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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.Netflix’s ‘Selling Sunset’ Is A Window Into The Real Estate World Of Los Angeles
By Eric Peterson Near the start of Netflix’s now-long-running reality show Selling Sunset, real estate agent Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young) pans to the camera and makes a rather Marxian observation about labour in a wage-based economy. The impeccably made-up agent (it has been reported that she and...
Elon Musk’s Satellites Are Being Used To Fuel War Machine In Ukraine
By John Wojcik WASHINGTON: The more the U.S. pumps into the war in Ukraine and other military operations around the world, the richer the dangerous and erratic Elon Musk becomes. Already known for his erratic stewardship of Tesla and Twitter (rebranded as X), the billionaire has also been quietly—but...
Colombian Left Wing Govt’s First Year Is Marked By Measures For Social Justice
By Laura Capote This month August marked the first year of the first progressive government in Colombia’s history. In this short time, the government has proven its commitment to defend its victory at the polls. The Colombian people have also affirmed their will to enact radical change that brings...
Prime Minister Has Let Down The Suffering People Of Manipur Once Again
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally opened his mouth on Manipur violence in Lok Sabha on August 10 to reply the no-confidence motion brought by the opposition INDIA alliance, but only to expose himself to be sanctimonious – talking piously and giving assurances – in the...
Prime Minister Is Confident That The Opposition Will Again Face Him In 2028 With This Motion
By Sushil Kutty To multitudes, nothing beats the scare more than the one that he’ll be in the Lok Sabha in 2028 fighting yet another no-confidence motion and looking for yet another prime ministerial term. As if India’s electorate couldn’t have more of him. As if two Modi stints...
Rahul Back In Lok Sabha, Accuses Modi Of Destroying The Country
By Rahil Nora Chopra Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is once again in the spotlight. He received immense welcome after being reinstated as the Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad, Kerala, with the slogans of “Na Darenge, Na Jhukenge” and “NafratHatao, Bharat Jodo” being heard at the AICC headquarters in Delhi....
RBI Is Trying To Be Politically Correct In The Year Before General Elections
By Anjan Roy One misses Atal Behari Vajpayee sometimes. When price of tomatoes is going through the roof, we hardly hear any of those ringing metaphors. No one is turning puns on tomato prices as effectively as Vajpayee had once done on onion prices. A general election is fast...
Rajasthan Govt’s Pro-People Schemes Will Be On Test In Assembly Polls
By Paarth Pande As India’s growth story becomes a staple of global developmental discourse, Indian voters are reacting to this new reality. Voters’ expectations from the government are no longer limited to basic requirements of roads, electricity and water. The demands of voters have moved up the Malthusian hierarchy,...
Assassination Of A Candidate Raises Tempo In Ecuadorian Presidential Polls
By Satyaki Chakraborty Ecuador will vote for a new President and a national assembly on August 20 this year. Indications from the opinion polls just ten days before polling suggest that the Left wing candidate Luisa Gonzalez belonging to the party of former president Rafael Correa, is leading as...
Imran Khan’s Failure Is Not Isolated, SuuKyi In Myanmar Is Also A Victim
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Pakistan’s opposition leader and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested and jailed by a lower court order, reportedly in a cell with C-Class facilities. The court found the 70-year-old leader guilty of concealing gifts he received during state visits abroad as the Prime...
Director William Friedkin Was Hollywood’s Larger-Than-Life Maverick
By Eamon Tracy Cynical and cranky, director William Friedkin who died on August 9 at the age of 87 was in fact a mensch who gave many of our most beloved actors their big breaks. Whether it was playwright Jason Miller (Father Karras in The Exorcist) or amateur fellow...
Transparency In Appointment Of Election Commissioners Is Removed By Modi Govt
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only five months after the judgement of the Supreme Court of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Centre has come out with a bill that not only removes the Chief Justice of India from the committee that was empowered to appoint Election Commissioners...
Rahul Gandhi’s Fiery Lok Sabha Speech Tore Off Modi’s Nationalst Mask
By Arun Srivastava It would be a simplistic evaluation to describe Rahul Gandhi’s 9 August 2023 speech on the non-trust motion in Lok Sabha as merely tearing into Narendra Modi’s style of governance. No amount of class theatrics and master oratory would be able to eradicate the...
NDA Govt Has Rushed Through Two Laws In Parliament Serving Corporates
By P. Sudhir Continuing with its avowed policy of throwing open the country’s natural resources for exploitation by private capital without regard to either the people or the environment, the Modi government has rushed through parliament two laws that will have dire consequences. One is to amend...
Rahul Gandhi Vs Smriti Irani Over ‘Flying Kiss’ Is The Follow Up Of Her Old Battle
By Sushil Kutty Sharing a first name with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is just one reason why UBT Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi cannot be anything but “sisterly” to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi unlike Union Minister for Minority Affairs Smriti Irani who finds in Rahul Gandhi’s...
Data Protection Bill Just Passed In Parliament Is A Threat To Privacy
By Krishna Jha Lok Sabha passed Data Protection Bill amid Opposition protest. It was passed on August 7, 2023 and now Rajya Sabha has also passed it despite opposition boycott. The law would allow the government to have access to the privacy of any citizen. It will also...
Pakistan Postpones Work On Gas Pipeline Project With Iran Under U.S. Pressure
Be it an American government headed by Donald Trump or Joe Biden, US imprint on Pakistan’s governance continues to stand out. This time it is Pakistan’s decision to postpone for the time being the gas pipeline project with Iran with pressure from US administration. American sanction against Iran...
Sanders Unveiling $17 Federal Minimum Wage Bill Is A Big Win For U.S. Workers
WASHINGTON—Saying 28 million U.S. workers would get a pay raise, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., plus 29 other senators, introduced legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2028, and entirely eliminate the so-called “tipped minimum wage,” raising those workers to minimum-wage status over seven years....
