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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.Mamata’s Opposition To Caste Census Is Not Helping INDIA Alliance
By Arun Srivastava West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to accept Nitish Kumar as the convener of the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc, while also expressing aggressive hostility to a caste census, has not gone down well among the backward caste people as well as Dalit and OBC leaders of...
High Inflationary Pressure On Economy Has Emerged As Major Issue For 2024 Polls
By Harihar Swarup The most significant political development this year is not the formation of the Indian Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), a congregation of forces opposed to the BJP. It isn’t the tentative alliance that BJP is seeking to build with its older and newer partners. And it it’s...
Decoding The Work Of The Great Film Lyricist Shailendra Who Mesmerised Common Viewers
By Tirthankar Mitra A self effacing man with a deep commitment to egalitarianism who worked as a welding apprentice in Indian Railways, Shailendra would have been just another man in a crowd whose birth and passing do not deserve a mention had he not given vent to his penchant...
Uttar Pradesh Politics Signals A Significant Change
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Ghosi assembly bypoll has signalled a significant change in Uttar Pradesh politics. Congress joined Samajwadi Party’s election campaign, the first of its kind after the formation of INDIA opposition alliance. The election is scheduled for September 5, and it is the firs one-on-on electoral battle...
In The Expanded BRICS Grouping, There Are Three Distinct Kinds Of Countries
By Prabhat Patnaik At the Johannesburg summit of the BRICS countries, it was decided to expand the group beyond its original five, namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, to include six more countries. These are: Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. These...
INDIA Alliance Constituents Have To Implement One On One Formula In 400 Seats
By Sushil Kutty In January 2019 — ahead of the May 2019 general elections — a ‘Mood of the Nation’ survey suggested that the BJP could be electorally wiped out in Uttar Pradesh if the Congress joined the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party in an alliance. It said the BJP...
We Have Many Prime Ministerial Candidates, NDA Has Just One: I.N.D.I.A.
By Rahil Nora Chopra The race has finally begun on who would be the I.N.D.I.A. alliance prime ministerial candidate. The current political buzz says that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and former Congress...
Sudden Rahul-Abhishek Meeting Upsets Congress Leaders In West Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra West Bengal Congress leaders are in a tizzy before September 5 Dhupguri by election owing to the no longer secret meeting between former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Trinamool Congress de facto number two Abhishek Banerjee. The state Congress unit appears to be a divided house...
Will India Be Able To Deal With Google’s Advertisement Tech Monopoly?
By Praneel Panchagavi Alphabet Inc.’s digital giant Google has established itself as the largest digital advertising platform in India and accumulated around ₹25,000 crores in ad revenue in 2022. However, the underlying phenomena behind such success lies within the monopolisation of advertisement technology (adtech) by Google. The tech giant...
Gabon’s Military Overthrows Corrupt Bongo Family’s 55-Year Rule
By Satyaki Chakraborty Another African country witnessed military coup this week accelerating the process of coups in a large number of countries in a short period. Security forces in Gabon said Wednesday they had seized power and “put an end” to the rule of the family that has held...
Indians Would Miss Trudeau’s Wife And Kids During His Visit For G20 Summit
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be on a whirlwind tour that will finally bring to India after his historic 2018 visit. He will attend the G20 Leaders Summit on September 9 and 10. But before coming to India, he will be in Indonesia to...
Mexico Under AMLO Has Done Major Transformation Favouring Underprivileged
By Kurt Hackbarth On August 10, Mexico’s National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL), an independent federal agency, released its much-awaited poverty measurements for 2022. Its findings outstripped the most optimistic forecasts: the multidimensional poverty rate in Mexico — a measurement of income plus a series...
State Of Global Oil Market Eminently Suited For An Early Indian Election
By K Raveendran West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee may not have missed the mark when she predicted the other day that the Modi government might advance the next Lok Sabha elections. She even hinted at December this year. But for the China map issue, which...
INDIA Alliance Can Now Be Reckoned As A Major Political Force
By Dr. Gyan Pathak INDIA alliance is only 70 days old as on August 31, 2023, the first day of its third Conclave to be held in Mumbai. Detractors derive pleasure in calling it the third hurdle, while forgetting the story of the rise and fall of their beloved...
INDIA Alliance Should Not Pin Any Hopes On BSP Joining Anti-BJP Combine
By Sushil Kutty A whole lot of important people are in two minds; perhaps, even indifferent. This is what comes to mind when thinking of Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party, which used to be a Dalit powerhouse till a decade ago but has since lost its political mojo....
Systematic Targetting Of Muslims In Educational System
By P. Sudhir The shocking incident of a seven-year-old Muslim boy being slapped by his classmates on the order of the teacher taking the class must not be seen as an isolated event. That the school is a small private one in a remote village in Muzaffarnagar district in...
Breakdown Of Law And Order In The Name Of Hindutva
By Krishna Jha In the name of Hindutva, deterioration of law and order situation is taken to unprecedented limits, which has been witnessed by the country only rarely. Fascism has entered in a new garb. With hands covered in gloves, politics is made to overshadow the Constitutional restrain, and...
From Non-Alignment To G-20 Summit In Delhi Next Week
By Dr. Arun Mitra Much euphoria is being created about the upcoming G-20 meet in Delhi next week. The high pitch is particularly to project that it is because of Prime Minster Narendra Modi that India has got the chairmanship of the group. Truth of the matter is that...
