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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.Resurgent Left In Latin America Faces Two Presidential Defeats By End Of 2023
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Latin American politics is once again witnessing a big turmoil with the left wing resurgence in 2021 and 2022 getting a big setback at the fag end of 2023 as two countries Argentina and Ecuador elected right wing Presidents as against the strong left candidates....
India Emerging As Top Source Market For Leisure Travel To Global Destinations
By K Raveendran Boosted by rising economic prosperity and a fast-growing economy, India is set to be an important global source market for leisure travel and the world could see a wave of Indian travellers as destinations try to delight and attract them, global consulting agency McKinsey says in...
Israeli Forces Killing Children In Gaza War Is A Worst Humanitarian Disaster
By Dr Arun Mitra Children are the biggest gift of nature. It gives eternal pleasure to watch them grow because they are the hope, future and continuation of life. As a doctor it is a matter of great satisfaction to relieve the pain of a child caused by physical...
Intensification Of Fighting Against Myanmar Junta Impacting China And India
By Girish Linganna The world looked askance while Israeli airstrikes on crowded UN shelters in north Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp killed more than 80 Palestinians on Saturday as it prepared to expand its south offensive raising fears for hundreds of thousands of civilian refugees there… Social media went berserk...
Gaza’s Day After May Alleviate Sufferings, But Promises To Be No Panacea
By James M Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is testing limits of US and European support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Cracks in Western support have emerged not only because of the devastating human toll of Israel’s military campaign, including stepped-up attacks on hospitals and schools, but also...
It Is Time To Take Note Of The Leading Israeli Intellectual’s Lessons On Terrorism
By Harihar Swarup Yuval Noah Harari has emerged as one of 21st century’s most recognised public intellectuals. In the midst of the Israel—Palestine war in Gaza, it is useful to revisit his 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, published in 2018. He writes that “terrorism” is a “strategy almost...
Myanmar Military Junta Losing Vital Regions In Battle With Pro-Democracy Rebels
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The nearly three-year-old military government in Myanmar is facing the toughest challenge from the rebel groups so far. In a coordinated attack on military posts in the Shan state bordering China, pro-democracy fighters have captured several towns. The rebel assault that began on October 27...
Why Sacking Of A Single Man Is Rocking The Global Big Tech Operations?
By Anjan Roy Sam Altman has become globally known overnight not because of what he had achieved already, which was seminal, but because he was summarily sacked by the board of directors of the startup firm he had established. Sam Altman had become a legend at his young age...
Modi-Shah Trying Hard To Silence Tejashvi, Make Him Speak Against Nitish
By Arun Srivastava Prime Minister Narendra Modi grows more desperate and aggressive by the day as he feels the perception of power slipping away from his vice-like grip. For Modi, retaining power and continuing to occupy the office of the prime minister has acquired such an obsessive dimension that...
Illegal Flow Of Cash And Kind Is A Warning For 2024 Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Illegal flow of cash, kind, and intoxicants intended to be used in elections has been rising exponentially since 2014. Within a month the seizures made a record worth Rs 1760 crore, and that too for election of only five states in the country, as against...
Assembly Results On December 3 Will Determine Congress’s Poll Strategy For 2024
By Sushil Kutty Votes will be counted for the Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh assembly elections on December 3. The record turnout, spearheaded by women voters, is keeping both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress on tenterhooks. Did Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “face” make a difference? The BJP says...
Crowd Behaviour At Narendra Modi Stadium Sullied India’s Image
By Tirthankar Mitra Victory or defeat is a part and parcel of any game. And cricket is no exception. The nation was saddened after the Indian cricketing 11 lost to an Australian side the final of the one day World Cup championship last Sunday. But there was one more...
Pakistan Govt Decision To Expel All Afghan Refugees Creates Tensions With Talibans
By Ashis Biswas Not surprisingly, influential political circles in Pakistan have slammed their caretaker government for recently ordering the expulsion of lakhs of Afghan ‘refugees’ at short notice. Their criticism, among other things, is predicated on the fear that India may take advantage of the sudden downturn in Pak-Afghan...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Using AI Tech In A Big Way In Assembly Polls Campaign
By Kalyani Shankar Artificial Intelligence technology has been widely used in the current Assembly poll campaign. It includes creating songs featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi in languages such as Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. These songs have gone viral on the internet. Additionally, AI-powered voice cloning tools have been utilized...
Hamas Is Isolated; It Is Now One-Sided Massacre By Israel In Gaza
By Girish Linganna After 45 days, the Israeli-Hamas war has reached a crucial juncture where the Hamas militants are progressively becoming more isolated from their supposed friends and well wishers and in the process, the promised assistance is not coming leading to a precarious situation of shortage of weapons...
The Curious Case Of Fake News About India Becoming Fourth Largest Economy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak During the election campaigns in November, anyone who can hear heard about “Modi Guarantee” even from the very mouth of PM Narendra Modi about making India a developed country by 2047. It was repeatedly claimed how India is developing fast under PM Modi, and become...
Free Food Grains To The Poor Are Unlikely To Win Elections
By Nantoo Banerjee It was very thoughtful on the part of the national government to provide free food grains to over 80 crore people under the poor and low income group in the country during the Covid pandemic season leading to long lockdown periods in 2020-21. The facility was...
Far Right Outsider Javier Milei Wins Presidential Elections In Argentina
By Satyaki Chakraborty In a big setback to the Left in Latin American region, Far Right outsider Javier Milei defeated the Left coalition’s Peronist economy minister Sergio Massa in a close contest in the Presidential elections held on Sunday November 19.Milei got around 55 per cent of the votes...
