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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.Job Generation Must Get Top Priority In The 2025-26 Budget Of Narendra Modi Govt
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prioritizing employment generation and increasing funds for employment guarantee schemes have unquestionably emerged as the top priority during pre-budget consultations of Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman for the Union Budget 2025-26, both with the Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and India Inc. The confederation of...
Microsoft’s India Engagement Transcends Chief Nadella’s Roots
By K Raveendran Microsoft’s deepening engagement with India is both a strategic imperative and a reflection of its renewed focus on emerging technologies under the leadership of Satya Nadella. Nadella’s connection to India goes beyond his heritage; his initiatives underscore a profound appreciation for the country’s pivotal role in...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Debut Podcast Was A Stage Managed Show
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his debut podcast came out unlike a man possessed. None of his answers, revelations about his life and times, exploding like crackers. ‘Forgettable’ is the word that comes to mind after two hours of podcast. Podcaster Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha-fame, was...
Manmohan Singh Never Showed Any Disrespect To His Predecessor During His Tenure As PM
By Harihar Swarup I had known former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh personally. He released my book “Power Profiles” in his office in PMO. A few journalist friends and then his media advisor Harish Khare were present. We talked politics of that time. I used to meet him frequently after...
Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric Will Push The World Into Quagmire
By Dr Arun Mitra Trump’s warning that “all hell will break out in West Asia” if the hostages being held by Hamas are not released by Inauguration Day has put the world into great worry and put away off the hopes of an early peaceful settlement. The whole world...
Denigrating Women Politicians Becoming A Trend Among BJP Leaders
By Tirthankar Mitra A woman’s honour was one of the issues triggering the battle of Kurukshetra while the Rajputs of Chittor fought to the last man defending the honour of their queen Padmini and other womenfolk. Standing up to defend a woman’s honour is thus not unheard of in...
Trump’s Proposal To Absorb Canada Ignites Sovereignty Debate
By M A Hossain In a startling move that has sent shockwaves through political circles in the United States and Canada, US President-elect Donald Trump recently posted maps on his Truth Social platform showing Canada as part of the United States. These provocative posts, shared on January 7, have...
Iran Is The Next Target Of Israel In The Expanding West Asian Conflict
By Richard Silverstein WASHINGTON DC: Pro-Israel triumphalists are celebrating a trifecta: in the course of a little over a year, Israel has felled or significantly set back its three most troublesome enemies: Hamas, Hezbollah, and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. Another enemy, Iran, has been brought low by Israeli missile attacks,...
Columbia President Gustavo Petro Broadens His Front To Take On Right Offensive
By W. T. Whitney Jr. NEW YORK: President Gustavo Petro’s Historic Pact government, in power since 2022, is a first in Colombia’s history. No other party ever aspired to serve all Colombians. Its existence depends on push-back against Colombia’s peculiar mix of corporations, big landowners, financial moguls, and narco-traffickers....
INDIA Bloc Is A Dilapidated House Now, Should Be Renovated
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Delhi elections has clearly shown that the opposition INDIA bloc has now become a dilapidated house in which the walls and pillars are falling apart. Saying two of its allies – Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has broken away, will be an understatement, since...
India’s Improved Relations With Taliban Make Sound Diplomatic And Economic Sense
By Sushil Kutty Why is India talking with the Taliban? The Taliban are a throwback to the early Muslim invaders who made inroads into the subcontinent and who did the talking only with the sword? They came in through the Khyber Pass and ran rampage from the border to...
‘GDP-Nationalism’ Is A Neoliberal Project That Doesn’t Serve The People
By Prabhat Patnaik Liberal opinion is invariably opposed to “nationalism”. It treats “nationalism” as a homogeneous term that necessarily entails a non-friendly, non-accommodative and rivalrous attitude towards other countries. This view however is completely erroneous; anti-colonial third world nationalism is entirely different from the nationalism that developed in Europe...
Congress In Backfoot Over TMC, SP And UBT Support To AAP In Delhi Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra I.N.D.I.A. allies are flexing their muscles in the bloc against the Congress with Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party announcing their support to Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP in the Delhi Assembly elections. While Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) too announced to support the AAP and moving ahead...
Big Political Setback For Congress In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress party in Kerala has suffered a major political setback with the Wayanad police slapping charges of abetment to suicide against Sulthan Bathery MLA and Congress leader I.C. Balakrishnan. The case has been filed as part of the investigation into the suspected death by...
Latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey Shows Challenges For Poor
By Sanjay Roy The National Statistical Office has recently released the fact sheet of Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24. It is the second survey report of the annual series that begun in 2022-23 after a long gap since the 68th Round Consumption Expenditure Survey released by the government in...
RSS To Take Full Charge Of 2026 Assembly Elections In West Bengal
By Arun Srivastava RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat visiting Bengal for ten days is certainly not such a big news to draw attention. But his stay this time attains importance for the reason that he would discuss the state of the BJP and RSS in the state and give direction...
Latest UGC Draft Regulation Is A Direct Attack On The Principles Of Federalism
By P. Sudhir The New Year 2025 started with another assault on the education system. The Modi government, through the UGC, announced new draft regulations titled, ‘University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment and Promotion of Teachers and Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of...
Low GDP Figures For 2024-25 Show The Need For Some Policy Rethinking
By Anjan Roy No sooner than the latest GDP advanced estimates were released, doomsday sayers have stated with settled conviction that India has slowed down and should not claw back into the 8%-plus performance bracket in the next few years. Theirs view is that India might remain in the...
