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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.Lone ISF MLA Naushad Siddiqui Is Now Focal Point Of Opposition Stir In Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra Be it cash for jobs scam or demand for an enhanced percentage of dearness allowance to Bengal government personnel agitation, issues are galore in West Bengal. But the latest one for which the Opposition has hit the ground running is seeking a people’s representative languishing behind...
Mulayam Singh Yadav Had A Chequered Political Career Spanning Nearly Six Decades
By Harihar Swarup Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was decorated with Padma Vibhusan (posthumously), this year, had a variegated career, having come hard way in his carrier. May 2007 was the darkest period of his life. He was trounced in Uttar Pradesh assembly election by his arch rival Mayawati who...
Twenty Years After, The Lessons Of West’s Iraq War Are Still Relevant
By Ben Chacko Twenty years ago on February 16, 2003, two million marched for peace in the biggest protest in British history. The London demonstration formed just one of scores of marches against the US’s stated plan to invade Iraq which maybe mobilised 30 million people worldwide. But this...
Brazilian President Lula Has The Right Strategy On How To Fight The Far Right
By Craig Johnson Last Friday, two American leaders who faced would-be coup attempts, US president Joe Biden and Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, met in Washington, DC. The pair of presidents traded the usual pleasantries of diplomatic visits, but it was the Latin American visitor who was...
BJP Is Battle Ready For The Nine State Assembly Elections In 2023
By Kalyani Shankar There could be a musical chair this year with nine states going for elections. It will be a trailer and the semi-final before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The results will show whether the BJP continues to sway the voters or the Congress-led Opposition will defeat...
Income Tax Searches Into BBC Offices In India Is A Panicky Reaction By Centre
By Sushil Kutty It has started. The Empire has struck back, the undeclared emergency is out in the open. Teams of Income Tax officials landed in BBC’s offices in Delhi and Mumbai on Valentine’s Day to conduct what it called ‘surveys’, and not ‘raids’. The “surveys” were on at...
G20 Presidency For India Caught Between Pride And Humiliation
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his pride and magnanimous words when the country took the responsibility of G20 in the beginning of December 2022, and now UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said with great poignancy to turn “words into action” to get the world...
Congress Is The Weakest Link In Left-Led Opposition Alliance In Tripura Polls
By Ashis Biswas In Tripura, with only 48 hours before the scheduled Assembly polls on February 16, the state Congress unit has been left to fend for itself by the party high command in carrying out its pre poll campaign. Despite earlier assurances by local Congress leaders, neither Mr...
Demolition Politics By Centre At Tughlakabad And Mehrauli Sends Ominous Signal
By Gursimran Kaur Bakshi As south Delhi’s Mehrauli Archaeological Park gets a makeover ahead of the G-20 Summit in Delhi in September, a massive anti-encroachment drive by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) took place in the Ladha Sarai village of Mehrauli on February 10. The demolition drive was carried...
U.S. Economic Sanctions Aggravate Earthquake Response In Syria
By W. T. Whitney Jr. Suffering in Syria and Turkey caused by a strong earthquake on Feb. 6 has elicited an immense worldwide humanitarian response. The toll as of press time for this article was 36,000 people dead, with the number of recorded deaths steadily rising as rubble from...
