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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.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...
BJP Leadership Is Set To Use Maha Kumbh Festival For Electoral Gains In 2027 Polls
By Arun Srivastava Saffron ecosystem, especially the BJP leadership always strives to turn a Hindu festival into a political controversy. Every dispute adds to its membership and helps widen its support base. This time too they have succeeded in their move to politicize Maha Kumbh Mela. Notwithstanding stampede and...
Mystery Over The Use Of USAID Funds In India Is Deepening
By Sushil Kutty Why did the $21 million USAID largesse fail to bring about the desired regime-change in India, replace Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seat in his place a more acceptable face? This should be US President Donald Trump’s query because the dollars belonged to Americans and President...
Rahul Woos UP Dalits, Says Mayawati Should Join Anti-BJP Fight
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress is focussed on getting back its traditional voters and there is a conscious push to woo back the Dalit community through events like Jai Bheem, and making attempts to make a dent into the vote bank of BSP supremo Mayawati. Meanwhile, the Leader...
India Is Advantageously Placed To Deal With Trump’s Geopolitical Doctrine
By Girish Linganna Over the past decade, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reshaped the country’s foreign policy by moving away from the traditional concept of nonalignment, which kept India from taking clear sides in global affairs. Instead, he has adopted a more flexible approach called “multi-alignment”, where India...
Points To Ponder Over L’affaire Lok Sabha Member Shashi Tharoor
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The convulsions in the Congress over party MP Shashi Tharoor’s fulsome praise of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government for the staggering growth in the start-up sector and its remarkable feat of emerging as the top state in the country in ease of business has...
Sanders Speech In U.S. Senate On Trump Takeover Is A Warning To Democratic Party
By W. T. Whitney Jr. NEW YORK: Senator Bernie Sanders spoke in the U.S. Senate last week warning of the “authoritarianism” of “modern day kings,” namely President Trump and Elon Musk. He highlighted violations of the U.S. Constitution and abuse of American workers. He vigorously defended the workers’ cause,...
Trump’s Unpredictable Peace Moves Have Baffled Global Left And Peace Movement
By Nitya Chakraborty February 2025 is not just the moment of truth for the European nations and NATO members but also time for reckoning for the Global Left and the peace movement which are still sizing up the dimension of the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s emergence as...
Narendra Modi Has Sacrificed India’s Economic Interests To U.S. During Talks With Trump
By P. Sudhir Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the White House on February 13 was meant to illustrate how close Modi was to his friend, Donald Trump, and to bask over the photo-op that it presented. Instead, what Modi’s short visit to Washington underlined was the subaltern status that...
Fadnavis-Shinde Rift Intensifying Posing Questions About Stability Of Mahayuti
By Sushil Kutty One need not be obtuse to realize there’s a growing rift between Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and the Chief Minister he replaced — Eknath Shinde, who also happens to be Maharashtra’s current Deputy Chief Minister and a man with a penchant for bucking sitting chief...
There Is A World Wide Assault Under Capitalism On The Rights And Facilities Of Working People
By Prabhat Patnaik Under late capitalism, there is an assault on the working people that is reminiscent of early capitalism and this assault is worldwide, not just in the third world but in the advanced capitalist countries as well. This assault is at three levels, economic, political and ideological....
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Can’t Avert The Mismanagement Charge On Maha Kumbh
By Krishna Jha The Sangh Parivar’s attempt to take political advantage out of what has traditionally been a religious congregation has turned the Kumbh into of the bloodiest events since the Kumbh in 1954. The effort was visible long before the Kumbh began in Prayagraj. It was reflected in...
