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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.In Bihar, INDIA Bloc Constituents Are Preparing For Massive Rally In Patna On March 3
By Arun Srivastava Nearly a year after its birth, the opposition alliance, INDIA bloc, would make its existence public on March 3 at a public rally at the Gandhi maidan in Patna notwithstanding it being in public glare for right or wrong reasons during this time. The meeting has...
Delhi Heading For A Very Tough Lok Sabha Contest In 2024
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The indications available from the ground level suggest Delhi is heading for a very tough contests in all its 7 Lok Sabha constituencies. The intermittent political clashes between the AAP led State Government and BJP led Centre in the last five years on several issues...
Is Police Arrest Of Trinamool Strongman Sheikh Shahjahan A Scripted Drama?
By Sushil Kutty A video of Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan striding down a corridor with several police running to keep up with him has surfaced online. Shahjahan is a blocky, chunky fellow, and the video was of Thursday, February 29, morning, shortly after Sheikh was arrested following a...
‘Communist Manifesto’ Of Marx And Engels Remains Relevant Even After 176 Years
By Krishna Jha It is the 176th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto, a program for scientific socialism, a guide for change. On February 21, 1848, Communist Manifesto was published in London. It was prepared by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. The duo were the forerunners of scientific Socialism. The...
Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza Is Imperative To Stop Wanton Killings By Israel
By Dr Arun Mitra The self-immolation of an active-duty member of the U.S Air Force Aaron Bushnell outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C on 25th February has sent shock waves around the world. He did this as a protest amidst the barbaric aggression by Israel on Gaza and...
Legal Icon Fali S Nariman Pursued Extraordinary Career Along With Indian Constitution
By Harihar Swarup The legal career of Fali Sam Nariman began in 1950, along with the coming into force of the Indian Constitution. In the 74 years for which Nariman and the Constitution co-existed, they were inseparable. From I C Golaknath in 1967, where supreme court held that fundamental...
CPI And CPI(M) Have To Focus Most On Improving Lok Sabha Tally From Kerala
By Nitya Chakraborty The stage is set for the holding of the Lok Sabha elections in April/May this year. The two Left parties CPI and the CPI(M) which played a major role in the formation of the Congress led UPA government after the Lok Sabha polls in 2004, are...
Cross-Voting In Tuesday’s Rajya Sabha Election Is Ominous For INDIA Bloc
By Dr. Gyan Pathak No action can be taken against legislators under the anti-defection law or the 10th Schedule of the Constitution of India for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha elections. It made MLAs to cross-vote on as many as 15 Rajya Sabha seats during the elections held on February...
BJP May Have Made Tactical Mistake To Drive Congress, AAP To A Point Of Breakdown
By K Raveendran The BJP may have made a tactical mistake in driving both AAP in the Delhi excise policy scam and Congress in the income tax imbroglio to the point of breakdown so that the two parties have no mojo left to stick to their respective positions with...
Talking Of Deployment Of NATO Forces In Ukraine War Is Preposterous
By Ben Chacko The world took a step closer to global war this week with President Emmanuel Macron’s public speculation about deploying NATO forces to fight Russia in Ukraine. The French leader made it clear that there was, unsurprisingly, no consensus or agreement on the matter. But even raising...
Bitcoin Closing In On $60,000 As Cryptocurrency Market Is Booming
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav As we go about our lives with mundane affairs, Bitcoin (BTC) is on the fire. Well, hold your breath! BTC is only a few hundred away dollars from the $60,000 milestone. At the time of writing, BTC is trading at $59,258.65 — that is, 5.22%...
The Battle Between Two Oldies In U.S. Presidential Campaign Is Getting Funnier
By Sushil Kutty One is old, the other is older. But while President Joe Biden is being given the benefit of doubt of being a victim of the ‘gratuitous’, both are also being told every next day that their age is a factor in the American presidential stakes this...
Dramatic Shift Seen In Bangladesh’s Post-Poll Relations With United States
By M. A. Hossain A dramatic shift in the United States’ stance is being observed after the January 7 general election in Bangladesh. The Biden administration consistently stressed the commencement of a free, fair, and participatory election throughout the electoral process. Since then, the dynamics of bilateral relations have...
Transmission Through Satellites Is Emerging As A Major Alternative
By Girish Linganna Information transmission isn’t confined to just cables; it also traverses through the air and space. This method offers robustness in scenarios where cables might malfunction and ensures connectivity to remote locations that are difficult to link. For regions of the world that are challenging to connect,...
How To Bring Down BJP’s Present Lok Sabha Seats To 220 In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls?
By Nitya Chakraborty For the opposition INDIA bloc, after a chilling two months of despair and political setbacks following the desertion of Nitish Kumar led JD(U) and Jayant Choudhury led RLD to NDA, the last seven days of February have brought new optimism in the INDIA ranks. The period...
Claim That Poverty Has Gone Down Below 5 Per Cent In India Is Wrong
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Just after publication of Household Consumption Expenditure Survey(HCES: 2022-23) by Nation Sample Survey Office (NSSO), politics on poverty has been initiated on behalf of PM Narendra Modi on the eve of Lok Sabha election 2024 by the top official of the government think tank NITI...
Seat Sharing Talks Between INDIA Bloc Constituents Is Finally Going Well
By Kalyani Shankar The doomsayers had predicted the seat sharing between the partners of the I.N.D.I. A coalition would fail, but they had progressed slowly. The alliance was gradually shaping in some states like Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. The coalition is striving hard to put...
Rahul Gandhi Is Focusing On Caste Census As A Major Plank Of INDIA Campaign
By Sushil Kutty Congress spearhead and INDI-Alliance’s only hope Rahul Gandhi’s hoarse voice is what’s giving hope to those praying Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not get a third term. The Wayanad MP is asking people lining up to receive his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and listening to his...
