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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.The Conundrum Of Constitutional Morality: Delhi’s Chief Minister Versus LG
By Lt Gen. Bhopinder Singh Former President K.R. Narayanan made power good by remaining true to the Constitution, and above everything, to constitutional morality. Even the longest-written Constitution in the world, i.e., Bharatiya Samvidhan (Indian Constitution) relies on the ‘executive’ to interpret actions as underpinned by the morality whose...
AMLO’s Party Wins In Mexico’s Most Populous State For The First Time
By Roger McKenzie Mexico’s most populous state turned its back on decades of single-party rule, deciding to move forward with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s ruling Morena party over the long-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Results from electoral authorities on Sunday night indicated a victory for Delfina Gomez in...
More Russian Oil Is Making Backdoor Entry Into NATO Nations Via Saudi Arabia, UAE
By Nantoo Banerjee The cat is out of the bag. India is not the only country using imported Russian oil to export processed petro-products. West Asian oil giants, led by Saudi Arabia, are buying millions of barrels of Russian diesel oil, which is banned in Europe, to sell the...
Questions Galore About BRS Decision Not To Join Crucial Opposition Conclave
By Sushil Kutty Sulking is common to non-BJP Chief Ministers. And opposition unity suffers. Right now the tribe of non-BJP Chief Ministers sees opportunity in Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s problems. The Modi government’s ordinance upturning the Supreme Court’s verdict that gave Delhi’s AAP government control over “services” is...
Secure Railway System To Prevent Balasore Like Deadly Accidents
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only few years ago, the Union Minister of Railways had claimed in the Parliament of India that they made railway journey safe, though the trains were running late in the country. The claim had come in reply to a question as to why trains were...
Opposition Is Looking Confident Of Defeating RSS-BJP Combine In 2024
By Arun Srivastava For nine long years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been dictating political actions in India, but the expected opposition meet will not only redefine the nature of the political discourse of the country, but would set a completely new political narrative, engineering a different political activism...
More Jitters For Narendra Modi-Led BJP Before 2024 Polls
By S. Sethuraman The worst rail disaster in a century, so far claiming 275 lives, in triangular derailments in Orissa, is so perplexing even for a technology-minded Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, that the cause gets shifted from signal system failures to ultimately sabotage CBI would probe. A shocked and...
Uptick In Q4 GDP Growth Is Positive But Challenges Remain In Current Fiscal
By K R Sudhaman There is jubilation in Indian government as uptick in last quarter lifted India’s GDP growth in fiscal 2023 to 7.2 per cent belying expectations of less than 7 per cent growth this year. After slowing GDP growth of 4.5 per cent in third quarter, there...
Bengal BJP In A Quandary Over Holding 1,000 Meetings In Four Months
By Tirthankar Mitra At a time when BJP national leadership wants to pull out all stops to ensure that saffron juggernaut rolls all over the West Bengal in next year’s election, it finds organisational glitches hamstringing its programme with less than ten months to go before the crucial Lok...
Nepalese Prime Minister’s Four Day Visit Bring Ties With India Closer
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav During his 4-day India visit, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal completed formal engagements with the Indian leadership and is visiting places of interest. Going by the importance traditionally attached to Nepal’s relationship with India, Dahal’s India visit is bound to be watched and analysed...
What Will Be India’s Response To US’s Bid To Offer NATO+ Membership
By Girish Linganna In what could be a significant turning point in global geopolitics, the United States is reportedly contemplating extending an invitation to India to join the NATO Plus security arrangement. This move, a first of its kind, comes as the US seeks to strengthen its alliances and...
Narendra Modi Has Been Most Successful In Using Technology For Governance
By Harihar Swarup Prime Minister Narendra Modi has completed his Ninth Year as Prime Minister. Look at how he has already left his imprint on India’s history, forcing a shift in how politics in practiced and governance in delivered. In 1995, Narendra Modi shifted base to Delhi from Gujarat...
Law Commission Parrots Views Of BJP, RSS Rather Than An Expert View
By K Raveendran The Law Commission has taken a political stand in its report about sedition rather than a policy stand, which a body of its very nature was expected to do. The commission’s non-statutory status does not preclude it from having an independent mind, which the present panel...
Rahul Gandhi’s Alternative Vision Can Be A Good Basis For June 12 Discussion
By Sushil Kutty The June 12 Patna conclave of opposition parties is keenly awaited. Finally, opposition unity looks a possibility. Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge are giving it a miss, but somebody from the Congress will be deputed. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is in the United...
Labour Market Recovery Still Under Hostage Of Multiple Crises
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The global jobs gap in 2023 would be 453 million, which amounts to 11.7 per cent, more than double the level of current gap. It would be much higher among women at 14.5 per cent than men at 9.8 per cent. This level of global...
Erdogan’s Presidential Win Is A Clear Loss For People Of Turkiye
By Manish Rai After facing the toughest challenge of his political career to date, Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan got re-elected to a third term. Defeating Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of the six-party strong opposition alliance. Erdogan prevailed over Kilicdaroglu in a run-off election held on May 28 after...
July 23 General Election In Spain Is The Test Of Left For Its Political Survival
By Eoghan Gilmartin It’s been described by Spanish media as both political suicide and a stroke of tactical brilliance. Just hours after suffering heavy losses in Sunday’s local and regional polls, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a surprise general election for July 23. This may seem counterintuitive. Sánchez’s ruling...
Opposition Can Follow A Five-Point Approach To Defeat BJP In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Nitya Chakraborty Finally, the opposition parties are meeting in Patna on June 12 to discuss the joint strategy to fight the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, with the objective of removing Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power. Less than ten months are left for the...
