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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.French President Macron’s Visit To China Divides Western Nations On Ukraine Issue
By Anjan Roy So much for the much vaunted solidarity in the free world. The liberal and democratic nations of western Europe and America had vowed they were all standing firmly behind the besieged Ukraine to defend the free world against alleged Russian autocracy. The wide-ranging sanctions against Russia...
BJP, RSS Spreading Communal Tensions In States During Hindu Festivals
By Prakash Karat The violence and clashes that erupted in various places during Ram Navami observance on March 30 was an event foretold. Over the years, the Hindutva forces have shaped the Ram Navami processions into an instrument for aggression and attacks on Muslims. Last year, in 2022, the...
Communal Clashes In Bihar And Bengal Were A Part Of RSS Design Before Lok Sabha Poll
By Arun Srivastava The communal riots that shook Bihar and Bengal for three consecutive days in the wake of Ram Navami celebrations have been the part of the saffron conspiracy with three distinct motives, to destabilise the states governments of the two states, terrorise the Muslims and smash their...
Thousands Of Workers And Peasants Protest Centre’s Policies On April 5 In Delhi
By Hrishi Raj Anand Thousands of workers and peasants participated in a massive rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on April 5 voicing their anger against the anti-people policies of the Narendra Modi Government and resolving to fight them unitedly. The rally was jointly organize by the CITU, All...
Telangana Witnessing Big Fight Between BRS And BJP Before Assembly Poll
By Sushil Kutty Politics is dirty business. A lot of dust and dirt sticks to politicians. BJP Telangana unit Chief Bandi Sanjay will testify. Bandi Sanjay was dragged on a road by uniformed police officers and taken into custody, yet another “casualty” of the ongoing war between Telangana Chief...
Deletions In School Text Books Indicate Partisan Approach Of Central Body
By Tirthankar Mitra Deletion of portions pertaining to aftermath of assassination of Mahatma Gandhi from class 12 students curriculum of their political science texts goes against the spirit of argumentative democracy of the nation. The chop and change of National Education Policy (NEP) goes against its promise to throw...
175 Years After The Publication Of Communist Manifesto, Issues To Fight Remain
By Krishna Jha For the first time we face the challenges against whatever we have held sacred till now. Our Constitutional values, our composite culture rooted deep in the society with all its beauty and love, our economy built democratically with a strong public sector, with rights to live,...
India Govt Must Oppose Dissolution Of SuuKyi’s Party By Myanmar Junta
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The recent dissolution of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the ruling party of Myanmar, has raised concerns about the country’s political stability and the ongoing conflict in the country. Myanmar, a neighbouring country of India, has long been a focus of attention for India...
Not Just Labour Party In Britain, Tories Are Also Hit By Factionalism
By Keith Flett The latest offensive by Keir Starmer and those around him to marginalise the left in the Labour Party has captured media headlines, and of course, the full approval of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Times. Starmer, whose grasp of the dynamics of capitalism does not appear to be...
IMF Paper Recommends India’s Digital Infrastructure For Adoption By Other Countries
By K Raveendran An IMF working paper has commended India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI), which is known by the term India Stack, as a great success and recommended it for other countries, but with a rider that these countries may not have India’s enabling factors such as a vibrant...
Nitish Kumar’s Iftar Party With Delhi Background Posed A Challenge To PM
By Sushil Kutty Nitish Kumar with the flex facade of the ramparts of the ‘Lal Qila’ behind him, with the tricolour for maximum effect, told the story of things to come and a rattled Bharatiya Janata Party descended on the Bihar Chief Minister, aspiring to give Prime Minister Narendra...
India’s Judicial Institutions Are Operating In A Highly Inefficient Manner
By Arun Srivastava Functioning of the judicial institution has always been under scanner, but after Narendra Modi ushered the country and its judicial system into New India, after coming to power in 2014, the credibility of the institution has to witness the most embarrassing period. Like all his promises...
India-Japan Political Ties Have Got Strengthened Following Modi-Fumio Talks
By Girish Linganna The Indo-Pacific region has continued to be the focal point of diplomatic efforts in the last few weeks for Washington and its partners. During Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s India visit on March 20, Japan introduced its Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) Plan. Additionally, Australia, the UK...
WHO’s Call For Expansion Of Health Workforce Is Most Relevant For India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) global warning of a projected shortage of 10 million health workers by 2030, chiefly in developing countries, has come at a time when India, the largest populated country in the world, is undergoing a severe crisis of shortage of doctors and...
Assam Chief Minister Uses ULFA To Reply To Khalistani Secessionists
By Ashis Biswas Even his critics would admit that indecisiveness is not among the attributes one associates with Assam Chief Minister Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma’s brand of politics. But he has surprised friends and critics alike by not responding to an offensive warning from the pro-secessionist Sikh lobby. Nonetheless,...
Veteran Film Actress, Zeenat Aman Is Now A Sensation In Instagram
By Harihar Swarup Laughing at the places life takes me. Why hello there, Instagram. Thus began the instagram takeover of Zeenat Aman, whose bio reads: “Actor mother, Maverick”. Accompanying the caption was an image of the veteran actor seated at her home on “a lovely sunny afternoon”, wearing; grey—and...
A Battle For The Soul Of Islam Plays Out In A Bahrain Court Room
By James M Dorsey Last week, there was more at stake in a Bahrain courtroom than the fate of three free speech advocates. At stake was a fundamental question that divides believers across the Muslim world and challenges autocratic rulers’ religious legitimisation: Does Islamic jurisprudence need to be reformed...
French Working Class Movement Gets A Fresh Boost With Sophie Binet As New CGT Chief
By Satyaki Chakraborty The strike actions of the French trade unions and the government employees organisations against the hurriedly passed pension bill in Parliament by President Emmanuel Macron, are set to get a new dimension with the election of Ms Sophie Binet as the new general secretary of the...
