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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.BJP Leaders’ Vote Bank Politics In Manipur Contributed To Ethnic Conflict
By Ashis Biswas Union Home Minister Mr Amit Shah’s belated announcement assuring that no official decision would be made regarding a proposed alteration in the status of Meitei tribespeople in Manipur state without a comprehensive discussion among all concerned groups and stakeholders is most welcome. However, the violent Manipur...
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan Is On Front Foot In Politics Again
By Tirthankar Mitra Time was when hearts beat faster whenever Imran Khan charged in to bowl or looked the way the red ball moving at him as he raised his bat to send it to the ropes or outside the stadium. One does not recall too many occasions when...
Current Events May Be Showing Pakistan Heading For Greater Civil Unrest
By Manish Rai The dramatic arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan inside a courthouse in the capital Islamabad by security forces has escalated political tensions in the country to new heights. The chain of events that followed this arrest was somewhat hard to imagine in Pakistan. Khan’s...
Narendra Modi Govt Must Now Desist Using Governors As Its Pawns
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In the light of the unanimous judgement of a constitutional bench of the Supreme court of India delivered on May 11, 2023on powers of Elected government of Delhi, Narendra Modi government must now desist from – usurping the legislative and executive powers of the states...
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Has Genuine Reasons To Remain Unattached
By Sushil Kutty Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who heads the Biju Janata Dal, can make a salutary contribution to the combined opposition’s goal of ousting Prime Minister Narendra Modi only if his party makes a clean sweep of Odisha’s Lok Sabha seats in 2024. That being said, Naveen...
Remembering Film Director Mrinal Sen On His 100th Birth Anniversary
By Nitya Chakraborty Mrinal Sen, the ace film maker who depicted both the political turmoil of Calcutta in 1960’s and 1970’s along with the selfishness and cowardice of the Bengali middle class through his 28 feature films, steps into his 100th year of birth on May 14 this year....
Opposition Unity To Solidify After Karnataka Results
By Rahil Nora Chopra Only after the declaration of results in Karnataka assembly polls, opposition unity is expected to acquire a definitive shape. The chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, has been working hard and moving across the country to meet the opposition leaders of various states to bring...
Uddhav’s Moral Victory Following Supreme Court Verdict Is Booster For MVA
By Tirthankar Mitra None of the sides who sought the Supreme Court verdict relating to the political upheaval in Maharashtra in June last year were pushed off the ledge by the apex court judgement. The Eknath Shinde government continues albeit with a question mark; Uddhav Thackeray has been provided...
Charles Darwin Gets Excluded From School Syllabus
By Dr. Soma Marla Several scientists, educators raised serious concern last week about NCERT removing theory of evolution from science syllabus in class X curriculum of CBSE. The letter said, “Understanding the process of evolution is crucial in building scientific temper”. And depriving students of this exposure is depriving...
Twin Tragedies Traumatise Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two tragedies in quick succession – a boat accident in Malappuram district which claimed 21 lives and the brutal murder of a house surgeon in Kollam district – have traumatised Kerala. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government has swung into quick action by ordering a...
Latest Poll Results In Chile Is A Wake Up Call For Latin American Left
By Satyaki Chakraborty The results of May 7 elections in Chile on the issue of Constitutional changes, have led to far right victory and big defeat for the Chilean presidency including the Left signalling a period of big turmoil in the political transition of this South American nation. The...
Imran Khan’s Arrest Shows The Rule Of Law Is Selective In Pakistan
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The sudden arrest of Imran Khan by Pakistan military has come as the final straw for the people who were at the receiving end of fundamentalism, terrorism, and a collapsing economy. Thousands of irate mob vandalized public properties and expressed their frustration against the country’s...
Centre Can’t Usurp Powers Of The Ruling State Governments
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The unanimous verdict delivered on May 11 by a five-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India on power struggle in Delhi between the elected government of the National Capital Territory and the Centre’s steps of usurping the powers of the state is significant...
State Repression And Intimidation Is Single Biggest Threat To Press Freedom In India
By Prakash Karat The state of press freedom in India has been accurately captured by the World Press Freedom Index. This year’s index was issued on May 3, which is observed as World Press Freedom Day. The Reporters without Borders (RSF), which has prepared the World Press Freedom Index...
No End In Sight Of Political Mess In Maharashtra Over Shiv Sena Split
By Sushil Kutty The Supreme Court Thursday refused to rule Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde out of his job because it was snatched from Uddhav Thackeray who should have faced the floor test and not fled the scene. The top court’s refusal was disappointing because everything else the court...
Sordid Killings In Manipur Unmask The True Face Of BJP Govt And RSS
By Binoy Viswam Manipur was like trump card for the BJP. Since their first ascendance to power in 2017, with the calculated plan of a conquest they treated Manipur as their spring board for North East. BJP’s gaining of power in the state itself was through crooked ways. It...
Nitish Kumar Giving A Final Shape To Mission Of Uniting Opposition Parties
By Arun Srivastava Amidst the conjecture making round the political circle that the next meet of the opposition leaders for taking forward the process of unity, would take place in Patna on May 18, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashvi Yadav left for Mumbai on May...
Competition In The Time Of Neo-Liberalism In India Under Narendra Modi
By Girish Linganna Twenty-five years ago, as many Indians flew in a year as they do in a month now. That may sound like a measure of economic prosperity. Only two state-owned airlines had held half of the domestic aviation market then. In March this year, 57% of the...
