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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.Eastern States Like Bengal, Odisha Pitching For More Large Investments For Industry
By Kunal Bose One state may call it business summit and another investor meet. But the commonalities in the publicity campaign preceding such conclaves – some states do it annually and some others like West Bengal have opted for once in two years – are striking. States big and...
TROPEX-25 Exercises Signal The Mighty Unified Strength Of Indian Navy
By Aritra Banerjee In a rare and powerful display of naval strength, India’s two major naval forces—the Western and Eastern Fleets—came together during the ongoing TROPEX-25 exercise. This marks a major shift in India’s approach to maritime security, showing that the country is prepared to respond to threats in...
Damascus Should Realise That The Only Way Forward Is Talks
By Manish Rai Turkey’s proxy groups like the Syrian National Army (SNA) which is also part of a coalition of Syrian opposition groups led by Hayat Taheer Al-Sham (HTS) have been attacking the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in North Syrian since December 2024. In particular, fierce fighting along...
Complaint filed against Kejriwal for Sports University corruption
Parvesh Verma, the BJP’s candidate in the New Delhi assembly constituency, filed a complaint with the anti-corruption bureau against Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of being involved in alleged corruption linked to the Delhi Sports University. Verma, the former BJP MP, will take on Arvind Kejriwal...
Is Narendra Modi Ditching Proposed Visit Of President Putin To India At The Prodding Of Trump?
By Nitya Chakraborty What is happening to the proposed official visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to India early this year? Is the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to the Russian President to visit India given at the BRICS summit at Kazan on October 22 still valid? Doubts...
Economic Survey 2024-25 Signals Present Turmoil To Continue Next Fiscal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The key narrative of the Economic Survey 2024-25is that India’s real GDP growth in the financial year 2025-26 is expected to be between 6.3 to 6.8 per cent, suggesting a sluggish economic condition for the country in the next financial year. Since India’s GDP growth...
China’s Latest AI Model DeepSeek Poses A Challenge To Indian Developers
By Anjan Roy The sudden emergence of a Chinese AI model has upset the settled world of Western AI industry. The Chinese had released its indigenously developed AI machine in the third week of January 2025. What followed thereafter is anarchy. Technology majors of America suffered market capitalisation loss...
PM Narendra Modi Invokes Maa Lakshmi To Win Delhi Polls For The BJP
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sucking up to the gods ahead of his government’s second budget of his third term. The god he chose, but, of course, ‘Maa Lakshmi’, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Somebody spoke of a ‘Hindu goddess’, which is ridiculous because monotheistic...
Administrative Mismanagement And VVIP Focus Contributed To Stampede
By Arun Srivastava There is no more ambiguity. The lid on the stampede tragedy at the Mahakumbh in which more than hundred pilgrims died according to unofficial reports, though the Uttar Pradesh government put the figure at thirty, has been taken off. At least three reasons are said to...
Cross-Firing In Buffer Zones Halted – Manipur Situation “Somewhat Better”
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: “Somewhat better in recent days” is what regular Manipur watchers say, perhaps, for the first time in 21 months since the outbreak of ethnic violence in the north-eastern state on May 3, 2023 between Meiteis and Kuki tribals. The reference is obviously to the...
Will Rahul Gandhi’s Dalit-OBC-Muslim Outreach Reap Dividends In Delhi?
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the assembly elections in Delhi moving towards a triangular electoral battle, the BJP, Congress and AAP have been locking horns head-on. Meanwhile, the AAP vs. Congress battle is also heating up. Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi...
In Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Libertarianism And Authoritarianism Combine
By Carolin Amlinger Oliver Nachtwey WASHINGTON: In the history of modern states, no person has been able to convert their wealth into such global political influence. By buying Twitter, now rebadged X, Elon Musk has already hoisted himself into the US government. In doing so, he has made himself...
Budget 2025-26: The ‘What’, ‘Why’ And ‘How’ Of Boosting Consumption For Growth
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik The Budget deals with allocating money towards areas where the government thinks it is essential to spend, and finding out ways such as taxes, to finance it. The government primarily requires money to spend on social infrastructure (such as schools, hospitals, water, sanitation, etc.), physical...
On The Eve Of Fourth Anniversary Of Coup, Myanmar Junta Floats Proposal For National Elections
By Satyaki Chakraborty On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, the ruling junta has floated the proposal to hold the national elections to form a new government in the country which is witnessing civil war between the junta and the forces of democracy...
Kejriwal’s ‘Poisoning Yamuna Water’ Allegation On BJP Ruled Haryana Serious
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As Delhi Vidhan Sabha Election enters its final phase, it turns ugliest in the electoral history of India, with allegation by Arvind Kejriwal whose party is ruling Delhi of ‘poisoning Yamuna water’ by BJP ruled Haryana. It is ugliest, since poisoning drinking water source has...
Draft Policy On Agri Marketing Brings Hated Farm Laws Through Back Door
By Ashok Dhawale The draft “National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing (NPFAM)”, recently circulated by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare reveals the sinister intentions of the RSS-BJP-led union government. It is a conspiracy to sacrifice farmers’ interest and maximise corporate profits. The draft reveals that the...
RSS Chief’s Negation Of August 15, 1947 As Independence Day Is Nothing But A Treason
By Krishna Jha On January 13 this year, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said that the date of Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya was the day when the “true independence of Bharat” was established. It was one of the great myths that RSS has been trying to make us believe....
Campaign For Delhi Assembly Election Gets Bizarre With Poison In Yamuna, Toxins In Air
By Sushil Kutty “I’ve been looking for answers/I’ve been looking for clues/I couldn’t find it in the paper/Couldn’t find it in the news/Oh there’s poison in the water/Oh there are toxins in the air/Oh it’s got us fighting over nothing/Whoever’s up there doesn’t care….” These are lyrics of a...
