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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.Rising New Covid Cases Again Puts India On High Alert
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rising new COVID-19 cases again chiefly due to a new variant XBB.1.16 have put India on alert. The seriousness of the threat has been noted even at the Prime Minister level who chaired a review meeting on March 23, the day on which a single-day...
Modi Government’s Dealing Of Adani Issue Is A Denigration Of Parliament
By P Sudhir After seven days of disruption of parliamentary proceedings, the government is now planning to cut short the second half of the budget session by guillotining the demands for grants and passing the finance bill without any discussion. The peculiarity of this decision stems from the fact...
Mamata Banerjee Starts Corrective Action To Deal With Dissatisfaction Of Minorities
By Tirthankar Mitra After what promised to be a cakewalk turned into a shock defeat for a Trinamool Congress nominee at Sagardighi by-election, party supremo and chief minister Mamata Banerjee had reshuffled the Muslim leadership of her party. Pulling up the socks at what appeared to be the first...
ICC’s Arrest Warrant Against Putin Has Little Impact On Russian Actions
By Raushan Tara Jaswal In what can be termed a historic move, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against the Russian President, Vladimir Putin and the Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova. This is the first time that an arrest warrant against a head...
Emmanuel Macron’s Constitutional Coup Has Thrown France Into Crisis
By Harrison Stetler It’d been hanging over France’s retirement reform fight from the beginning — a reminder that, come hell or high water, President Emmanuel Macron intended to have his way. Last Thursday, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne announced that Macron’s government would “commit its responsibility” (the terse wording for...
Choksi Challenges The Might Of Indian Nation To Get Himself Struck Off Red List
By K Raveendran Post-1947, life in jail during independence struggle was considered a decoration for any politician or even common citizen. After Indira Gandhi’s Emergency, it was a jail term during the dark days that recognized one’s political mettle. During Modi’s era, the attribute of a good opposition politician...
Paradigm Shift In Kerala Politics In Offing?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The statements by two influential bishops of the Catholic Church on rubber prices and support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have taken the political parties in the State by surprise. If the offer is backed by various Christian bodies, it could signal a paradigm...
Putting Democracy On Hold In Delhi Is A Dangerous Play
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Putting democracy on hold in the National Capital Territory of Delhi by Modi government is not new. We have been witnessing it for the last nine years since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India in 2014, but his party has been kept out of...
Rahul Gandhi Has The Right To Offer A Personal Explanation In Lok Sabha
By Sushil Kutty “You bring me the man, I’ll find you the crime.” That was Lavrentiy Beria, chief of the Soviet secret police, boasting during one of his more expansive moods. After Rahul Gandhi returned from London, it seems like there’s an Indian Lavrentiy, who has found a crime...
China’s Saudi-Iranian Mediation Spotlights Flawed Regional Security Policies
By James M Dorsey The Chinese-mediated Saudi-Iranian reconciliation potentially casts a spotlight on fundamentally flawed security policies of regional powers, including not only the kingdom and Iran but also the United Arab Emirates. While much of the discussion in recent years has focused on Iran’s strategy of creating a...
Assam Government Is Concerned At Declining Trend In Tea Production In The State
By Ashis Biswas Expert opinion in Assam remains somewhat divided regarding a recent declining trend in the state’s annual tea production. While the state government and researchers have warned of further drop in production in the short term, eminent planters and industry circles feel such fears are exaggerated. This...
Perumal Murugan’s Tamil Language Novel Is In International Booker Long List
By Harihar Swarup Pyre—Tamil writer Perumal Murugan’s novel about caste—based hatred, along with 12 other books—made it to the long-list of international Booker Prize 2023. Murugan’s 2013 book was translated into English by Anirudh Vasudevan in 2016. The prize, worth Rs. 50 lakhs, is awarded annually for a novel...
Time Is Ripe For Reforming The Ways For Parliament’s Smooth Functioning
By Kalyani Shankar Just as we need reforms in many other areas, Parliament needs reforms urgently. Right now, both Houses remain paralysed. The Opposition is looking for public and media attention to embarrass the Government, while the Government is also in an aggressive mood.. The ruling party members are...
RSS National Meet Has Taken Firm Position Against Rahul Gandhi
By Arun Srivastava After the recent meeting of the RSS’s Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) there is no ambiguity now that Narendra Modi or his ministerial colleagues or even the BJP leaders hardening their stand against Rahul Gandhi and seeking his apology are being ordained at the behest of...
Kisan Mahapanchayat Signals Bigger Farmers Movement
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Kisan Mahapanchayat, the Grand Assembly of the Farmers held on March 20 in Delhi, has signalled a bigger farmers’ movement on the cards. It was held after about four months of their beginning the second leg of farmers’ movement on November 26, 2022, when farmers...
Rahul Gandhi Has To Do Quick Followup On His Gains From Bharat Jodo Yatra
By Sushil Kutty Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a late bloomer. That said, he has been a Member of Parliament several times over and, therefore, cannot be reduced to a Johnny-come-lately. And after Amethi, he wasn’t a stranger to the voters of Wayanad. But it is hardly likely that...
Mamata Taking Direct Charge Of Trinamool Affairs In Birbhum District Indicates Cracks In Party Unit
By Tirthankar Mitra Many were surprised in the state though no eyebrows were raised in Trinamool Congress after chief minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee took charge of Birbhum unit of her party thereby unwittingly revealing an organisational weakness. For after Anubrata Mondal heading the district unit went behind...
The Bloodbath In Iraq Shows The US Can Never Be A “Global Policeman”
By Nadine Talaat “The idea that over 100,000 forces would invade another country since World War II, nothing like that has happened,” said US president Joe Biden last month, referring to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Twenty years after the United States sent hundreds of thousands of troops to launch...
