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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.People In Telangana Were Fed Up With Rampant Corruption In BRS Govt
By Harihar Swarup Inaccessibility and Arrogance marked BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao’s rule in Telangana in the last term. KCR hardly made a public appearance or met voters. This added to the perception that the government was becoming arrogant and taking voters for granted. Dissent of any kind was...
Gaza War Calls Into Question The Moral Rectitude Of Western Democracies
By James M Dorsey The question is no longer if but when the United States will support a ceasefire in the Gaza war. While the need for a ceasefire to halt Gaza’s human carnage is self-evident, some drivers of the Biden administration’s debate about the timing of a ceasefire...
Oil Wealth, U.S. Intervention Aggravate Venezuela-Guyana Border Conflict
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Venezuela’s National Assembly on December 6 began deliberation on President Nicolás Maduro’s plan for incorporating Essequibo into the Venezuelan nation. The region lying between Guyana to the East and Venezuela to the West has long been claimed by both nations. Maduro’s plan involves creation...
By Upholding Abrogation Of Article 370, Supreme Court Has Kept Many Issues Unanswered
By Arun Srivastava Supreme Court upholding abrogation of Article 370 in its verdict on December 11 has multifaceted implications. For Mehbooba Mufti if it was not the defeat of Kashmiris but of the idea of India, it was certainly not a defeat for Kashmir and Its cultural ethos, the...
Will Depriving Shivraj Singh Chouhan Of Chief Ministership Help BJP In 2024 Polls?
By Sushil Kutty Three-terms in a row and knowing well that he faced the axe, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan thought long and short and took the dive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who dumped him to safeguard his own future. Modi fought on his own “name and face”...
COP28 Draft Negotiation Text Frustrates Hope Of Phasing Out Of Fossil Fuel
By Dr. Gyan Pathak COP28 draft negotiation text released on reduction of fossil fuel has generated great criticism and fury, since it stops short of phasing out fossil fuels, and therefore no agreement was reached within the deadline. Negotiators are now awaiting new text, talks continue beyond the deadline,...
New Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav Will Bring Yadav Votes For BJP In Hindi Heartland
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: By naming Mohan Yadav as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sprang a second surprise in the context of Vidhan Sabha elections. The first surprise was when he asked three Union Ministers and four MPs to resign and contest Vidhan...
Mayawati’s Successor May Not Be Able To Arrest BSP’s Steady Decline Over The Years
By Tirthankar Mitra Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati’s decision to anoint her nephew Akash Anand as her political successor and to suspend party MP Danish Ali were almost simultaneous. Apparently unconnected, the two incidents raise some questions whose replies spell adverse political fallouts for BSP, come 2024 Lok Sabha...
Indian Stock Market Boom Is Presently Triggered By Low Inflation And Political Stability
By Kunal Bose Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange spearheaded Indian stock market has unmistakably remained under the spell of bulls, occasional corrections in some odd sessions always more than made good afterwards notwithstanding. To the delight of who came in early, the S&P BSE Sensex beat...
Child Marriage Soars In Climate-Vulnerable Coastal Bangladesh
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav A recent study conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has unveiled a significant surge in child marriages within Bangladesh’s climate-vulnerable coastal areas, primarily in Bhola and Shatkhira. This alarming trend, which has seen a 39% increase in child marriages following climate-induced disasters, has prompted...
Egyptian President El-Sisi Seeking Third Term In Current Presidential Polls
By Girish Linganna The Egyptian presidential election is set to occur over a three-day period that began on Sunday (December 10, 2023). From December 1-3, non-resident Egyptians had cast their votes at 121 of the country’s embassies and consulates globally. Ten years after seizing power in a coup, Egypt’s...
Gaza And Ukraine Ceasefire Demands Growing In The US Labour Movement
By Mark Gruenberg The Coalition of Labour Union Women (CLUW) of USA has become the latest large labour group to demand a ceasefire and a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Gaza war. At its mid-November convention in Minneapolis, the AFL-CIO constituency group added the anti-Mideast war language, co-authored by its...
BJP Tries To Restore ST Support Base By Choosing A Tribal Cm In Chhattisgarh
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The shock that BJP had to suffer in Karnataka Vidhan Sabha election in May 2023 is not yet over when it was not able to win even a single seat reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST), though the party somehow made inroads to a great extent...
INDIA Bloc Strikes With New Slogan “We, Not Me” To Defeat “I” Of Modi
By Arun Srivastava Alternative core positive agenda to counter the BJP in the next general elections will have the maxim “Main Nahin, Hum” as the pivot to take on Modi. Apparently, the insight behind coining this slogan is to counter Modi’s rhetoric of “my guarantee”, some leaders of the...
BJP Has A Big Advantage Over Congress In Terms Of Funds And Organisational Power
By Kalyani Shankar After completing the five state elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition prepare for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The B.J.P. is confident about maintaining its stronghold in the Hindi belt, and the Opposition has failed to challenge them effectively. B.J.P. won elections in...
Annual Crime Data Report May Not Be All That Dependable
By Nantoo Banerjee The crime in India has been recorded annually since the days of the British Raj. Currently, with more comprehensive statistics, the data is compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Union Home Ministry. However, what remain unclear are the dependability of the data,...
Not Only Sons And Daughters, Nephews Are Also Rising In Indian Politics
By Sushil Kutty Sons and nephews. Who has heard of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s nephew? Lalu and Rabri Devi’s sons are household names because Tejashvi and Tejpratap happen to be Lalu’s household. The Gandhi family is lore and will not run out of heir apparent. That is because of the...
Benjamin Zephaniah, The Legendary Writer And Musician Was Active In Many Fronts
By Roger McKenzie Many years ago I read that when someone died the ancient Greeks only asked one question about the person: did they have passion? The poet — and so much more — Benjamin Zephaniah, who passed away on December 7, was a man of many passions. Born...
