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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.The Big Lie Behind United States And NATO Policy In Europe
By David Cavendish In a speech in 1881, Wendell Phillips, the famous abolitionist and Native American rights activist, said that history is but “a series of lies agreed upon.” The expression originated in 18th century France, with both Voltaire and Napoleon Bonaparte, along with the American transcendentalist writer Ralph...
Large Govt Expenditure Transfer To Working People Is Needed For Economic Revival
By Prabhat Patnaik The Indian economy is currently caught in a vicious spiral of inflation, stagnation, and a widening of the fiscal deficit. And this spiral is set to become even more vicious because inter alia of developments in the world economy. Even before the current omicron wave, the...
Mayawati’s Jatav Base Is Switching Over To Akhilesh In Uttar Pradesh Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra The biggest question trending out of the circumstances is, which path will the Dalits go? Will they turn to BSP or vote for the SP alliance or vote for Congress or BJP? Dalit votes also get bi-furcated on the basis of sub-caste. For example Jatav,...
BJP Finding Tough In Western UP Against RLD-Samajwadi Party Combine
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Finding it on a slippery wicket this time in Western Uttar Pradesh facing tough challenge from RLD-Samajwadi Party combine, BJP has mobilised all resources. Retaining hold in 100 assembly seats of Western UP is the biggest challenge for BJP and the sangh parivar that is...
Rahul Gandhi’s Dilemma Over CM Choice In Punjab Mounts As Poll Approaches
By Sushil Kutty Congress leader Rahul Gandhi faces a dilemma and he is not used to dilemmas. The Nehru-Gandhis always and always took decisions and there was no brooking them. Decisions concerning the Congress and those which had to do with Congress governments. So, it’s a departure of sorts...
Sustainability Of Middle East Rush To Bury Hatchets
By James M Dorsey How sustainable is Middle Eastern détente? That is the million dollar question. The answer is probably not. It’s not for lack of trying. Gulf states and Egypt have ended their debilitating 3.5-year-long economic and diplomatic boycott of Qatar. The UAE has moved at lightning speed...
Amit Shah’s Kairana Meetings Replay BJP’s Communal Agenda In UP
By Arun Srivastava Amit Shah has returned to the forefront of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls campaign with a visit to Karana. He descended in Kairana with the mission to prepare the ground for the BJP to win the 2017 assembly election and also to trounce the 2019 lok Sabha...
BSF Steps Up Strict Vigil Along Bangladesh Border Areas
By Ashis Biswas As the new year gets under way, the law and order situation along the difficult Indo-Bangla border (4096 kilometres long) still remains somewhat unsettled, despite the best preventive initiatives taken by the Border Security Force (BSF). A cursory analysis of current criminal trends from the East...
Why We Must Remember Holocaust Day On January 27 Every Year
By Prof. Mary Davis “The magnitude of the Holocaust, planned and carried out by the Nazis, must be forever seared in our collective memory. The selfless sacrifices of those who defied the Nazis, and sometimes gave their own lives to protect or rescue the Holocaust’s victims, must also be...
Cuba Distributing 200 Million Doses To Poor Countries To Fight Pandemic
By Steve Sweeney Cuban plans to distribute 200 million doses of its homegrown COVID vaccine to lower-income countries were said to have reached a “historic turning point” on Tuesday. David Adler, who headed a Progressive International delegation to the socialist island, said the “lifesaving package” was an example of...
Privatisation Of Financial Sector Jewel LIC By Modi Govt Must Be Stopped
By Prakash Karat The worst aspects of the Modi government’s privatisation drive are now coming to the fore. The initial public offering (IPO) prospectus for disinvesting shares in the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), the crown jewel of the financial sector, is expected to be issued in early February. The...
Fight For Rights And Secular Values Is The Call Of The Republic Day
By Binoy Viswam On the 75th year of independence, India has just celebrated the 72nd anniversary of her becoming a Republic. ‘We, the people of India’ will naturally look back to the sagas of struggle waged by our predecessors for the liberation of this great country. The foundation of...
Uttar Pradesh Electoral Battle Becomes Tougher For BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The electoral battle for Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2022 is increasingly becoming tough for BJP. Anti-BJP sentiment has been gaining ground across the state and all indications point their vote banks drifting away, making the BJP leadership desperate, which is reflected in their moves...
‘Abide With Me’ Is Not The Choice Of Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty Only on Wednesday we celebrated the 73rd Republic Day and now we find we cannot just up and ‘Abide with Me’. Not when we are all set to open another violent faucet of electoral violence to mark what is quaintly termed as ‘healthy democracy’. For those...
Lok Ayukta Act Amendment Creates A Political Storm In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A bruising political showdown is imminent with the Opposition parties deciding to launch an agitation in protest against the Government’s ‘controversial’ ordinance seeking to reduce the Lok Ayukta to an advisory role. That the Opposition is in a mood to up the ante on the...
Horsemen Parade On Republic Day Has A Chequered History Since 1773
By Devasis Chattopadhyay During every Republic Day celebration on New Delhi’s Rajpath, a group of finest horsemen attired in exquisite red coats, elegant golden sashes, and magnificent turbans accompany the President of India to the stage and give the order for the national anthem to begin. They are called...
United States And NATO Confusing Nations About Ukraine Crisis
By John Wojcik While major media in the U.S., both conservative and liberal, have everyone on edge waiting for a Russian “invasion” of Ukraine, they ignore the reality that the U.S. has already “invaded” not just Ukraine but numerous other countries in the region. The Biden White House revealed...
India Facing Its Biggest Challenges To Its Constitutional Values On Republic Day
By M.Y. Siddiqui India on the 73rd Republic Day presents a very grim picture with its secular constitutional pluralistic democracy not working. Country has changed politically, socially and economically. Current regime in the Centre has actively participated and aided communal and divisive forces in vitiating the harmony among religious...
