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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.Proposal Of A Trilateral Bloc Of China, Pakistan, Bangladesh Creates Confusion In Dhaka
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Despite running the administration for almost eleven months virtually unchallenged, the interim Government in Bangladesh has not been able to achieve functional cohesion or departmental coordination even on major matters of policy. The most recent example is a controversy within the administration over the proposed...
Maharashtra Govt Decision On Military Training For Primary Students Is Not Proper
By Dr Arun Mitra The Maharashtra government’s decision to introduce military training to the students from class 1 to class 5 is absurd, dangerous and against the basic tenets of education. The state Education Minister, Dada Bhuse said the idea to provide military training to children from Class one...
Israel-Iran Ceasefire Has Given A Chance To Keir Starmer To Change His Foreign Policy
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The ceasefire between Iran and Israel, hanging by a thread as it is, is welcome. It pauses a cycle of escalation that threatened to engulf the whole region in war. However, it solves little in itself. For one thing, Israel has unilaterally broken two ceasefires...
Nilambur Bypoll Result Throws Up A Disturbing Trend In Kerala Politics
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The result of the Nilambur by-election has thrown up an extremely dangerous trend in Kerala politics, which must cause grave concern among the secular parties. The victory of the Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukat is being widely ascribed to the solid support it has received —...
Israel-Iran Ceasefire After 12 Days Of War Is A Big Relief To The World
By Nitya Chakraborty The most unpredictable President in the history of the United States Donald Trump has done it again. At a time when the world was expecting fierce retaliation by the US missiles after Iran’s attacks on US bases in Qatar in the early hours of Monday, President...
AAP Is Back With A Bang With Bypoll Results In Gujarat And Punjab
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is back with a bang by winning 2 of the 5 bypolls, just after four and half a month of the setback it had received in Delhi Vidhan Sabha election held on February 5, 2025. BJP had thrown AAP out of...
India Has Tactfully Tackled The Challenges To Economy From Russia-Ukraine War
By Subrata Majumder Concerns loomed large on India’s double standard for its neutral stand on Ukraine – Russia war and sanction on Russia. Analysts apprehended India’s isolation from global geopolitical influence and global market, which could slow down its growth. Nevertheless, outsmarting all the apprehensions, India underpinned a smooth...
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s Sycophancy Of Prime Minister Crossing All Limits
By Sushil Kutty Flamboyant Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and “dynamic” Prime Minister Narendra Modi — a mutual fan club with Tharoor losing no chance to present Prime Minister Modi with accolades and bouquets, beholden to the Indian Prime Minister for the trust placed on him to defend India on...
Kaligunj Bypoll Result Shows Continuing TMC Dominance In Rural Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: The outcome of Kaligunj by-election in which Trinamool Congress convincingly defeated both BJP and Left supported Congress candidates has given rise to factors which only a decisive electoral triumph could underscore. Trinamool supremo, Mamata Banerjee spearheading the contention that BSF personnel pushing back some Bengali...
Former CJI Instituted 64 Page Probe Report On Justice Yashwant Varma Is Out
By Indira Jaising, Sushovan Patnaik On June 19, We at The Leaflet took the decision of publishing the coveted 64 page report of the in-house inquiry committee formulated by former chief justice Sanjiv Khanna to investigate the matter of piles of burning currency being discovered at former Delhi HC...
The Western Nations Are Concerned About A Shia Nuke
By Nantoo Banerjee It may be wrong to believe that Israel and the United States of America are the only two countries strongly against Iran’s bid to become a nuclear-armed country. The entire world is concerned about nuclear proliferation and nuclear smuggling and its falling into the wrong hands....
Bypoll Results Give Boost To INDIA Bloc Parties, More Worry For The BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The results of the byelections held in five Assembly seats across the four states indicate that BJP has reasons to be worried, at a time when the party is in desperate need of strengthening itself. These four states where byelections were held are – Gujarat,...
U.S. President Donald Trump Is Favouring Pakistan Again Ignoring Indian View
By Kalyani Shankar There is an ongoing discussion regarding the involvement of the United States in facilitating the ceasefire between India and Pakistan that took place on May 10 at 5 PM after four days of limited missile war. US President Donald Trump has claimed, “I stopped the war,”...
Trump Says That The Nobel Peace Prize Is Not For Him Since It Is Only For Liberals
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump botched up. He had Pakistan by the scruff of its neck and Pakistan recommended his name for the Nobel Peace Prize 2026. Pakistan, the land of wisdom and Islamic valour. But Trump turned against himself and screwed up – he went to war...
Emmanuel Macron’s Bid To Divide The Left In France Is Paying Off
By Harrison Stetler PARIS: Monday, June 9, marked one year since Emmanuel Macron’s surprise move to call snap elections to the National Assembly. It was a perilous move for the second-term president — ending four weeks later with a hung parliament in which his own camp was reduced to...
“Integral Humanism” Is Being Projected As A Ploy To Undermine Religious Freedom
By Dr. Ram Puniyani During the last four decades India has witnessed the rising intimidation and targeting of religious minorities. After the demolition of Babri mosque the country witnessed unprecedented violence in Mumbai leading to the loss of nearly one thousand lives. In 1999 the most horrific act of...
Well-Curated Myth Of Modi’s Friendship With Trump Explodes Like A Cluster Bomb
By K Raveendran Last week shattered any lingering illusions about the supposedly robust camaraderie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former U.S. President Donald Trump—a relationship that had been paraded for years as emblematic of India’s rise on the global stage. The myth of a strategic friendship, carefully choreographed...
Start-Up India Projects Hit By Funding Slowdown In Recent Years
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though India has emerged as an important start-up hub of the world, its ecosystem density is below potential, and is now facing a funding slowdown compared to other global hubs that became sharper in 2023. Funding slowed down by 65 per cent for the country...
