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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.Progressive Arevalo Maintaining Big Lead Before August 20 Prez Election In Guatemala
By Satyaki Chakraborty Just three days before the crucial Presidential elections in Guatemala on August 20, a new public opinion poll released ahead of Guatemala’s presidential race indicates that former dark-horse candidate progressive Bernardo Arevalo is heading into the polling day with a substantial lead. Arevalo, a candidate for...
Dhupguri Bypoll Result Is Crucial For The Congress In Deciding On Its Bengal Strategy
By Tirthankar Mitra Come September 5, Dhupguri in West Bengal together with six other state Assembly segments in other parts of the country, will go for by-polls. But the by-election in this north Bengal constituency will be a field trial of sorts for the INDIA coalition as Congress is...
PM Narendra Modi Plays Cat And Mouse On Sedition
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been playing cat and mouse for quite some time now. On June 28, 2023, while addressing party workers in poll bound Madhya Pradesh, he had categorically threatened the opposition calling them a bunch of corrupt leaders whom he vowed not...
Justice Delivery Not Meaningful Until Last Man Feels Secure Against Authoritarian Action
By K Raveendran Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud could not have been more right when he suggested that justice is delivered only when an individual feels confident that he will not be arrested or his house demolished arbitrarily. While the widespread demolitions being carried out at Nuh, primarily aimed...
India Alliance Is Miserably Failing In Combating BJP In Uttar Pradesh Before 2024 Polls
By Arun Srivastava With the Lok Sabha elections 2024 knocking at the door, Hindu fundamentalists are not willing to tolerate even an insignificant criticism from a person notwithstanding his being a fanatic of Narendra Modi. This has happened precisely to film actor Akshay Kumar. Rashtriya Hindu Parishad Bharat of...
NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar Must Clear All ‘Secrecy’ And Take Up MVA Leadership
By Sushil Kutty Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar is giving nightmares to Maha Vikas Aghadi constituents Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Shiv Sena and the Congress. Both parties are nervous that Sharad Pawar might be led away to the BJP side by Pawar’s nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister...
India Is Closely Monitoring The Results Of Bhutan-China Border Talks
By Girish Linganna The key to this decades-long border strife between India and China is the strategic plateau of Doklam, located close to where the borders of the three countries—India, Bhutan and China—meet. If Beijing can seize control of the disputed Doklam plateau, it would allow China to mobilize...
Urdu Poet Of Delhi Iffat Zarrin Has Encyclopaedic Grip Over Literature
By Harihar Swarup She is “tanha”. Alone “I try to look for solitude in my tanhai ((loneliness),” murmurs Iffat Zarrin. As patriarchal old Delhi’s only published women poet, her accomplishments were earned hard way. For, “you can be a shayar (poet) only if you are bebaak (out spoken), khwabida...
Survey Reveals Arab Youth Seek Certainty In Religion And Tradition
By James M Dorsey A just-published survey suggests Arab youth are returning to traditional values. The survey contrasts starkly with another, only partially released poll, in which a growing number favour religious reform. The conservative trend in the just released 15th Arab Youth Survey 2023 conducted by Dubai-based public...
Fierce Debate Is On Among The Feuding Tribes On Future Status Of Manipur
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Recent Naga tribal reminders to the Indian Government and Northeastern states suggesting no final solution to Manipur’s problems would be possible without addressing the impending demand for ‘greater Nagalim’ first , have evoked no marked public reaction. Most NE-based observers said that since the Nagas...
Decoding The Last Seventy Six Years Of Independent India As A Refugee Child
By Indira Jaising In 2018, I wrote the following piece for The Leaflet’s Independence Day special issue. I too am one of Midnight’s Children. Having been born before Independence, memories of Partition are alive in my mind, and so are the stories we had heard from our parents who...
RBI May Have Underassessed Inflationary Trend To Retain Bank Rate
By Nantoo Banerjee The RBI’s monetary policy meeting, last week, just days before the expected release of the monthly consumer price index data by the government came as a surprise. Food prices in India have been constantly peaking. Lately, India’s high food inflation has been featured in the global...
Rahul Gandhi Is Emerging Stronger As Potential Leader Of The Opposition
By Kalyani Shankar Can the Manipur crisis impact the newly formed opposition coalition I.N.D.I.A. to its advantage? Can Congress leader Rahul Gandhi utilize it as another Opposition leader Mamata Banerjee did in Singur and Nandigram Moment in West Bengal to win in 2011 assembly elections? These significant moments are...
Birth Of Congress-AAP Alliance May Imperil BJP’s Prospects In 2024
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The idea of Congress-AAP alliance has travelled one step forward. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal’s expression of intent before the Congress leadership Sonia Gandhi to have an alliance with the Congress is a significant development, since the birth of Congress-AAP alliance could imperil...
The Curious Case Of Cage Fight Of World’s Two Top Billionaires
By Sushil Kutty Meta-Man versus X-Man. The Mark Zuckerberg-Elon Musk fight everybody was waiting for is off. The two gladiator billionaires with too much on their plates but not enough patience to make it a battlefront fight. Of both, Musk is the braggart and Mark self-effacing. The Meta billionaire...
Modi’s M.P. Visits Part Of BJP Plan To Secure Tribal, Dalit Votes
By L. S. Herdenia BHOPAL: BJP in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular are paying maximum attention to Dalits and Tribals of Madhya Pradesh, who constitute more than one third Vidhan Sabha seats. This is clear by the fact that the Prime Minister has paid two visits...
North East: Political Parties Divided On Proposed Palm Oil Cultivation
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: In Northeast India, the debate over officially proposed palm oil cultivation on a major scale has warmed up, with some opposition parties in Assam protesting the state’s decision to go ahead with the scheme. Already in Manipur, tribal organisations as well as the strong pro-environment...
U.S. Curbs On High Tech Transfer To China May Boomerang On Pentagon Itself
By Tirthankar Mitra Much water has flown down Hwang Ho river since the July day of 1971 when US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visited China and met People’s Republic of China’s first Premier Zhou Enlai to broker an understanding between two ideologically incompatible nations which would irrevocably change...
