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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.Why The World Is Not Leaving China Despite Western Narratives?
By Imran Khalid In a global economic environment that remains shaky and uneven, China’s ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) is more than just a bright spot – it’s a quiet vindication of long-term planning, policy stability, and a commitment to innovation-led growth. Contrary to Western narratives of...
Fifteen Comrades Of Fr. Stan Swamy Resolve To Carry Forward His Struggle For Adivasi Rights
By Indrani Chakraborty Exactly four years ago on July 5, 2021 Fr. Stan Swamy died in judicial custody due to medical negligence in what many objectively term as an ‘institutional killing.’ Recalling his life and legacy dedicated to the Dalit and Adivasi rights movements, fifteen friends, warped themselves in...
Jeremy Corbyn’s New Party Of Pro-Left Labour In Britain Is Now A Reality
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Zarah Sultana’s announcement on co-leading the founding of a new party with Jeremy Corbyn will be welcomed across much of the left. It does not come out of the blue. Work to bring together a socialist election-fighting machine around the former Labour leader has proceeded...
India Off The Track In Several SDG Goals, Significant Challenges Persist
By Dr. Gyan Pathak One decade has passed of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), yet India is off the track in several of them which require intensified and focused interventions to achieve the targets by 2030. While notable progress has been made in several sectors, significant...
After The Passing Of Big Beautiful Bill In The House, Trump May Be More Autocratic
By Sushil Kutty July 4, big day for the United States, and President Donald Trump’s “signature piece of legislation”, his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is on his desk in the ‘Oval’ for his sprawling signature. ‘BBB’ was passed on Thursday and includes trillions of dollars in tax and spending cuts....
Ruling BJP’s Attack On Nehru-Mahalanobis Model Of Development Has Ulterior Motives
By Prabhat Patnaik The Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy which broadly underlay the entire dirigiste period is now being intensely vilified, not just by the Modi crowd, but even by neoliberal elements within the Congress and outside. As neoliberalism gets deeper into crisis and as disillusionment with it becomes more pervasive, its...
NDA Partner Apna Dal(S) Facing Split In Uttar Pradesh, Two Years Before State Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: NDA partner Apna Dal (S) headed by Union Minister Anupriya Patel and her husband Asheesh Patel is heading for a split two years before assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh scheduled in 2027.On the occasion of birth anniversary of the founder of Apna Dal Dr Sonelal...
Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Is Currently Favourite As New BJP National President
By Rahil Nora Chopra With organisational elections which have been completed in over a dozen states, there is a assured possibility that the BJP will announce the name of a consensus candidate as its next national president after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns from his foreign tour. As per...
RSS and BJP Did Never Fight Against Emergency Imposed By Indira Gandhi In 1975
By Dr. Ram Puniyani This June (2025), the country did observe the 50th year of the Emergency which was imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975. Lots have been written about this period when many democratic liberties stood suspended, thousands were jailed and the media was muzzled. This period is...
Mexico Is Showing The World How To Stand Up To Donald Trump’s Bullying
By Kurt Hackbarth MEXICO CITY: On Sunday, March 9, over 350,000 people crammed into Mexico City’s central square, the Zócalo, in repudiation of US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats. Just days before, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the reaching of an agreement which, under the cover of the United States–Mexico–Canada...
Congolese Leader Patrice Lumumba Is Still Remembered On His Centenary
By Keith Barlow LONDON: July 2 marked the centenary of the birth of the Congolese independence leader, Patrice Emery Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and icon of the anti-colonial struggle in Africa. Alongside independence leaders like Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana,...
Special Intensive Revision Of Electoral Rolls Cannot Be Allowed To Proceed In Its Current Form
By P. Sudhir The heart and soul of parliamentary democracy lie in the essential process of holding free and fair elections – a process that ensures a level playing field for all political parties. Owing to this feature, parliamentary democracy is often regarded as electoral democracy. It is not...
Issue Of Nomination Of Successor To Dalai Lama May Lead To India-China Tensions
By Anjan Roy TORONTO: The supreme leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, has declared that he intends to reincarnate after his death and his council— the Gaden Phodrang Trust— is the only body on earth which can nominate the next Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama’s announcement from Dharamshala...
The Election Commission Is Depriving A Section Of Poor Of Their Voting Rights
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Election Commission of India (ECI) has turned totally undemocratic. Its order of June 24, 2025 for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Electoral Roll of Bihar is autocratic. It does not give enough time to the citizens to get themselves enrolled, but it has been...
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Robs The Marginalised, Gives Relief To Rich
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” even after revisions accommodating concerns of republican holdouts, impacts various spheres of economic activity in the country and people in ways that could be best described as being unfair to a certain class of citizens who end up...
Congress May Get Some Advantage In Bihar Polls From Delhi Govt’s Demolition Of Slums
By Sushil Kutty INDIA bloc leaders are disappointed after meeting with Election Commission officials with a specific complaint related to Bihar Voter Roll Revision, alleging that this could trigger “mass disenfranchisement” of Bihar’s poor from the electoral list. An INDIA bloc delegation met the Election Commission on July 2...
Young Leaders In Bihar Are Playing Crucial Role In Assembly Polls
By A K Shrivastav The 243-member Bihar assembly is poll-bound, with elections likely in October-November this year. With 132 seats, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) having 78 and 45 seats respectively is in power. The opposition INDIA Alliance...
Four Names In BJP Top Brass’ View For Manipur CM Post
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Back channel and informal discussions seem to be making the Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs, who have a comfortable majority in the Manipur Assembly, optimistic about the state having a new ministry in place much before the expiry of the first six months of President’s...
