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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.Is Europe Looking For A New Leader Of Free World After Trump-Zelenskyy Spat?
By Nitya Chakraborty Is the global geopolitics moving a full circle after 80 years since the end of the Second World War in 1945? The question is now extremely relevant after the world saw on Friday in TV channels the unprecedented spat between the United States president Donald Trump...
Darkest Phase Of India’s Capital Market Regulation History Ends With Buch’s Exit
By K Raveendran The departure of Madhabi Puri Buch from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) marks the end of what many consider the darkest period in the history of India’s market regulator. SEBI, the institution responsible for ensuring transparency, fairness, and accountability in India’s financial markets,...
Struggle For Supremacy Between Modi And Bhagwat Intensifies
By Arun Srivastava Bonhomie between RSS and BJP that enabled the BJP to win the Haryana, Maharashtra and Delhi assembly elections, notwithstanding bitter acrimony between Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appears to have been overshadowed by the fraternal rancour. The situation has acquired such heat...
Issue Of Wages To ASHA And Anganwadi Workers Is Again In Sharp Focus
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The issue of giving wages to Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and Anganwadi workers has again in sharp focus. Union Budget 2025-26 neither promised them to give status of the workers preventing them from getting even minimum wages, nor increased the little amount of honourariums...
Sambhal’s Shahi Jama Masjid Is Now A Disputed Structure As Per Allahabad Court
By Sushil Kutty Things are not happening along planned and expected lines for Sambhal’s Shahi Jama Masjid, i.e., as expected by the mosque’s Masjid Management Committee and “protector”, the Samajwadi Party. For example, is this Masjid also going the way of the Babri Masjid? The Allahabad High Court on...
A Woman Chief Minister Of BJP In Delhi Is Welcome, But What About Reservation Bill?
By Harsh Bodwal Rekha Gupta’s appointment as the Chief Minister of Delhi marks a significant political moment, not just for the Bharatiya Janata Party (‘BJP’), which has returned to power in the national capital after 27 years, but also for the broader discourse on women’s representation in Indian politics....
Gene Hackman Became A Great Hollywood Actor With His Working Class Background
By Eileen Jones NEW YORK: The late, great Gene Hackman was a working-class guy from Danville, Illinois, the son of a waitress and a pressman for a local newspaper who deserted the family when young Hackman was just thirteen. An avid moviegoer from childhood and a big fan of...
How The Opposition Combo INDIA Bloc Has Been Failing The Country’s People?
By Nitya Chakraborty Democratic rights activist Jagdeep S. Chhokar in his recent piece in the news portal The Wire mentions of his four conclusions on the state of Indian polity in the present stage after the BJP sweep in Delhi assembly polls. His four concluding points are- first, the...
IMF Paper Foresees Growth Momentum In Second Half Of 2025-26
By Anjan Roy The latest article four consultation papers of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gives a unique peep into the state of the Indian economy from an outsiders’ point of view, tampered with inputs and interactions with the national economic managers. India’s latest review was released yesterday at...
Politics On Enforcement Of Hindi And Sidelining State Languages Turns Bitter
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The politics on enforcement of Hindi through multiple ways across the country and sidelining the languages of the states has turned bitter, first in Tamil Nadu, and now in Punjab. Both the states have objected to Modi government’s attitude on three language formula under National...
Trump’s AI Generated Video On Gaza Shows His Business Acumen As A Real Estate Developer
By Sushil Kutty US President Donald Trump’s AI-generated video on Gaza, which he uploaded on self-owned ‘Truth Social’, stumped the majority who sat down to watch it. They didn’t think Ai could have been more realistic than the works of celebrity filmmakers like James Cameron with their creative imaginations....
Donald Trump’s Emergence As A Far Right Leader Is A Crisis Of Neoliberalism
By Dr. Soma Marla The world is facing the brunt of attacks by Donald Trump after his installation as the 47th president of the US. This person combines the qualities of an early capitalist adventurer and an American cowboy-robber baron of a bully and a businessman. Thrown up by...
Induction Of Seven BJP Ministers In Bihar Cabinet Is A Snub To Nitish Kumar
By Arun Srivastava Bihar has always been a hard nut for the BJP, precisely for the saffron ecosystem. The more the saffron brigade strives and tries to exploit the existing social and caste contradictions, more it gets alienated from the mainstream politics and also from the Bihari people. A...
Rahul Asks Assam Congress To Put Up United Front Against Himanta
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, party president Mallikarjun Kharge, and senior leaders of AICC interacted with the Assam PCC leadership in New Delhi on Thursday and held a detailed discussion on the way ahead for the party in the northeastern state, where it has been out...
Madhya Pradesh Tourism Sector Witnessing A Transformation
By Raju Kumar BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh, often referred to as the “Heart of India,” is renowned for its rich historical, cultural, and natural heritage. The state government has implemented various initiatives to develop the tourism sector and attract investments. The Global Investors Summit 2025 in Bhopal has raised hopes...
Narendra Modi Govt Must Come Clean On The Use Of USAID Funds In India
By P. Sudhir The decision of US President Donald Trump to close the United States’ Agency for International Development (USAID) led to a slugfest between the two main ruling class parties – the BJP and Congress. Announcing the closure, a list of recipients of USAID was published. Quoting from...
Arvind Kejriwal And His Politics Facing Challenge But AAP Has Still Future
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The political analysts who have predicted immediately after the Delhi Vidhan Sabha election results were out on February 8, 2025 that it was the beginning of the end of the future of Arvind Kejriwal, his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and his mode of politics, may...
Meiteis, Kuki-Zos Concur On Priority For Rehab Of Displaced Persons
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: A close read of the memoranda submitted recently to Manipur Governor Ajay Bhalla suggests that Meiteis and Kuki-Zos, the two sides involved in the ethnic conflict, unhesitatingly agree on the urgency of alleviating the persisting misery of internally persons (IDPs) by executing a proper...
