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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...
Narendra Modi And Yogi Adityanath Are Proceeding Fast With Hindutva Mission
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appear to be working in tandem for forwarding the BJP’s thrust on Hindutva for electoral success. If one does the Ayodhya Ram Mandir ‘Pran Prathisthan’, and then opens a “Hindu Temple ” in the Abu...
Priyanka Gandhi Contesting From Rae Bareli To Boost Congress Morale In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With AICC president Mrs Sonia Gandhi going to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan, stage is set for Priyanka Gandhi to contest from her mother’s constituency Rae Bareli. It may be mentioned that the family members of Nehru-Gandhi have represented Rae Bareli since 1952. Capt Satish Sharma...
L K Advani Was Taken By Surprise After Hearing Bharat Ratna Announcement
By Harihar Swarup Civilian Honours such as Padma awards and Bharat Ratna are usually declared prior to January 26, even though the award ceremony is held later. However, the announcement that veteran BJP leader L K Advani was to be honoured with the nation’s highest civilian award was made...
Trade Route Agreement Linking Europe To India Is A Win For Modi
By Girish Linganna On Tuesday, February 13, India and the United Arab Emirates inked a deal to establish a trade route designed to link Europe and India via certain regions of the Middle East by both sea and rail. This grand project has received support from both the United...
This Valentine’s Day, Cupid Goes Digital With AI Shaping The Online Dating
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Love is in the air, but so is AI! A recent study revealed that 65% of Indians are using ChatGPT or similar platforms to craft their dating profiles, with 56% even considering AI-written messages for Valentine’s Day. While this tech-powered approach seems to boost confidence...
