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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.Who Are BJP And RSS To Ask The Congress For Loyalty Test On Hindutva?
By Arun Srivastava Economics and culture could be mixed but certainly not the politics. It could be either centrist, liberal or rightist, but definitely not mixed. Ever since its birth in 1885, Congress has been a congregation of all shades of people, from rightists, centrists to leftists, but it...
Nitish, Or Kharge? Jury Still Out On INDIA Bloc’s PM Face
By Rahil Nora Chopra Who will be the I.N.D.I.A. bloc’s prime ministerial face, Mallikarjun Kharge or Nitish Kumar? Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has emerged as the new champion of the cause of social justice, holding an unprecedented caste survey in the state. Nitish has always fancied and is seen...
Maestro Ustad Rashid Khan Was A Phenomenon In Indian Classical Music
By Tirthankar Mitra The legendary Kolkata based music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan’s untimely departure to the way of all flesh is not only an occasion for mourning for all those who love music and life. It cuts a link between the traditional and modern space; style was the man...
Indian Government May Consider A Contributory Pension Scheme For All
By Prabhat Patnaik We observe a strange phenomenon everyday, so strange that its strangeness goes generally unnoticed. Government spokespersons from the prime minister downwards go on repeating ad nauseam that India is the most rapidly growing major economy in the world today, that it will soon become a 5...
In Assam, Congress And AIUDF Are Itching Towards A Seat Sharing Formula For Lok Sabha Polls
By Ashis Biswas With pre Lok Sabha poll campaigning yet to begin all over India, divisive religious polarisation has already reached unforeseen levels in Assam. Initially, state Chief Minister Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma set the pace in his public speeches , aggressively announcing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP)...
Despite US Sanctions Against Financiers, Hamas Is Comfortable With Funds
By Girish Linganna From a fancy restaurant in Istanbul with a view of the Bosporus, a man, sanctioned by America for allegedly funding Hamas, discusses his business roles. The Bosporus is a narrow water channel in Turkey, separating Europe and Asia, linking the Black Sea with the Sea of...
President Biden Is Under Big Pressure From Congressmen To Remove Cuba From ’Terrorist’ List
By W. T. Whitney Jr. WASHINGTON: The Massachusetts congressional delegation was furious. The Biden administration had early on promised to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT). Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern took comfort from Congress having been told the process was underway. But at...
RSS-BJP Clan Must Not Defile Ramlala Consecration With Hate Politics
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Hinduism is a religion, but Hindutva is politics. Former is rooted in religiosity, but the later in hate politics as practiced by RSS-BJP clan. ‘Jai Sri Ram’ had been a religious and pious expression in Hinduism, but RSS-BJP clan has been misusing this as a...
Indian Economy Has Shown Its Own Strengths Through High Growth In 2023-24
By Anjan Roy After fiddling with the Indian economy for years, Raghuram Rajan, former governor of Reserve Bank of India, finds himself in a kind of Hamlet moment. Rajan had observed that India would be lucky to reach a 5% growth rate during the current fiscal year. He was...
RSS’s Ram Mandir Inauguration Is Politically Motivated, Say Four Top Hindu Heads
By Arun Srivastava So far the RSS and BJP have been working on their plan to rupture the social relation between Hindus and Muslims, but now in the wake of the consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22 differences have cropped up among the Hindus between those...
Supreme Court Verdict On Bilkis Bano’s Rapist Convicts Is Redeeming
By Subhashini Ali It was a judgment that was eagerly awaited by many who saw it as a litmus test of whether the diminishing flames of hope in the judiciary’s ability to deliver justice would be snuffed out or would burn brighter. These hopes had been considerably diminished on...
Historical Facts About Babri Masjid Can Not Be Changed Through Ram Mandir Inauguration
By Krishna Jha The mega event that is made out of the construction of Ram temple by replacing Babri Masjid in Ayodhya should not lead us to forget the basic fact. And that is despite the Supreme Court’s mandate, the upcoming temple at the site of the mosque has...
Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Getting Big Support In Campaign
By Sushil Kutty Republican presidential nominee hopeful Nikki Haley proved once again that she remains the American liberal media’s candidate to prop up. Thursday Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis honed further their debating skills at the CNN GOP Presidential debate in Iowa and Nikki won approval from the...
2024 Will Witness Massive Space Launch Programmes By India, China And Japan
By Girish Linganna In 2024, the global space launch landscape is expected to see increased activity from both public and private sectors in countries like China, India, and Japan, following a year dominated by SpaceX. Chinese startup LandSpace Technology is set to introduce reusable rockets by 2025, following a...
US Approval To Bitcoin Traded Funds Is A Big Moment For Cryptocurrencies
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav A watershed moment in the history of cryptocurrencies came on January 10 when the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved 11 spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) applications by Bitwise, Grayscale, Hashdex, BlackRock, Valkyrie, BZX, Invesco, VanEck, WisdomTree, Fidelity and Franklin. As these applicants...
Franz Beckenbauer Is Remembered For His Classy Style And Leadership
By Tirthankar Mitra It is a player from a football team’s forward line who emerges as a heroic figure in a crucial match dribbling and scooting past stolid defenders to score a goal himself or creating an opening for another forward to kick the ball into the net past...
Wonderful Progress In INDIA Block Seat-Sharing Talks For Now
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The second week of January 2024 has witnessed a wonderful progress in INDIA block seat-sharing arrangements, which only a week ago seemed too difficult to achieve, due to respective stand of the constituent political parties having unreasonable claims on seats. However, when talks were officially...
Implications Of National Elections For Gold Demand In India And World Markets
By K Raveendran Geopolitics and guidance from the US Federal Reserve may not be the only factors that determine the performance of gold in the New Year. The Indian and other elections slated for the year may also be determinants. India is the second largest gold consumer in the...
