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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.China Is More Amused At Impact Of India-US Agreements Than Worried
By K R Sudhaman There is jubilation all over in BJP circles and the Indian media after the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to United States, where he got a rousing welcome. This is no doubt a landmark bilateral visit which has laid the foundation for taking...
President Biden Puts Geopolitical Interests Above Human Rights In His Talks With Narendra Modi
By Arun Srivastava Even the fragrance of the pleasant words that were bestowed upon Narendra Modi before his departure from the United States had faded, the Indian prime minister had to taste the bitter bite of American anger at some of his cabinet ministers and senior BJP leaders unleashing...
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Is Now Fighting Opposition More Than BJP
By Sushil Kutty If cars and sports utility vehicles can win general elections, then Bharat Rashtra Samithi President K Chandrasekhar Rao is already the Prime Minister! KCR, as he is called, led a convoy of 600 cars & SUVs into Maharashtra on Monday and made jittery a clutch of...
Mamata Banerjee Is Giving Big Focus On North Bengal Districts In Rural Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra If Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee’s detractors have often labelled her political actions to be sans rhyme or reason, she always had the last laugh. Kicking off TMC’s panchayat poll campaign from north Bengal is a case in point. This is the first time in her...
Chandrayaan-3: India’s Ambitious Lunar Mission
By Girish Linganna On September 6, 2019, the aspirations of more than a billion individuals were reliant on a mission that was on its way to the dark side of the Moon—an area that is perpetually shrouded in darkness. Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander was travelling to its destination more than...
U.S. Lacks Credibility Among Middle Easterners, But Not All May Be Lost
By James M Dorsey A recent poll of Arab public opinion suggests US credibility has taken a hit, but all is not lost. That is if the United States realizes that Middle Easterners judge the US on glaring inconsistencies in its domestic and foreign policies rather than on its...
Indian Cricketing Allrounder Ravi Shastri Has An Uncanny Grasp Of Young Players
By Harihar Swarup Ravi Shastri debuted for India as a cricketer in 1981. He was 18. A left-arm spinner who batted right—handed, he took six wickets in the test at Wellington, which India lost to New Zealand, and scored 22 at number 10. Playing alongside the likes of captain...
Progressive Olivia Chow Wins Toronto Mayoral Election In Right Bastion
By Luke Savage From its outset, Toronto’s mayoral election has been full of surprises — the first of them being that it happened at all. Last October, as turnout plummeted to a record low, incumbent mayor John Tory was reelected with a whopping 62 percent of the vote. An...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Focused On Indian Diaspora In A Big Way During US Visit
By Kalyani Shankar Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United States has strengthened the ties between the two countries, augmenting his global presence and reinforcing his association with the Diaspora and business leaders. The Indian Diaspora in countries like the U.S., U.K., and Australia has become a...
Andhra Pradesh Is Set To Witness Three Cornered Contest In Coming Polls
By Sushil Kutty Andhra Pradesh is in a different ballpark from the other states. The bifurcation left it curtailed, territory-wise, and crimped, politically, vis a vis the relatively flamboyant Telangana, which for its share of area got the city of Hyderabad, which is for the time being the capital...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Imparted New Dynamism To India-US Relations
By S. Sethuraman Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after completion of a nine-year majoritarian reign, has successfully accomplished a dramatic transformation in Indo-US economic and, more importantly, defence-related ties, raising further India’s global status, already the fifth largest economy.. The outcome of Mr Modi’s visit to US capital, his second...
Cracks In Pakistan’s Ruling Coalition As PML-N And PPP Fight Openly
By Tirthankar Mitra A crisis brings oddballs together. Having nothing in common, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) joined forces closed ranks against Imran Khan- led PTI government. The government led by the former cricketer ace was removed and as the coalition partners awaited PTI’s dissolution,...
Tejashvi Yadav Is Emerging As A Mature Politician, But He Has To Work More
By Arun Srivastava Being the son of Lalu Yadav is not the guarantee that Tejashvi Yadav will inexorably inherit his political legacy and acumen. People nurse the perception that like Lalu he also symbolises and represents the aspirations of the poor and the backward castes. But this is not...
Reprieve For Congress Party Chief In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The embattled Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran is entitled to a sigh of relief as the Congress High Command has extended him full support to him. The reprieve for the combative KPCC chief has come after his arrest in a graft case...
Bay Of Bengal: Geostrategic Significance And A Global Contest For Influence
By Del H Khan & M A Hossain The Bay of Bengal possesses significant geostrategic importance, given its function as a crucial maritime gateway, abundant energy resources, and vital shipping lanes. Its strategic location and diverse ecosystems necessitate the preservation of natural habitats and the promotion of sustainable development....
Indian Consumers Are Robbed Of Cheaper Russian Oil Import Benefits
By Nantoo Banerjee The increasing import of cheaper Russian crude oil during the current fiscal may not necessarily lead to an encouraging economic growth for India this year. Cheaper oil imports from Russia are not helping to energise the economy. This is because the lower oil import cost benefits...
United Opposition Will Be Christened As Patriotic Democratic Alliance
By Arun Srivastava Even before the strategy session of the opposition meet makes public its common minimum programme and broader paradigm of their electoral policy at Shimla on July 12 the opposition leaders have decided to accord a distinct ideological character to their endeavour and identify it as Patriotic...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Gala Performance At Press Meet In Washington
By Sushil Kutty Summarily dismissing the Aam Aadmi Party’s appeal that the opposition parties start their campaign with a show of unity on the issue of the Delhi ordinance is not good for the Opposition. More so because Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a massive hit on how democracy...
