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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. Probe Against Adani Group Sours Taste During Modi’s White House Dinner
By K Raveendran Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be presumed to have done well in Washington despite a tinge of doubt in his response to pointed questions about Indian democracy and minority rights, but the embarrassing questions were not the only source of sour taste in the otherwise impressive...
Both Modi And Biden Had Their Eyes On 2024 Polls During The Indian PM’s Visit
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav India and the United States will witness national elections to choose the top executives next year. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will seek a third term in the government. President Joe Biden is seeking reelection in the USA, while reports...
Modi’s U.S. Visit Spotlights America’s Policy Choices
By James M Dorsey Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s four-day red carpet visit to the United States constitutes a microcosm of what a 21st-world order century will likely look like. The visit spotlights the adjustments the United States faces in transitioning from a US-dominated unipolar world to a multipolar world...
Why Did Official Democrats Embrace The Far-Right Narendra Modi?
By Liza Featherstone Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a state visit to the White House this week, is one of the most significant far-right leaders in the world. His persecution of religious minorities has troubled even the US State Department, which has taken note of the...
British Labour Leadership Under Keir Starmer Is Isolating The Left Members
By Ben Chacko The relentless right-wing attack on the left within the Britain’s Labour Party continues unabated. Recent weeks have seen the elected mayor of the North of Tyne region barred from being considered as the party’s candidate for the next election and two further members of the Socialist...
Narendra Modi Has Achieved Success In Acquiring High Tech Defence Items From US
By Girish Linganna US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached an accord that is hailed by experts as “historic” and which will provide India with American drones and engines for combat aircraft, in an effort to confront China. Modi is attempting to expand the international standing...
Hegemony Of US Dollar Is Under Threat, Steady Decline May Follow
By Prabhat Patnaik How exactly is the dollar’s status as reserve currency related to imperialism? This question has two parts: how this status of the dollar is related to US imperialism, and how it is related to the overall imperialist arrangement. The dollar’s being a reserve currency makes it...
Only 1.25 Crore Jobs Creation Since 2014 Is Pittance, Not Massive
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav’s claim of a massive job creation, 1.25 crore in the last nine years under PM Narendra Modi since 2014, is in fact pittance. About 2 crore people join the workforce every year in India, and in the...
Congress-Led UDF In A Confrontation Mood With Govt In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Opposition parties in the State upping the ante and the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government launching a counter-offensive, the state is set for a protracted political slug-fest. Political mercury soared when the Government announced a crime branch probe against Kerala Pradesh Congress...
Mayawati Faces Challenge To Retain Seats Won In Last Lok Sabha Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BSP national President Mayawati is busy building party organisation while giving prominence to dalits, backward and Muslims to face crucial Lok Sabha polls in 2024.Former chief minister Mayawati has already made it clear her party would not be part of any alliance of opposition parties....
Despite Political Turf Wars, Mamata Greets Rahul On Birthday
By Rahil Nora Chopra West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated and greeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his birthday. “Heartiest birthday wishes to Shri @RahulGandhiji. Wishing you good health and a wonderful year ahead!” she tweeted. Though it is evident in the political circles that Mamata does not...
Raging Controversy Over State Election Commission Role In Assam
By Ashis Biswas It is not only the Election Commission office in West Bengal that is in the news — mostly for the wrong reasons: in Assam too, the State Election Commission has been targeted by the opposition parties over the delimitation proposals affecting Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies! As...
BJP Nomination Figures For Rural Polls In Bengal Less Than CPI(M) In Many Districts
By Tirthankar Mitra The nomination of candidates and their withdrawal for 2023 West Bengal panchayat elections are over. Though the polling date and announcement of results are weeks away, nomination figures of Left read CPI(M) nominees far outnumber the same of BJP candidates in several districts seems to be...
Just Not Narendra Modi, Indian Media Barons And Some Journalists Have To Share The Blame For Curbs On Press Freedom
By Sushil Kutty This column has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi all possible names including those bordering on the ‘libel’. So far, Alhamdulilah, Modi hasn’t let the wolves on the column. But it is a fact that wringing Modi in the Press Freedom grinder wouldn’t make a difference to...
Opposition Parties Meet In Patna On June 23 Is A Perfect Example Of Unity In Diversity
By Binoy Viswam Even in the early months of 2023, many political analysts were sceptical about the possibility of a broad opposition unity. The BJP was almost sure that this exercise would end up as a non-starter. Some of its leaders went to the extent of ridiculing the very...
Immediate Removal Of BJP Led Govt Of Biren Singh In Manipur Is The Need Of The Hour
By Prakash Karat Manipur burning has become emblematic of the divisive politics of the BJP in the North East. Only four months ago, in February, Narendra Modi had crowed about the success of the BJP in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland elections in the North East. He claimed Christians in...
BJP’s Revenge Against People Of Karnataka For Voting Them Out
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP led Centre under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has clearly become vindictive against the opposition, and to such an extent that it amounts to punishing even the poor people who happen to vote the BJP out of power. Karnataka is a latest example where ruling...
Congress-Left Alliance In Bengal Panchayat Polls Showing Cracks At Base Level
By Tirthankar Mitra Cobbled together way back in 2016 before Assembly elections in West Bengal, poll alliance between Congress and CPI(M)-led Left Front is on a downslide. While neither of the front read CPI(M) leaders nor their Congress counterparts will admit it, there are clear signs that the bond...
