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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.Commissioning Of K-FON Is The Real Kerala Story
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: This is the real Kerala story. The reference is to the commissioning, on June 5, of the first phase of the prestigious Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) project by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The project is aimed at providing free internet access to 20 lakh ...
Centre Has To Take Proper Lessons For Safety From Balasore Disaster
By P. Sudhir The horrific train crash on June 2 in Balasore district, Odisha has left the country, indeed the world, shocked. 288 persons were killed and over 1100 injured as one speeding train took a wrong line, crashed into a stationary goods train loaded with iron ore and...
RSS Holds Modi’s Image And Hindutva Are Not Enough To Win Elections
By Arun Srivastava The RSS has inflicted a rude shock to the BJP’s public face Prime Minister Narendra Modi by questioning the idea of using the ‘Modi magic’ and Hindutva to win all elections. After Modi winning the 2014 Lok Sabha election, even the RSS used him as the...
Joining NATO Under US Pressure Would Be A Strategic Blunder For India
By Keith Lamb After a recommendation by the congressional committee on strategic competition with China, the US claims that India “is one of Washington’s closest allies.” As such, it is now courting India to join NATO to counter Chinese “aggression.” India must not fall to Washington’s flattery and the...
BJP Is Not Having Smooth Sailing In Uttar Pradesh Before Lok Sabha Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The past six months did not go well for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh politics. On January 22, the State BJP president has set the target to win all 80 Lok Sabha seats in 2024 general election, but now only after six months, the State...
Oil Market Hinges On Possibility Of Saudi Production Cut Extension Beyond July
By K Raveendran The decision by OPEC+ to enforce no official cuts, and yet a voluntary cut by swing producer Saudi Arabia, has had only limited upside price pressure, but the long-term price development will hinge on macroeconomic sentiment and the possible extension of the voluntary Saudi Arabian production...
Rahul Gandhi Has Finally Given A Jolt To Narendra Modi In Indian Diaspora
By Sushil Kutty So it is India is democratic versus India is undemocratic. Are we stuck with the binary? Both Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are fighting each other overseas in preparation for the ‘Big Fight 2024’ at home. Rahul Gandhi’s observation that “NRIs” got...
Akhilesh Yadav Launches Lok Jagran Rath Yatra For 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Irrespective of political alliance which may be decided later on, Samajwadi Party has started preparations for 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh by holding training camps in all the 80 constituencies and rath yatra in the state. The campaign for the polls has been...
CBI Investigation Into Balasore Train Disaster May Not Find The Real Reasons
By Arun Srivastava The prime task of the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the cases having element of crime. Since the Narendra Modi government has handed over the investigation into the three train accident at Balasore in which 288 persons died, it implied that it perceives as a...
October General Elections Ensure No Guarantee For Political Stability In Pakistan
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Asif, has affirmed that the general elections planned for October this year will proceed as scheduled, dismissing rumours of a potential postponement. Political experts strongly believe that only timely, free, and fair elections can restore much-needed political stability in Pakistan, especially...
Sporadic Violence Continues In Manipur, Despite Amit Shah’s Efforts
By Ashis Biswas Despite increased deployment of security personnel in riot-hit Manipur during the last 48 hours, sporadic violence has continued in several areas. One Border Security Force (BSF) sepoy was killed, while two Assam Rifle personnel were injured as they came under fire from suspected armed Kuki attackers...
Modi Govt Is Has A New Tool For Authoritarian Control Of Internet
By Maknoon Wani It has been nine years since Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India. During that time, Modi and his party have launched an escalating crackdown on their political opponents and media critics. In March of this year, Rahul Gandhi, one...
Gulf Support For Erdogan Is About More Than Economics
By James M Dorsey When jailed Turkish politician Selahattin Demirtas apologized for his pro-Kurdish party’s poor performance in recent Turkish elections, he did more than take responsibility. Demirtas implicitly questioned the notion that Turks vote primarily along ideological and identity lines rather than based on assessing which party will...
Shanti Teresa Lakra Is Continuing With Her Nursing Work In Andaman Islands
By Harihar Swarup In the five years that she spent living alongside the remote Onge tribe of the Andaman island, Shanti Teresa Lakra fished and cooked with them: saw how differently they raise their young; followed into them the forests in the summer, “a season when they cannot bear...
Rahul Gandhi’s Engagement With Indian Diaspora In USA Has Been Productive
By Kalyani Shankar Why do Indian politicians woo the Diaspora in the United States and elsewhere? Why does the Diaspora, who can’t vote in India, take an interest in their homeland? It is perhaps because, as India’s GDP grows, the Diaspora’s role in India’s foreign policy also rises. The...
Cornered In South After Karnataka Debacle, BJP Woos TDP For Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
By Sushil Kutty In the mid-1990s and about the time when the Bharatiya Janata Party was still building its formidable cadre, the Telugu Desam Party’s N. Chandrababu Naidu used to be the busiest political body in Delhi and everybody knew if something political was cooking it would be in...
Developed Nations Should Appreciate India’s Work In Fighting Pollution
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though India is currently the third largest polluter in the world in terms of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) emission as estimated in 2020 after China and the United States, its pollution is less than half of the US and one-fourth of the China. Moreover, if taken...
National Elections In Pakistan In October This Year May Not Ensure Stability
By Tirthankar Mitra Pakistan seems to be teetering on the edge of an abyss of crisis with none its political parties offering a policy prescription of course correction. Uncertainties abound even as industrial sector contraction is likely to rise, former prime minister Imran Khan despite being bogged down in...
