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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.Apple Alerts Opposition Leaders, Journalists Of ‘State-Sponsored’ Attacks
By Sushil Kutty There was Pegasus, now it’s Apple and if Pegasus was a winged horse, the nearly half-eaten Apple is a mobile phone by another name. The one similarity is that both come under “Snoopgate”, in other words surveillance without the target’s knowledge. And the target remains India’s...
Urban Warfare In Gaza Poses A Gruelling Challenge For Israel
By Girish Linganna The conflict in Gaza is taking a devastating toll on civilians. According to the Gazan health ministry, the death toll has exceeded 8,000 people, with over 3,000 of them being children. This number of child casualties surpasses the annual child death toll from all wars in...
Festive October Witnessed Fading Output, Demand, Employment
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Deceleration in India’s manufacturing sector growth was the worst in the last eight months since February this year, reflecting fading of output, demand, and employment generation in the country. It is particularly ominous, since it’s a festive season and the first month of the busy...
Global Hunger Index: India’s Abysmal 2023 Ranking Is A Huge Concern
By Dr Arun Mitra It is a matter of worry that at a GHI score of 28.7 in the Global Hunger Index Report 2023, India ranks at 111 position out of the 125 countries surveyed. In comparison, our neighbours’ performance is better with Sri Lanka at the rank of...
Wealth-Driven Buying By Indians Boosts Gold Performance And Outlook
By K Raveendran The World Gold Council is reporting that India’s economic strength is yielding wealth-driven buying of gold. This is such a distinct trend that it is expected to contribute to the precious metal’s long-term performance. In China, the other major gold market, economic and geopolitical uncertainty is...
Life Without Mathew Perry Is Minus An Indispensable ‘Friend’
By Tirthankar Mitra On the wrong side of 50, Mathew Perry was not an eminent statesman nor a renowned sports person or a thespian. But the followers of the television sitcom Friends will mourn his recent death as he reminded them of the make-believe closeness in a back to...
Kamal Nath Confident Of Big Congress Victory In Madhya Pradesh
By Harihar Swarup Senior Congress leader and the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath’s home office in Bhopal’s Shymala Hills is abuzz with a stream of visitors. The bell inside rings constantly, informing his office staff he is ready to meet the next batch of people. The...
Biden’s Gaza War Cost-Benefit Analysis May Reach A Tipping Point
By James M Dorsey The stakes in the Gaza war for the United States and President Joe Biden could not be higher. For the United States, it’s the ability to garner support for its positions on multiple issues, among which the Ukraine war looms large. Biden’s bear hug approach...
Maratha Quota Stir Has Shinde-Fadnavis Government In A Bind
By Sushil Kutty Off and on, like a dormant volcano, the Maharashtra political scene is rocked by tumultuous stirs, most often triggered by farmers but also by demands for a reservation quota for the politically significant Maratha clan. The Maratha quota stir never actually died throughout its life so...
Gaza Conflict Shows Modi-Led India’s Evolving Ties With Bibi’s Israel
By Girish Linganna Just hours after Hamas initiated its attack on Israel on October 7, India’s Prime Minister was one of the first global leaders to react. In a strongly worded statement, Narendra Modi condemned the “terrorist attacks” and expressed India’s unwavering support for Israel during this challenging time....
Opposing PM Narendra Modi Turns Too Costly For Arvind Kejriwal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak ED summon to AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to appear before it on November 2 signals his possible arrest. It has triggered a serious political concern, since ED’s actions in the recent times have been by and large targeted against leaders of...
INDIA Bloc Allies Posing Worse Threat To Congress Than BJP Juggernaut
By Arun Srivastava The news reaching Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh, from the hinterland of the state do not augur well for Akhilesh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party chief, who only a week back had dared to teach a lesson to the Congress for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. While...
Indira Gandhi’s Imprint On Current Leaders Cannot Be Denied
By Tirthankar Mitra Decades after her life was snuffed out by bullets fired from her bodyguards’ guns, Indira Gandhi’s stature remains undiminished. Much water has flown under the bridge since that fateful October day and a dispensation diametrically opposed to her ideology has the reins of governance in this...
Palestinian Films Sweep Toronto International Film Festival
By Bill Meyer The famed Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) just completed its 48th year, and despite the absence of some of its special guests affected by the actors’ and writers’ strikes, TIFF seems to be recovering soundly after the pandemic that decimated the film festival circuit for years....
New Book On Great Irish Playwright Seán O’Casey Is Impressive Feat
By Jenny Farrell Anybody who has come across the work of independent scholar and critic Paul O’Brien knows that his interest lies in the radical tradition of literature and history. He came to my attention with his book Shelly and Revolutionary Ireland (2002). Now, O’Brien has published an impressive...
Indian Railways Urgently Needs A Full-Time Minister
By Nantoo Banerjee Prime Minister Narendra Modi may not derive much comfort from the fact that Indian Railways, the government’s single biggest public connect, is in bad shape. India’s railway network, recognised as one of the world’s largest railway systems under single management, carries some 24 million passengers daily....
Cessation Of Israel-Hamas Hostilities Is The Need Of The Hour
By Girish Linganna As Israel ratcheted up its ground offensive on Saturday (October 28, 2023), relentlessly pounding Gaza with airstrikes to back up a night of intense bombing, the north of the Gaza Strip was assailed “on a magnitude never witnessed before” and there was “total chaos” in the...
Gandhi’s Experiment With Truth Has No Relevance For RSS Or Modi
By Arun Srivastava Some political commentators hold the view that Palestinians should have followed the Gandhian path and also implicitly accuse them that they never followed the Gandhian path. However, their suggestion also applies to the Israel. The Israeli rulers should have followed the Gandhian path, and boy how...
