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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.Samajwadi Party Determined To Contest 65 Seats In Lok Sabha Polls From Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: INDIA partners Samajwadi Party and Congress are claiming good number seats from Uttar Pradesh for 2024 Lok Sabha polls to strike hard bargain. UPCC president Ajai Rai surprised his party leaders as well as other partners of INDIA including Samajwadi, RLD and left parties when...
Prime Minister Netanyahu Working On Cleansing Programme In Gaza Strip
By Girish Linganna A recently leaked wartime proposal drafted by the Israeli government proposes to transfer the Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million populace to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The move has deepened Egypt’s long-standing fears that Israel wants to turn Gaza into Cairo’s problem and refreshed memories for Palestinians of their...
Former Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang’s Death Last Week Has Led To Deep Public Grief In The Country
By Anjan Roy In China, a dead man is always more dangerous than a living one. A death of a Chinese leader has brought on the country a realisation of a fork in the forest road. W.H. Auden had written a poem “Fork in the Road,” where he talks...
A Cease-Fire In Gaza Can End The War On Civilians, A ‘Humanitarian Pause’ Will Not
By Branko Marcetic As the Israeli government’s brutal war on Gaza continues into its fourth week, the United Nations and most of the world’s governments, human rights organizations, aid groups, and antiwar protesters have coalesced around a single demand: an immediate cease-fire. The Biden administration, on the other hand,...
Europe’s Social Democratic Parties Are Crumbling As Far Right Gains In Strength
By Nick Wright The last few weeks have seen big upsets on the left in France and Germany. The economic crisis that goes with Europe’s submission to the U.S. strategy of tension with Russia—with its openly proclaimed objective of limiting Chinese influence—expresses itself in a political crisis that has...
Why RSS Wants The Lok Sabha Election Moved Ahead Of Schedule
By Arun Srivastava RSS approach and discernment of the elections, particularly the Lok Sabha polls, has undergone significant paradigm shift after the Modi-led BJP government coming back to power in 2019. While the BJP win in 2014 Lok Sabha elections primarily owed to the failures of the Congress party...
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...
