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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.Rumblings Over Tejasvi’s ‘CM Face’ For Bihar Assembly Elections
By Rahil Nora Chopra The tussle between Bihar’s main opposition party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and its ally Congress have come out into the open after Congress MLA Ajit Sharma questioned Tejashwi Prasad Yadav as the CM face of the grand-alliance even as the RJD reiterated that there was...
Decade After UNGA Pledged ‘Zero Hunger’, Where Does India Stand?
By Mohan V Katarki Zero hunger may sound metaphorical. However, as one of the seventeen targeted Sustainable Development Goals (‘SDG’) declared in 2015 by the General Assembly of the United Nations ‘Zero Hunger’ conveys the seriousness with which the global community has sought to address global food security and...
‘Coalition Of The War-Willing’: Europe’s Vain Hopes Of Imperial Grandeur
By Nathan Akehurst There are decades when weeks happen and weeks when decades happen, goes an aphorism misattributed to Vladimir Lenin. The fortnight between J. D. Vance’s broadside against Europe at the Munich Security Conference, and Vance and Donald Trump’s vicious upbraiding of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in the...
China Prepares Itself For Big Battle To Challenge Trump Doctrine On Global Order
By Nitya Chakraborty How is China, the second largest economic and military power of the world after the United States is planning to confront the second term U.S. President Donald Trump’s resurgence disrupting the so long established global order to impose his total domination on international politics? Every political...
Vicious Communal Attacks By Sangh Parivar Activists Must Be Stopped
By P. Sudhir The communal poison regularly injected into the body politic by the Sangh Parivar and its growing numbers of supporters among common people and the administration has been responsible for numerous attacks on Muslims. Most tragically, recent incidents have shown that children and infants are now being...
BJP’s Mahila Samriddhi Scheme In Delhi May Benefit Only 15-20 Lakh Women
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP led Delhi government is almost ready to launch Mahila Samriddhi Scheme on March 8, on the occasion of International women’s day. During the Vidhan Sabha election, BJP had promised women of Delhi to give Rs 2,500 per month, as against the AAP government’s scheme...
Maverick Mani Shankar Aiyar Embarrasses Congress Party Once Again
By Sushil Kutty Veteran by far among vintage Congress leaders, Mani Shankar Aiyar is used to reminisce, dive deep into his cup of life and like a magician with a hat pull something or the other from his cache of memories. The rabbits more often than not landing him...
Agriculture-Based Industries: Unlocking Employment Opportunities
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh is one of the leading states in food production in India. With fertile soil, diverse climatic conditions, and technological innovations, the state has excelled in the agricultural sector. It is among the top producers of wheat, chickpeas, soybeans, and spices. Additionally, it has...
International Women’s Day In 2025 Must Work For Vigorous Drive For Inclusion
By Krishna Jha Almost seventy per cent of those killed in the Gaza war are women and children. The obvious purpose of this specified carnage has been to destroy the present and also the future of Gaza. Women are to preserve the life while children are the builders of...
Indian Army Lagging In Supply Of New Generation Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
By Aritra Banerjee The Indian Army came up with a Request for Information (RFI) for the procurement of new-generation anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) in October last year, which seeks to procure over 20,000 new-generation ATGMs and 1,500 launchers, along with simulators to enhance training capabilities. The ATGMs are intended...
Canada’s Communists Resist Trump’s Trade War And Annexation Threats
By C.J. Atkins TORONTO: Canadians are calling BS on Donald Trump’s claims that his trade war is about fentanyl or stopping illegal border crossings. From coast to coast to coast, the labor and people’s movements say they see it for what it is: pure economic aggression. In perhaps the...
Á Complete Unknown’ Film Underplays Bob Dylan’s Early Phase Politics Under Guthrie
By Taylor Dorrell NEW YORK: In 1960, a young Robert Zimmerman — who had begun to call himself “Bob Dylan” — journeyed from the icy flatlands of Minnesota to New Jersey on a pilgrimage. His destination: the bedside of his ailing idol, the legendary folk hero, Woody Guthrie. He...
Modi Govt Is A Semi-Fascist Regime With Strong Tendencies Towards Full Fascism
By Dr. Sobhanlal Datta Gupta A controversy has erupted centring around CPI(M)’s position expressed in the Draft Political Resolution for the ensuing 24th Party Congress that the present Narendra Modi Government is not fascist, but marked by fascist tendencies. This stand has been subjected to criticisms by other Left...
Trump Is Out To Destroy The World For The Sake Of American Super Profits
By K Raveendran The world has barely emerged from the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that ravaged economies, disrupted supply chains, and sent financial markets into turmoil. Just as nations are striving to rebuild, another storm is brewing—one that threatens to be more insidious and longer-lasting than...
Can Govt Complete Delimitation Process Before Lok Sabha Election 2029?
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Politics in South India, especially in Tamil Nadu, has become hotter on the issue of delimitation of constituencies in India, after the first Census to be completed after 2026. Census process in yet to be started, though it was to be started in early 2025,...
CPI(ML)-Liberation’s Patna Rally On March 2 Put A New National Agenda For Change
By Arun Srivastava PATNA: Though the “Badlo Bihar Mahajutan (Change Bihar Maha-Rally)” organised by the CPI (ML) Liberation on March 2 appeared to be a Bihar centric event, in reality, it carried a pan-India message which will have critical impact on the ideological and philosophical subtleties of the political...
Congress Spokesperson Shama Mohamed’s Remark On Fat Shaming Is Uncalled For
By Sushil Kutty Fat-shaming is the new normal in Congress party political circles these days. Congress spokespersons use it with critical remarks regarding the cricketing performances of top Indian cricketing icons. And if you’re Malayali with almost zero cricketing knowledge you’re best at the game. Ask Shama Mohamed, the...
Bizarre Polemics In Madhya Pradesh Politics Over Granting Of Freebies
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Strange things happen in Madhya Pradesh. Latest in this is the open condemnation of the habit of demanding freebies by the people and leaders, readily giving them liberally. This remark of Minister Prahlad Patel drew sharp criticism from Congress. But Patel forgot that his...
