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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.Uncertainty Over Chief Minister Chouhan’s Future May Affect BJP Fortunes In Madhya Pradesh
By Sushil Kutty To be intuitive is not a criteria to understand what’s troubling the Bharatiya Janata Party as it gets set for the next set of assembly elections including in Madhya Pradesh, where the party has released its second list of 39 candidates. There’s a message in the...
Pakistani Taliban’s Latest Attacks Create Country-Wide Insecurity
By Manish Rai The recent bold attacks by the Pakistani Taliban, also known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, wreaking havoc paints an alarming picture of rising instability across Pakistan. Especially the TTP’s recent incursion into Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bordering Afghanistan is very concerning. Because it may...
After Bypoll Win, Congress In Kerala Back To Factionalism
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The euphoria generated by the spectacular victory the Congress scored in the Puthuppally assembly constituency by-election has all but evaporated. Factionalism, which has been the bane of the party in Kerala has resurfaced with redoubled vigour to the chagrin of the party’s rank and file...
Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winner Waheeda Rehman Is An Actress With Grace And Dignity
By Tirthankar Mitra If a week is a long time in politics, six decades and few years more can be stated to be too long a timespan for an inarguably thespian to be bestowed with a lifetime achievement award. But epitome of grace that Waheeda Rehman is, she will...
Ten Years Of Narendra Modi’s Big Hype ‘Make In India’ Is A Story Of Total Failure
By Girish Linganna The conspicuous lack of fanfare in the run-up to this significant tenth anniversary could suggest that the government acknowledges that extravagant public relations efforts are no longer, effective in concealing the alarming decline of the manufacturing sector. As Make in India, the flagship program of the...
President Biden Joining Striking Auto Workers Picket Is A First In US History
By Satyaki Chakraborty The international labour movement witnessed a unique spectacle on September 26 when on the 12th day of the strike by the United Auto Workers (UAW), the United States of America president Joe Biden visited the picketing workers in Michigan for extending support. This never happened in...
Mylswamy Annadurai Played A Pivotal Role In Developing Chandrayaan 1 And 2
By Harihar Swarup He is called the ‘Moon man of India’. Mylswamy Annadurai played a pivotal role in developing the spacecraft for Chandrayaan-1, India’s first lunar mission. A Padma Shri awardee, he was the programme director of not just of Chandrayaan-1, but also Chandrayaan-2 and the Mars Orbiter Mission....
RSS To Play Key Role In Strategising BJP Policy For 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Arun Srivastava Not the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, instead the RSS chief Mogan Bhagwat would leadplay the key role from behind to lead the saffron brigade to the 2024 Lok Sabha electoral battle. This is a major departure from the old practice when RSS led by his predecessors...
AIADMK Has Finally Ditched BJP Dashing Its “Southern Conquest” Hopes
By Sushil Kutty The alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is over, “khaalaas” as it is said in the Gulf countries — in UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia… After weeks and months of being taken down by the state unit...
India Can Take The Lead In Implementing Health Equity Of G20 Declaration
By Dr Arun Mitra The declaration on health at the G20 summit has highlighted several objectives. These include Food security; Pandemic preparedness; equitable access to vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and other medical countermeasures. Concern was shown for growing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Mental health problems and the impact of climate change...
Narendra Modi Expressing Deep Concern About Women Is Misleading
By Dr. Gyan Pathak PM Narendra Modi has been expressing deep concern for women in every election rally in the country after the passage of Women’s Reservation Bill in the Parliament of India with near unanimity, barring only two AIMIM members who opposed it in the Lok Sabha. However,...
BJP’s Second List For Madhya Pradesh Polls Signals That CM Seat Is Open
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: In a surprise and dramatic move, the BJP shifted MPs including three Union Ministers, asking them to contest for the Vidhan Sabha in Madhya Pradesh in the coming polls. Observers feel that this move has twin objectives. The party feels that this time it...
BJP Leadership Recasting Its Strategy For Lok Sabha Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Shocked by humiliating defeat at Ghosi assembly by-polls early this month, an unnerved BJP high command is busy in making new road map to face INDIA in Uttar Pradesh to get maximum seats in 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Before Ghosi by-polls, BJP was confident of...
PM’s Speech On IAF Bombing On Mizoram Rebel Areas In 1966 Creates Furore In North East
By Ashis Biswas Among major tribal leaders in India’s Northeast region and influential civil rights organizations, the recent reference made by Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi in Parliament to the bombing of some areas in Mizoram in 1966 by the Indian Air Force, has revived old, bitter, divisive memories...
Decoding The Renaissance Man Of Bengal Vidyasagar After 203 Years
By Tirthankar Mitra One can enter into a civilized debate or a heated altercation about whether Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar should be remembered for his erudition or his everflowing kindness. It would not be out of place as his 203rd birth anniversary is being widely observed on September 26 but...
PM Narendra Modi May Prepone Lok Sabha Elections To February 2024
By Nitya Chakraborty After the passing of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament in the special session last week, the think-tanks of the BJP aided, by veteran poll strategists, have been busy working out the best time suited to the party for holding the Lok Sabha elections, due in...
Trudeau’s Bid To Involve India In Nijjar Killing Probe Is More Political Than Diplomatic
By Nantoo Banerjee Had Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, father of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, been alive today, he would have probably been a little embarrassed, if not distressed, to see his beloved country has become a home of small migrant Sikh terrorist groups hopelessly engineering to separate the...
India-Canada Political And Diplomatic Ties Facing Serious Threat
By Kalyani Shankar The ongoing massive diplomatic row has brought a sudden spotlight on the Canada-India relationship. Differences emerged between the two countries after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged Indian involvement in killing a separatist Sikh activist, Nijjar. Outraged, New Delhi vehemently denied the claim and dismissed it...
