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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.China’s Latest AI Model DeepSeek Poses A Challenge To Indian Developers
By Anjan Roy The sudden emergence of a Chinese AI model has upset the settled world of Western AI industry. The Chinese had released its indigenously developed AI machine in the third week of January 2025. What followed thereafter is anarchy. Technology majors of America suffered market capitalisation loss...
PM Narendra Modi Invokes Maa Lakshmi To Win Delhi Polls For The BJP
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sucking up to the gods ahead of his government’s second budget of his third term. The god he chose, but, of course, ‘Maa Lakshmi’, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. Somebody spoke of a ‘Hindu goddess’, which is ridiculous because monotheistic...
Administrative Mismanagement And VVIP Focus Contributed To Stampede
By Arun Srivastava There is no more ambiguity. The lid on the stampede tragedy at the Mahakumbh in which more than hundred pilgrims died according to unofficial reports, though the Uttar Pradesh government put the figure at thirty, has been taken off. At least three reasons are said to...
Cross-Firing In Buffer Zones Halted – Manipur Situation “Somewhat Better”
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: “Somewhat better in recent days” is what regular Manipur watchers say, perhaps, for the first time in 21 months since the outbreak of ethnic violence in the north-eastern state on May 3, 2023 between Meiteis and Kuki tribals. The reference is obviously to the...
Will Rahul Gandhi’s Dalit-OBC-Muslim Outreach Reap Dividends In Delhi?
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the assembly elections in Delhi moving towards a triangular electoral battle, the BJP, Congress and AAP have been locking horns head-on. Meanwhile, the AAP vs. Congress battle is also heating up. Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi...
In Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Libertarianism And Authoritarianism Combine
By Carolin Amlinger Oliver Nachtwey WASHINGTON: In the history of modern states, no person has been able to convert their wealth into such global political influence. By buying Twitter, now rebadged X, Elon Musk has already hoisted himself into the US government. In doing so, he has made himself...
Budget 2025-26: The ‘What’, ‘Why’ And ‘How’ Of Boosting Consumption For Growth
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik The Budget deals with allocating money towards areas where the government thinks it is essential to spend, and finding out ways such as taxes, to finance it. The government primarily requires money to spend on social infrastructure (such as schools, hospitals, water, sanitation, etc.), physical...
On The Eve Of Fourth Anniversary Of Coup, Myanmar Junta Floats Proposal For National Elections
By Satyaki Chakraborty On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, the ruling junta has floated the proposal to hold the national elections to form a new government in the country which is witnessing civil war between the junta and the forces of democracy...
Kejriwal’s ‘Poisoning Yamuna Water’ Allegation On BJP Ruled Haryana Serious
By Dr. Gyan Pathak As Delhi Vidhan Sabha Election enters its final phase, it turns ugliest in the electoral history of India, with allegation by Arvind Kejriwal whose party is ruling Delhi of ‘poisoning Yamuna water’ by BJP ruled Haryana. It is ugliest, since poisoning drinking water source has...
Draft Policy On Agri Marketing Brings Hated Farm Laws Through Back Door
By Ashok Dhawale The draft “National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing (NPFAM)”, recently circulated by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare reveals the sinister intentions of the RSS-BJP-led union government. It is a conspiracy to sacrifice farmers’ interest and maximise corporate profits. The draft reveals that the...
RSS Chief’s Negation Of August 15, 1947 As Independence Day Is Nothing But A Treason
By Krishna Jha On January 13 this year, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said that the date of Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya was the day when the “true independence of Bharat” was established. It was one of the great myths that RSS has been trying to make us believe....
Campaign For Delhi Assembly Election Gets Bizarre With Poison In Yamuna, Toxins In Air
By Sushil Kutty “I’ve been looking for answers/I’ve been looking for clues/I couldn’t find it in the paper/Couldn’t find it in the news/Oh there’s poison in the water/Oh there are toxins in the air/Oh it’s got us fighting over nothing/Whoever’s up there doesn’t care….” These are lyrics of a...
Nepal Hikes Permit Fee For Climbing Mount Everest Hitting Common Adventure Seekers
By Tirthankar Mitra Nepal has decided to hike the permit fees to climb Mount Everest. It will certainly boost Nepal’s revenues. Yet it raises the question about the ethics of commercialisation of scaling one of the world’s most revered natural wonders. Issues pertaining to sustainability and overcrowding come up...
2025-26 Budget Have Two Tasks – Pep Up Demand And Generate More Jobs
By Nitya Chakraborty Narendra Modi government is due to present its second budget in the third term of the Modi regime on February 1 in an environment of domestic downturn in GDP growth along with global uncertainty in trade due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s disruptive trade and tariff...
DeepSeek Strikes Deep Into American Tech Supremacy
By K Raveendran The Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has brought down the market crashing, but it has done even more damaging things to the United States. Apart from challenging Silicon Valley’s technology dominance, the Chinese have exposed the limits of Trump’s tariffs, challenging Washington’s ability to restrain China’s technological...
Manner Of Adoption Of Waqf Amendments In JPC Raises Concerns
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Is it not a joke to expect a Member of Parliament to read, understand, give a considered view with qualitative comment on 655-pages-long final draft report on an important legislative amendment bill, such as the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, within a few hours, which was...
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Is Under Attack After Stampede Deaths In Mahakumbh
By Sushil Kutty Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav woke up Wednesday to a great possibility. A stampede at the Mahakumbh! Similar to the one in 2013, when the ‘Kumbh’ 12 years ago, had been similarly met with a stampede and 36 ‘shradalus’ were stomped to death, their last breath...
Modi-Shah Loyalists Float Bhaiyyaji Joshi’s Name As Next BJP President
By Arun Srivastava Winning Delhi assembly election is certainly crucial for AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, but a triumph for Narendra Modi is more vital, virtually of the nature of do and die, than a win for Kejriwal. By winning the election, Kejriwal would become the chief minister of Delhi...
