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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.Kerala Chief Minster’s Detractors Suffer A Serious Legal Setback
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The detractors of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan suffered an embarrassing legal setback when the Muvattupuzha Vigilance Court dismissed the petition seeking a probe into the alleged bribe paid by the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd (CMRL) to Veena Vijayan, daughter of the Chief Minister....
Prime Minister Could Give A Big Push To India’s Supply Chain At BRICS Meeting
By Subrata Majumder There has been growing debate on Prime Minister Narendra Modi assertion on resilient and inclusive supply chain in 15th BRICS summit, held at Johannesburg, leaving aside the major global issues. He led the global issues less focused in the summit which crippled world geo-politics and economic...
Non-Inclusion In Expanded BRICS Group Is A Big Setback For Bangladesh
By Ashis Biswas For Bangladesh, its failure to secure a membership within the BRICS grouping constitutes a major setback. While Bangladeshi opposition parties are gleefully targeting the ruling Awami League (AL) about this in the pre-election year, there is no denying that the diplomatic snub would count as a...
Far Right Political Violence Is On Rise In Germany As Left Influence Declines
By Katharina Hunfeld In Germany, a high-profile trial has drawn the attention of the media and reignited debates around the political nature of the country’s judiciary. On May 31, the Higher Regional Court of Dresden sentenced Lina E., a left-wing activist, to five years and three months in prison...
India Has Cause For Worry At The Outcome Of Latest China-Bhutan Border Talks
By Girish Linganna Bhutan, in the Himalayas, is nestled in a strategically sensitive geographical position between two Asian superpowers, India and China. Over the years, Delhi has been offering Thimphu hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic aid, not without its own geopolitical compulsions. Both India and...
Six Years On, Oppressed Rohingyas Want A ‘Respectable Comeback’ To Myanmar
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Friday, August 25th, commemorates the sixth anniversary of the commencement of a massive offensive launched by Myanmar’s military against the predominantly Muslim minority residing in Rakhine state. During this devastating event, around 10,000 Rohingya individuals, encompassing men, women, children, and even newborns, lost their lives....
SEBI Continues To Drag Its Feet On Investigations Into Adani Manipulations
By K Raveendran SEBI has filed another wishy-washy report on its investigations into alleged stock manipulations by the Adani group in the wake of the sensational Hindenburg report, which accused the group of gross violations and malpractices. An interim report submitted by the market regulator to the Supreme Court,...
Workers And Farmers Decide To Intensify Their Joint Struggle
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India may be heading towards a much intensified, aggressive, and confrontational workers and farmers movement in the country. On Quit India anniversary on August 9, the country witnessed a massive mobilization of workers and farmers, and only a fortnight later on August 24, their joint...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Greece Visit Has Many Positive Features
By Sushil Kutty The best part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Greece visit, the first by an Indian PM in 40 years, was the Meghalaya Shawl and Chhattisgarh’s Dhokra Art, along with the Telangana Bidri Art vases, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted to the President and Prime Minister...
Chandrayaan 3’s Success Vindicates India’s Indigenous Technical Capability
By Harihar Swarup India successfully crossed a decisive milestone by accomplishing the demanding task of soft landing a robotic spacecraft on the Moon. Chandrayan-3’s Vikram lander is now firmly sitting on the South polar region of the lunar surface and getting ready to collect valuable data about the moon,...
A Global Challenge Emerging To Shifting Of Global Sports Capital To Arabian Sands
By James M Dorsey Saudi Arabia’s stunning sports acquisition blitz, alongside Qatari and Emirati European club purchases, may reshape the beautiful game, just not in ways Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Gulf rulers like Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani envisioned. The Gulf’s impact on European...
Socialist Win As President Of New Congress Is A Good News For Spanish Left
By Steven Forti While all of Spain was busy celebrating the national team’s epic triumph in the women’s soccer World Cup, the country’s tormented political situation was also becoming clearer. In the corridors of power, something has shifted during these heatwave-stricken mid-August weeks. This, even if the final outcome...
INDIA Alliance Is Meant For Lok Sabha Polls, State Elections Are Separate
By Nitya Chakraborty Just five days before the third meeting of the anti-BJP opposition parties now acronymed India National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on August 31 and September 1 in Mumbai, a major issue should be made clear to the constituents as also to the people of the country...
Birth Of A New Multipolar World Order With The Emergence Of BRICS 11
By Annie Domini Since its inception in 2009 as BRIC, the Brazil-Russia-India-China coalition which went on to include South Africa in 2010 to become BRICS, has been about inclusion and assertion of the Global South in international affairs. This Asia-Africa-Latin America spanning bloc has transformed from a fair economics-driven...
BJP May Not Be Able To Put Brake On Its Downhill Journey
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The public mood across India is now somewhat visible behind hitherto hazy political cloud. The latest Mood of the Nation Survey of India Today – Cvoter has just found that the BJP is on its downhill journey along with its partners in the National Democratic...
Narendra Modi Government Has Destroyed The Academic Character Of Universities
By Prabhat Patnaik When BJP rule in the country is dead and gone, a good deal of the damage it has caused to the Indian society, polity and economy will no doubt be reversed. But there are at least two areas where such reversal will be difficult: one is...
27 Parties To Gather In Mumbai For Decisive I.N.D.I.A Third Meet
By Rahil Nora Chopra About 27 parties will be attending the I.N.D.I.A alliance’s third meeting scheduled on August 31 to September 1 in Mumbai. On agenda of this meet is the formation of several committees for coordination and discussion on drafting a common minimum programme (CMP).In addition, a convener...
India’s Chess Prodigy R Praggnanandhaa Has Catapulted Our Nation Sky High
By Sushil Kutty India’s chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa lost to Magnus Carlsen in the Chess World Cup final, ‘X’ announced, the same microblogging site that Elon Musk bought and gave it a new avatar. Fide world champion Carlsen was magnanimous in victory giving Praggnanandhaa a new moniker, kind of...
