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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.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...
Big Pharma Companies Are Making Superprofits In India At The Cost Of People’s Health
By Dr Arun Mitra Pharmaceutical companies have been a bone of contention around the globe. Exorbitant profiteering in this industry should not be a priority. But around the world these companies are making huge profits at the expense of people’s health. There is enough data to support super profits...
IS-K, The Terrorist Islamic Group Behind Moscow Concert Attack Is A Big Threat
By Girish Linganna Despite efforts by President Vladimir Putin and Russian state-controlled media to attribute Friday’s fatal Moscow theatre attack killing 139 persons to Ukraine, additional information is surfacing about the jihadist organization IS-K, which has declared responsibility for the incident. The identity or nature of IS-K: IS-K stands...
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Has Come With Very High Stake For Workforce
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Lok Sabha General Election 2024 has come with very high stake for workforce. Barring the pro-BJP Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, all the Central Trade Unions are campaigning against the BJP and PM Narendra Modi, since their returning to power for the third time would mean the...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Poses A National Challenge To PM Narendra Modi
By Harihar Swarup From a popular anti-corruption star, a populist leader to battling corruption charges himself, the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate in the liquor policy case marks another dramatic episode in the large arc of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief. Kejriwal shot...
Trinamool Congress And BJD Are The Beneficiaries Of Bonds Purchased By Mining Companies
By Kunal Bose So the cat is finally out of the bag following a few reprimands of the government owned and the country’s largest State Bank of India, the sole issuer and encasher of the controversial electoral bonds. The buyers of such bonds were Indian corporate houses and some...
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...
