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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.Mickey Mouse’s Release From License Is A Major News For Corporates
By Tirthankar Mitra No ordinary rodent, Mickey Mouse represents an aspect of America which comic reading children grow up with and form their own ideas about a land whose residents do not find nothing beyond them. Of course, such ideas change as they grow wiser of the world around...
Congress-Left Seat Sharing In A Few States Will Be Positive For Lok Sabha Polls
By Nitya Chakraborty The seat sharing talks between the constituents of INDIA block have started in right earnest. Congress high command has finally understood the need for early clinching of the agreements between the INDIA partners taking into the specifics of the political situation in each state. It is...
Despite Narendra Modi’s Big Thrust In South, BJP May Not Gain In Lok Sabha Polls
By Kalyani Shankar Can the enormous popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) achieve electoral success in the southern states? The Party is seeking to gain more voters in the challenging southern region. Its presence is limited in states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana,...
Legendary American Historian W.E.B. DuBoi’s Book ’The World And Africa’ Is Pathbreaking
By Stu Becker The World and Africa: An Inquiry into the Part Which Africa Has Played in World History by the legendary American communist historian W.E.B. DuBois argues that Africa’s great contributions to world civilization have been erased and ignored. DuBois argues that this is because of the transatlantic...
Personality Clash Intensifies In INDIA Bloc Ahead Of Rahul’s Nyay Yatra
By Arun Srivastava If the unpredictable posture of Nitish Kumar has been the main factor for demoralising the INDIA constituents in Bihar, the propensity of RJD chief Lalu Yadav not to treat the Left parties as equals has further aggravated the situation to the point of turning the INDIA...
Supreme Court Order On Bilkis Rape Convicts Is A Slap On The Face Of BJP And Gujarat Govt
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Supreme Court decision declaring remission of 11 rape convicts of Gujarat riots of 2002 by the BJP government of the state with concurrence of the Centre has completely unmasked PM Narendra Modi led BJP, just on the eve of Lok Sabha Election 2024, which...
Bengal CPI(M)’s Youth Rally At Brigade On Sunday Was A Break With The Past
By Anjan Roy The CPI(M) in Bengal has managed to stage a picture of resurgence after a long gap.. The CPI(M)’s youth wing, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) managed to hold a fairly well-attended public meeting in the iconic Brigade Parade ground in Kolkata on Sunday. The public...
Congress Must Decide About Participating In Ram Mandir Inauguration
By Sushil Kutty The Congress is in a dilemma. Hamlet would have escaped the vice (as in grip). But the Congress is stuck – to attend or not to attend the Ram Mandir pran-pratishta on January 22? The Congress has the chance to make it an event to remember...
Turkey Takes Strong Position Against Israel On Its Killings In Gaza Strip
By Girish Linganna On New Year’s Day, thousands of Turkish people took to the streets in Istanbul, shouting “Murderer Israel, leave Palestine.” This wasn’t the first large-scale demonstration in support of Palestine in Turkey since the Israel-Gaza conflict began on October 7 However, the large protest on January 1...
Israel’s Gaza War Expands To Lebanon, Iraq; Enters Fourth Month
By Satyaki Chakraborty Israel’s Gaza war has entered its fourth month on January 7 this year leading to a death toll of more than 22,500.The entire Gaza strip has been devastated by the Israeli bombings. Apart, the Israel Defence Forces have targeted areas of both Lebanon and Iraq giving...
India’s General Government Debt Needs To Be Controlled
By Nantoo Banerjee There is nothing to panic immediately about India’s current general government debt, for which the International Monetary Fund has warned that it may exceed 100 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the medium term, or by 2028. In its annual ‘Article IV’ consultation...
Unpredictable Nitish Is Responsible For Weakening Of INDIA Bloc
By Arun Srivastava Increasingly, it seems that it is not the BJP per se, but the leaders of the constituents of the united opposition’s INDIA bloc are its worst enemies. While the core committee of the senior BJP leaders has been burning the midnight lamp finalising the list of...
Urban Unemployment Rises Sharply In December 2023
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As India heads towards General Election 2024, sharp rise in urban unemployment in December 2023 exposes again the falsehood of government’s narrative and propaganda regarding employment generation under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. Though under the new narrative on the employment front on the...
Germany Rejigs Its Military Might, Aims To Be Europe’s Defence Pillar
By Girish Linganna The commencement of the Russia-Ukraine crisis in 2022 changed Germany’s defence and diplomatic strategies. The Israel-Hamas conflict erupted in October 2023, once again drawing Germany’s attention to security concerns. Germany, which has long practised ‘pacifism’ and ‘military restraint’, has steadily increased its military capabilities during the...
India And Pakistan Have Taken Right Decision In Latest Talks On Nuclear Facilities
By Tirthankar Mitra India and Pakistan are nuclear-weapon countries engaged in a troubled relationship That is a cause of concern for the populace and leadership of both the countries. The moot point is whether the duo can live side by side in some safety and not the technological achievement...
Mumbai’s Infra Rush Pushes The City’s Fragile Ecology To Its Limit
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to inaugurate the 22-kilometer Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) on January 12, it’s time to look at the fragile ecology yet expanding infrastructure ecosystem of Mumbai. MTHL, India’s longest sea bridge, snakes gracefully across the Thane Creek, connecting...
Modi-Shah Looking To Use Anti-ED Violence Against Mamata Govt
By Arun Srivastava The Enforcement Directorate’s report alleging police ‘failure’ to rescue its sleuths at Sarberia in North 24-Parganas, from the murderous attack of the angry mob on Friday morning and Governor C V Anand Bose’s threat – “I reserve all my constitutional options for appropriate action at appropriate...
Ram Mandir Ahead Of Consecration: Persisting Issues Of Heart, Mind, Fear And Favour
By K Raveendran Every court judgment is supposed to be delivered without ‘fear or favour’ and ‘affection or ill-will’, but insights provided by Chief Justice of India Justice D Y Chandrachud on the Ayodhya Ram Mandir land judgment reveal how some of the disapproved tendencies did creep into the...
