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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.Red Sea Crisis Adds To World’s Reliance On India As Rice Supplier
By Girish Linganna Mounting stress in the Red Sea—the direct trade route for ships travelling from Asia to Europe—has hit India’s exports of marine products and also high-quality rice to buyers in the United States, Middle East and Europe as prices have skyrocketed. This very serious bottleneck that has...
Two Years Into The Ukraine War, Europe Has No Clue For Ceasefire
By Harrison Stetler After ratcheting up pressure on Hungary in recent weeks, European leaders have convinced premier Viktor Orbán to stop blocking a crucial extension of aid for Ukraine’s war effort. The deal emerged from a meeting of the European Council in Brussels this Thursday, where European Union (EU)...
Tackling Disinformation Is An Absolute Must To Protect Social Integrity
By Devasis Chattopadhyay In times when technology is constantly redefining reality as we know it, it is often hard to tell what’s real and what isn’t. So why troll Poonam Pandey for using social media to fake her death; popular FM radio channel Fever for faking its closure; and...
Houthi Pirates Bring Global Trade Through Red Sea To A Near Halt
By Nantoo Banerjee It is difficult to believe in the 21st century that some small groups of Yemeni Houthi pirates on the Red Sea can bring a $1-trillion-plus annual global trade using the sea route almost to a halt, forcing shipowners and shippers divert the trade through a several...
Champai Soren’s Convincing Win In Jharkhand Assembly Test Is A Victory For INDIA Bloc
By Kalyani Shankar The convincing victory of the JMM-Congress coalition in Jharkhand assembly on February 5 amidst allegations about BJP’s poaching reports, is a big boost to the INDIA bloc in the present political atmosphere in the country. Chief Minister Champai Soren has now the tough task to run...
Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra Is Getting Good Response Before Lok Sabha Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Despite all sorts of statements against Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, the Congress party and the leader has got significant response by people during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra so far. It makes PM Narendra Modi’s concerns worse, since Congress candidates would be offering closer...
This Hide And Seek Game Between ED And Delhi Chief Minister Has Turned Bizarre
By Sushil Kutty MLAs and MPs are placed such that they can make tonnes of money by shifting allegiance, the money credited to their bank accounts, like nowadays when the focus is on Jharkhand and Bihar MLAs fleeing BJP depredations with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi minister...
Not Out Of Respect: Modi Honoured Advani Taking In View LS Polls
By Arun Srivastava Lal Krishna Advani, the ironman of the BJP whose Ramjanmabhoomi movement turned the construction of Ram Mandir into the basic ideology of the saffron ecosystem, has been honoured with the prestigious gift of the Bharat Ratna. Coming right after the inauguration of the Ram Temple, Prime...
Modi Govt’s Interim Budget Has Some Positives But Ignores Aam Admi Concerns
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik This year’s budget was a ‘vote of account’ which is a provision in the budgetary process that allows the government to obtain the approval of the parliament for essential expenditures for a limited period before the full budget is present. With Mr. Nitish Kumar, joining...
Massive Anti-Far Right Demonstrations In Germany Finally Jolt AFD
By Satyaki Chakraborty The continuing joint demonstrations by the anti-Right parties of Germany in major cities of the country during the week end for the last few months have made its impact on the German political mood as the latest opinion poll has put the voting intention figure for...
Yemen Based Houthis Have A Chequered History Through Many Twist And Turns
By Girish Linganna The Houthis keep surprising some of the strongest armies in the world. They are still launching missiles at ships they think are connected to the US, UK, or Israel, and even at some that are not. The Houthis have greatly affected worldwide trade, making ships go...
Interim Union Budget 2024-25 Reveals Modi Governments Anti-Labour Stance
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Reduction in the total allocations for Union Ministry of Labour and Employment and also workers’ social security in the Interim Union Budget 2024-25 has revealed PM Narendra Modi government’s anti-labour stance, an allegation that has been labelled by the joint platform of Central Trade Unions...
Culture Of Adjournments Helps The High And Mighty To Hijack Judicial System
By K Raveendran Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud’s call for an end to the ‘adjournment culture’ in the functioning of the courts could not have come a day sooner. “In the near future, we must address structural issues affecting the judiciary such as the pendency of cases, our archaic...
AI-Generated Content Holds Promises As Well As Perils
By Girish Linganna Artificial intelligence has made tremendous strides in recent years—from beating human champions at chess to revolutionizing self-driving cars and setting up life-like virtual assistants. Now, AI is putting its creative hat on and venturing into the world of content generation. While AI shows great promise for...
Raw Deal Again To Kerala In 2024-25 Union Budget
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no change in the Budget script as far as Kerala is concerned. It has been an unredeeming tale of severe neglect from the Union Government, repeated ad nauseum over the years. For once, both the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government and the...
Opposition Talks On Seat Sharing In Assam For Lok Sabha Polls Not Progressing
By Ashis Biswas In Assam, bad news continues for the opposition: little tangible progress has been made in pre-election seat sharing talks among major parties opposing the ruling Bharatiya Janata party(BJP), as they desperately struggle to build a united anti-Saffron front, in recent weeks. Unless major opposition parties including...
Myanmar Junta Losing More Areas To Rebels As The Coup Completes Three Years
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav On the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, a joint statement from the European Union, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States condemned the ongoing violence and human rights abuses perpetrated by the military regime....
Iran Facilitates Biden’s Support For Israel, But Tel Aviv Makes It Increasingly Difficult
By James M Dorsey The irony of Middle Eastern geopolitics is that Israel makes it increasingly difficult for US President Joe Biden to support it, while Iran strengthens domestic US anti-Iranian and pro-Israeli hardliners. The hardliners are emboldened by the failure of calibrated US strikes in response to numerous...
