gates-Narendra Modi Meeting Will Have Positive Impact On Digital India
By Girish Linganna On last Friday Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Microsoft co-founder, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, came together at the former’s residence in Delhi in a free-wheeling and insightful exchange on a range of topics that was as diverse as it was intriguing and thought-provoking—the future of Artificial...
Battle Of Plassey Features In The Poll Battle For Krishnanagar In Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra Hurling charges of corruption past and present to catch one’s political opponent off guard in a poll battle has been a time honoured practice with Krishnanagar Lok Sabha campaign in West Bengal being no exception. But the charge doing the rounds is one whose origins can...
Detaining And Inflicting Tax Terror On Opposition Is Tyrannical
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Extortion from business and corporate by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government for the ruling BJP has already been exposed recently, after the names of the donors and receiver political parties that were kept secret under Electoral Bond Scheme, had to be published under the...
Modi Backing Lawyers Letter About ‘Vested Interest Group’ Betrays A Sinister Plot
By K Raveendran In an unprecedented move, over 600 lawyers penned a letter to the Chief Justice of India, raising alarms about a ‘vested interest group’ allegedly attempting to influence the judiciary’s decisions, particularly in cases involving political figures and corruption. This letter has garnered significant attention, not least...
Slow-Poisoning Mukhtar Ansari For Fast-Poisoning Uttar Pradesh Politics
By Sushil Kutty The INDI-Alliance has to win 2024 general elections, especially Uttar Pradesh. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s “mitti mein mila doonga” mission is death-dealing. The BJP is going after the gangster-culture holding up the Samajwadi Party superstructure with vengeance with damaging results for the entire opposition ecosystem. Chief...
Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra Made Big Impact In Tribal Districts Of Maharashtra
By Harihar Swarup On the day Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra entered the tribal district of Nandurbar on March 12, it was greeted with much fanfare. The mood of Congress leaders was upbeat, as Rahul Gandhi addressed huge rallies in Nandurbar and Dondaichain Maharastra. The jolt, however, came the...
Revival Of Working Class Power Is Essential For Fighting Neo-Fascism Of State
By Prabhat Patnaik Walter Benjamin, the German philosopher who was himself a victim of fascism, had linked the ascendancy of fascism to the failed proletarian revolutions that had preceded it. He had of course Germany in mind, where, in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, there had been several...
After Delhi Chief Minister, ED Sets Sights On Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Enforcement Directorate, flush from what it perceives to be a ‘successful’ campaign against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has set its sights now on Kerala. But the central investigating agency must know that Kerala is a different cup of tea. The tactics it has...
American Voters Are Asked To Choose The New President In The Least Inspiring Election
By Debabrata Biswas from Boston America again is poised for a rematch between President Joe Biden and ex President Donald Trump in the presidential election of November 2024. Voters in 15 US states and one territory weighed in at the primary polls on March 5 or super Tuesday, clearly...
INDIA Bloc’s Bihar List Ready: RJD Gets 26, Congress 9 And Left 5 Lok Sabha Seats
By Rahil Nora Chopra RJD-Congress led Mahagathbandan (grand alliance) in Bihar announced the seat sharing in coalition on March 29. As per the announcement made by senior RJD leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui, RJD will now contest on 26 seats, whereas Congress on nine and the Left parties on remaining...
Aid Is At The Core Of Israel, Palestine Struggle To Control Post-War Gaza
By James M Dorsey Israel’s refusal to lift restrictions on the unfettered entry into Gaza of food, medical supplies, and other desperately needed humanitarian goods, has less to do with a stand-alone starvation policy and more with who controls distribution in the Strip. Both Israel and Hamas see control...
Gaza Starves As U.S. Permanently Cuts Funding To UNRWA Aid Agency
By C.J. Atkins WASHINGTON: Just two days before instructing his United Nations ambassador to abstain and allow a Security Council ceasefire resolution to pass, President Joe Biden signed a budget package that permanently cut all funding for UNRWA—the organization responsible for distributing most food, water, and shelter aid in...
