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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.Can BJP Win Lok Sabha Elections Without Hard Hindutva Narrative?
By Mriganka M Bhowmick Since 1989, when the BJP adopted Hindutva as an ideology in the Palampur Resolution, it has consistently propagated it in elections. The RSS has significantly contributed to the evolution of Hindutva as the cultural identity of the nation. With the advent of Modi Politics in...
Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Attack On Ships Poses Threat To Trade Through Red Sea
By Girish Linganna Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out hijackings, missile strikes, and drone attacks on ships, leading Danish shipping and logistics company AP Moller-Maersk and German shipping and container transportation firm Hapag-Lloyd to temporarily suspend shipments via the Red Sea. The announcements made on Friday by AP Moller-Maersk...
South Africa’s Ruling Party Faces Split Before National Elections In 2024
By Roger McKenzie Former South African president Jacob Zuma has denounced the governing African National Congress (ANC) and vowed to vote for a new political formation in next year’s general election. Mr Zuma, who led the ANC from 2007 to 2017, said on Saturday that he was backing the...
Modi Government Plays With Data Before Election To Show Unemployment Declining
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In a written reply on December 11, 2023 in the Lok Sabah during the current winter session, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameshwar Teli claimed that unemployment rate in the country has a declining trend over the year, obviously to give a...
Congress Foundation Rally In Nagpur Must Send Strong Message To RSS
By Arun Srivastava Congress having a massive rally in Nagpur to celebrate its foundation day on December 28 is unlikely to have any significant political or electoral bearing on the RSS. Congress was born in Bombay in 1885. But the party leadership chose Nagpur as the venue of celebration...
BJP High Command Opted For A Long Term Planning In Deciding On New Chief Ministers
By Harihar Swarup BJP’s top leadership seems to act in unconventional ways. That relates to its unexpected choice of chief ministers in three states, Vishnu Deo Sai in Chattisgarh, Mohan Yadav in Madhya Pradesh and Bhajan Lal Sharma in Rajasthan. To the public at large, and often the know-it-all...
The So-Called ‘High Level Probe’ Assured By Minister Pralhad Joshi Is Nothing But A Hoax
By Sushil Kutty So after all the “jalsas” to crown chief ministers of three states — Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, forget Telangana, it is ‘Congressi’ — a probe has been ordered on the Parliament security breach, with the Modi government’s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi telling the country,...
Tariff On Chinese Gold Jewellery Helps U.S. Replace UAE as India’s leading export market
By K Raveendran The imposition of extra tariff on Chinese gold jewellery exports by the United States has helped the Indian jewellery export trade to dislodge the United Arab Emirates as the country’s leading export market. The tariff on Chinese jewellery has made Indian exporters more competitive on the...
Hamas Manoeuvring Complicates Efforts To Secure Prisoner Swaps With Israel
By James M Dorsey Israel wasn’t slamming the door on renewed indirect prisoner swap negotiations with Hamas when it this week barred David Barnea, the head of Mossad, the country’s foreign intelligence agency, from travelling to Qatar to explore possibilities for renewed exchanges. Instead, it was manoeuvring for greater...
Steep Rise In Indian Stock Markets Is Based On Positive Outlook In Both Domestic And Global Economy
By Anjan Roy The Indian stock market is looking like unstoppable, for now. The equity markets are scaling new heights and along with that, the investors are reaping riches. The BSE Sensex has increased by close to 1000 points in intra-day trading on Friday. The NSE index has climbed...
Maldives Decision Not To Renew Hydrographic Survey Pact Is A Jolt To Indian Maritime Strategy
By Girish Linganna Speaking at a conference held at the Maldives President’s Office after a Cabinet meeting on Thursday (December 14, 2023), Maldives’ Under Secretary for Public Policy, Mohamed Firuzul, said that the archipelagic nation would not renew the earlier government’s agreement on the Third Joint Hydrographic Survey of...
Anup Ghoshal, The Favourite Singer Of Satyajit Ray, Has Left A Rich Legacy In Music
By Tirthankar Mitra As a singer Anup Ghoshal’s name was never taken in Bengal on the same breath as Hemanta Mukhopadhyay or even Dwijen Mukherjee; nor did his songs enjoy the popularity of Manna De or Shyamal Mitra. Yet Ghoshal who passed away in Kolkata on December 15, attained...
Congress Yatra In Uttar Pradesh Beginning December 20 Will Be A Big Opposition Show
By Arun Srivastava With a sankalp (pledge) at KV temple of Varanasi to get rid of the anti-people government of the BJP, the Uttar Pradesh Congress will launch its UP Jodo Yatra on December 20 from Shakumbhari Devi temple in Saharanpur and culminate at Naimisharanya (Sitapur) after covering 16...
Woman Judge’s Seeking Permission To Die Exposes ‘Nari Shakti Vandan’ Hype
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only a few months ago, RSS-BJP clan had created hype around “Nari Shakti Vandan”, just after PM Narendra Modi government had introduce Women’s Reservation Bill, 2023 on September 19 in a special session of Parliament. Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam was the new epithet for the...
The Curious Case Of ‘Hindu Terrorists’ Involved In Breach Of Parliament’s Security
By Sushil Kutty Parliament attack ‘mastermind’ Lalit Mohan Jha is in police custody. Four of his underlings – if he is ‘mastermind’, indeed – have been charged with terrorism under various sections of the UAPA, supposedly one of the toughest anti-terror legislations anywhere in the world. Does that mean,...
Kolkata Remembers The Legendary Lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi Through Three Day Festival
By Tirthankar Mitra Come winter, a season of mellow fruitfulness, Kolkata springs up pleasant surprises. A three day festival on Sahir Ludhianvi, whose lines of love and protest are still hummed began on December 15 at Dhana Dhanyo stadium. Tributes are paid to an individual’s memory usually on his/her...
Neo-Liberal Regime In India Has Led To Income Inequality And Farmers Distress
By Prabhat Patnaik Neo-liberalism propagates a set of outright falsehoods to present itself in a favourable light compared to the preceding dirigiste regime in India. The basic theme is to suggest that under neo-liberalism there has been such an acceleration of the growth rate of Gross Domestic Product that...
Challenging PM Modi, Nitish May Kick Off Lok Sabha Polls From Varanasi
By Rahil Nora Chopra Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will launch the election campaign of 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi with the sole aim of winning the support of people against the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. According to sources, the date will be decided after the...
