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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.Withdrawal Of Draft Advocate Bill Is A Strategic Move By Modi Govt
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Withdrawal of Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 within 8 days after putting it on the Union Ministry of Law’s website for public consultation, after facing a threat of protest by lawyer’s bodies, is a strategic move, since PM Narendra Modi led government has not dropped its...
Congress’s Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor Is Behaving In A Non-Diplomatic Manner
By Sushil Kutty Congress Party’s Thiruvananthapuram Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor isn’t at his diplomatic best. He is enmeshed in an unforced dilemma, his mind is wandering and he’s suffering from a bad case of neglect. The Congress high-command is not ready to give him the time of the...
Bangladesh Seeks Chinese Help To Needle India Over Teesta River Project
By Ashis Biswas It is no secret that between US President Donald Trump and Dr. Mohammad Yunus, Chief Adviser to the interim Bangladesh Government, there is no love lost. Somewhat paradoxically, both men happen to share an unusual trait — their determination to trample on existing diplomatic norms/conventions if...
No Let-Up In Proposals Even After Conclusion Of Kerala Summit
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: That the ‘Invest Kerala Global Summit’ was a runaway success is clear from the fact that proposals continue to come even after the end of the two-day conclave. The Summit concluded on Saturday, February 22 with the State Government pocketing Expression of Interests (EoI) for...
Bengal Govt’s Decision To Raise Cap On Use Of Tea Plantation Land For Commercial Purposes Creates Furore
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: A surprise announcement by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on February 5 at the plenary session of Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS)about higher cap on use of tea plantation land for non-tea, commercial purposes has prompted trade unions to make it an issue...
Donald Trump Has His Eyes Set On A Big Deal With Russian President Putin
By Asad Mirza The way the US President Donald Trump has been cosying-up to the Russian President Putin to get the almost three-years old Russia-Ukraine war ended has baffled the security, foreign affairs, and international watchers, all. But the real reason for this could be described in just two...
Did USAID Fund Anna Hazare’s Anti-Corruption Movement In 2011 Leading To UPA Regime’s Fall?
By Girish Linganna US President Donald Trump has raked up a hornets’ nest in New Delhi by claiming that $21 million in US aid to India—from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an independent US government agency responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance, approved...
Trump Policies Take The World Back To A Perilous And Backward State
By K Raveendran The term disruption has undergone a significant transformation in meaning over the years. Traditionally, it carried a negative connotation, indicating disorder or interruption. However, in the contemporary technological setting, disruption is celebrated as a driver of innovation, progress, and problem-solving. Companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Tesla...
Decent Job For India’s Gig Workers To Remain A Dream
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Even though Union Ministry of Finance has recognised the contribution of gig workers of online platforms in the new-age services economy, they will have to wait for their jobs to be decent, since Union Budget 2025-26 has not given them social security coverage beyond one...
Rahul Gandhi Has Not Shown Political Maturity By Taking On BSP Supremo At This Time
By Sushil Kutty Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati recognizes the predator at the gates — Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who allegedly wants to alienate Mayawati from her Dalit vote-bank and appropriate it for his own aggrandization. Makes sound politics except that Rahul Gandhi was...
Interim Govt Head Dr. Mohammad Yunus Facing Major Backlash From His Allies
By Ashis Biswas In Bangladesh, more than six months after taking over as Chief Adviser to the interim Government, Dr Mohammad Yunus still struggles hard to prove his credentials as an effective leader. Back home from after meeting top US leaders and officials at Dubai, he firmly asserted that...
U.S. Retreats From Transatlantic Security Commitments
By M A Hossain Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of Defence, left European defence ministers in shock during a meeting in Brussels on February 12, 2025, as he unequivocally stated that European security is no longer a primary focus of the United States. Hegseth’s blunt remarks reinforced what had...
Rollicking Start To ‘Invest Kerala Global Summit’
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: February 21 will go down in the annals of Kerala’s history as a Red Letter Day. That is for sure. The day saw God’s Own Country riding the development roller-coaster at the Invest Kerala Global Summit, which got off to a rollicking start. It was...
Cold Peace With Russia And Simultaneous Cold War With China
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: Trump labelled President Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator” and called him out for not holding elections earlier this week. He said the Ukrainian leader only wants to “keep the gravy train” of U.S. money rolling in, and blamed him for starting the war with Russia....
British Working Class Cannot Afford Militarism, Has To Work For Peace
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Confusion is the order of the day among Europe’s core capitalist powers. We should not let it run rampant in the working-class movement. It has been an epoch-shifting fortnight, with the US blindsiding the rest of NATO with an about-turn on Ukraine. Not only has...
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro May Face Life Term In Jail
By Tyler Antonio Lynch NEW YORK: Two years and ten days after a mob of his partisans invaded and trashed Brazil’s houses of government, the law has come for Jair Messias Bolsonaro. The former far-right president of Brazil stands accused, in concert with thirty-three of his closest allies, of...
BJP Government In Delhi Has Many Difficult Tasks In Hand
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP led government is now in power in the National Capital Territory Delhi, that has come with too many poll-promises to keep, and a very alert and strong opposition to challenge .It was obvious in the very first cabinet decision of the government led by...
CDU/CSU Leader Fredrick Merz Frontrunner In Forming Coalition Govt In Germany
By Satyaki Chakraborty With just two days left for the national elections in Germany scheduled for next Sunday, February 23, all opinion polls suggest a near ten point lead by the conservative CDU/CSU combo as against the far right AFD which is threatening to take over power in European...
