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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.The Bizarre Debate Over Farmer Leader Jagjit Dallewal’s Comment On Modi’s Rising Graph
By Sushil Kutty Amidst the standoff at the many border crossings that open up the doors to Delhi, Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Dallewal spoke of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “rising graph” and the Congress defended him his right to air his political views and not be labelled “anti-national” for...
In Present Order Of Capitalism, Both Fascist And Non-Fascist Powers Suppressing Working Class
By Prabhat Patnaik In The Junius Pamphlet written from jail in 1915, Rosa Luxemburg had said that the choice before mankind was between barbarism and socialism. Liberal opinion would contest this, arguing that the barbarism that marked the two world wars and the period in between was unrelated to...
Breakthrough Eludes Kerala’s Talks With Centre On Financial Issues
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A protracted legal battle is in the offing between the Kerala Government and the Centre with Kerala’s talks with talks over the issues of fiscal federalism having failed to achieve a breakthrough. A four-member Kerala delegation led by State finance minister K N Balagopal held...
Post RLD Exit, New Equations Take Shape In Up To Confront Ruling BJP
By Rahil Nora Chopra After RLD snapped ties with the SP, Pallavi Patel, Swami Prasad Maurya are beyond any attempts to be pacified over their annoyance with Akhilesh Yadav. Whispers in the corridors of power that a new equation taking shape in Uttar Pradesh, with the Congress, BSP, Apna...
BJP High Command’s Choice Of Candidates To Rajya Sabha In Madhya Pradesh Surprises Members
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh witnessed about half a dozen dramatic developments during last three to four days. The developments included nominations to Rajya Sabha both by the BJP and Congress, sudden en-mass removal of about 46 Chairmen of Government corporations and Boards, emergent dinner party for...
OneCause Revolutionised Digital Fundraising Solutions For Nonprofits
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav OneCause, a leading digital fundraising technology provider, recently celebrated its fifteenth year. Since its beginning, nonprofit users of OneCause fundraising software have raised over $6.5 billion for their causes. In 2023 alone, OneCause customers raised $1.4 billion.”We consider it a privilege to partner with thousands...
Colombia’s Right Is Trying To “Soft Coup” President Gustavo Petro
By Carlos Cruz Mosquera It was expected that Colombia’s elites, who had enjoyed a monopoly over the state for two hundred consecutive years up until twenty months ago, would attempt to obstruct the left-wing President Gustavo Petro’s administration. This effort to undermine the process of change mandated by the...
Congratulations Supreme Court, Electoral Bond Order Has Strengthened Democracy
By Nitya Chakraborty Congratulations to the Supreme Court bench led by the Chief Justice of India Dr. D Y Chandrachud for finally declaring the electoral bond scheme of the Narendra Modi government as ‘unconstitutional’, since the bonds are violative of the right to information under Article 19(1)(a) of the...
Legal Guarantee For MSP That Modi Government Is Unwilling To Grant
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been distributing all sorts of “Modi’s Guarantees”, but perhaps without an iota of suspicion that farmers will come forward and demand “Legal Guarantees” for Minimum Support Price (MSP), and would not be satisfied with mere assurances, being committed to take...
Hindutva-Based Population Policy Is Fundamentally Discriminatory
By P. Sudhir The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, in her interim budget speech announced the setting up of a high-powered committee “to study the challenges of fast population growth and demographic changes”. The announcement of such a committee in a budget speech was itself a curious one. If the...
Indonesian Presidential Polls: Nationalist Forces Gain Acceptability
By Arun Srivastava Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, ex-general known for committing human rights atrocities in the past, who was once banned by the United States from entering for two decades for his human rights record, has claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election, getting more than 58 percent vote. Ever...
Wrestlers Back To Protesting Brij Bhushan Singh-Led Establishment
By Sushil Kutty Once top wrestlers, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat are back protesting the undue influence of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on the wrestling establishment. People will remember Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a BJP MP. For a very long time, he was the Chief of the...
Narendra Modi Government’s White Paper Is A Document Of White Lies
By Krishna Jha It is a reflection of a keen conflict between black and white papers released by two prominent political parties, one that is the ruling one and then the other, in the opposition. One is the present, beginning from 2014 and the other, the immediate past. The...
India’s Surging Ties With UAE Have Special Political Significance In Present Situation
By Girish Linganna India’s Foreign Secretary, Vinay Kwatra, has described the relationship with the UAE as one of India’s most comprehensive and expansive partnerships, spanning the full spectrum of economic activity. This strengthening of ties is seen as a significant success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s international policy, experts...
Western Assemblers Are Encouraging Its Supply Chain Units To Shift From China To India
By Subrata Majumder Suddenly, India is emerging as a favourable destination for western assemblers operating in manufacturing sector. Till now foreign investors were encouraged or asked to shift from China by Japan. Japan launched incentives for Japanese investors to shift from China. US-China conflict also discouraged the US investors...
German Govt’s Strict Measures Against Far Right Signal Victory Of Left
By Satyaki Chakraborty Finally, the Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz has shown some guts by taking strict measures against the far right including the neo fascists, following the massive demonstrations organized by the left parties, trade unions, the Social Democrats and other sections of the civil society. The huge...
Congress Continues Facing Challenges In Keeping INDIA Bloc Together
By Gyan Pathak Indian National Congress as the major party of the opposition INDIA bloc continues facing challenges in keeping allies together. Not only desertions of the JD(U) led by Nitish Kumar in Bihar and RLD led by Jayant Chaudhary in Uttar Pradesh from the INDIA bloc, but also...
Time To Revive Debate On State Funding Of Elections Beyond Academic Realm
By K Raveendran Considering the bitter results of uninhibited political funding to the ruling party through the obnoxious electoral bond scheme, leading to the subversion of democratic processes, it may be time to go back to the concept of state funding of elections if democracy is to survive in...
