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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.Israel’s ‘Mother Of All Battles’ Changes Regional Balance Of Power For Ever
By Matein Khalid There is no geopolitical risk premium in Brent crude even though history just went fast forward and literally ballistic in the Middle East as the IDF bombed Hamas into the Stone Age, decapitated Hezbollah’s command/communications networks, killed Nasrallah, forced Iran’s most valuable proxy militia to sue...
Donald Trump-Elon Musk Duo Emerging As Leaders Of Global Far Right In 2025
By Nitya Chakraborty Year 2025 is going to witness a new era of global advance of far right led by the incoming U.S. President Donald Trump and his acolyte, the richest man of the world Elon Musk. It will be a unique combination fusing the brand of Trump with...
Farmers’ Agitation May Turn Unprecedentedly Aggressive In 2025
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The second leg of farmers’ movement that had begun in the beginning of 2024, with a call for a March on Delhi Punjab on February 13, is set to spillover into 2025, since the PM Narendra Modi led Centre was not even ready to talk...
Will Ajay Bhalla In Raj Bhavan Augur Well For Manipur In 2025?
By Rabindra Nath Sinha After a pause, the last week of 2024 witnessed a spate of incidents of localised violence in a number of locations in Manipur. This was apart from the serious charges and counter-charges that the two warring sides levelled against each other. Civil society outfits and...
Wayanad Landslides: Centre Scoffs At Kerala’s Special Assistance Plea
By P. Sreekumaran The Union Government continues to rub salt into Kerala’s wounds by ignoring the State’s request for a special assistance package for the rehabilitation of survivors of the Wayanad landslide. The Union Government plumbed a new low when the Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) said it considered the...
No End To Dallewal’s Hunger Strike, No Move To Implement MSP
By Arun Srivastava Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s clarion call to the youth of Punjab to “rush to the Khanauri border in large numbers and save the ongoing satyagraha against the Centre’s highhandedness” has exposed the farcicality of the BJP leadership. The 70-year-old Dallewal has been on hunger strike...
Adieu To 2024, A Year Of Right-Wing Hate Targeting Muslims, Christians
By Asad Mirza An impartial review of the year 2024 makes it clear that hate has become an essential component of the ruling party’s campaign to vilify and malign the religious minorities in India. Further, it also made it obvious that this party is not apologetic about constructing a...
Section 6A Judgment: An Inclusive Interpretation Of Fraternity
By Ibad Mushtaq The Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench judgment pronounced on October 17, 2024 in the challenge to Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, saw a fierce battle of ideas with the proponents and opponents of the provision both relying on varying, and often opposing, interpretations to the...
Late Jimmy Carter Was Right About Israel’s Apartheid
By Seraj Assi Former US president Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a true friend of Palestine. Despite a decidedly checkered presidency on issues ranging from human rights abroad to austerity at home, he will be remembered as one of the...
USA Redefining Capitalism By Blocking Nippon Steel Takeover Of US Steel
By Nantoo Banerjee Unbelievable but true. The government of the United States of America, supposedly the vanguard of modern capitalism, is fighting with its back to the wall to prevent a private corporate takeover of a publicly-listed US firm by a widely-held Japanese company. Both the outgoing US President...
Listless Winter Session Cost Taxpayers Rs. 97,87,50,000 In Hard-Earned Money
By Kalyani Shankar Parliament’s productivity in the just-concluded Winter Session was a record low – only 52 percent of scheduled work completed. Various factors, including disruptions and lack of quorum, contributed to the reduced output. The confrontation between the treasury benches and a belligerent Opposition continued throughout. The current...
India To Witness Bitter Political Fights For The Constitution In 2025
By Dr. Gyan Pathak ‘Save the Constitution of India’ protests launched by the opposition parties cost PM Narendra Modi and his BJP majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. The protests turned ugly by the close of the year with physical confrontation in the Parliament – which caused injuries...
Infiltration Attempts From Bangladesh Rising In East, Northeast States
By Ashis Biswas Attempts made by groups of people to sneak into India illegally from Bangladesh into Tripura and West Bengal have increased in recent weeks. The Border Security Force (BSF) and various state police have stepped up vigil to prevent the infiltration to the extent possible, more so...
Modi Calls For ‘Mahakumbh Of Unity’ In Muslim-Less Maha Kumbh
By Sushil Kutty Where is the Modi government’s sworn affidavit to the Supreme Court on its stand on the Places of Worship Act, 1991? The government is mute and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is calling for unity in a country that is riddled with disaffection and disunity. How can...
Disgraceful Send-Off: Dr. Manmohan Singh Disrespected By Modi-Shah
By Arun Srivastava Disgraceful indeed! Even in death, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was not spared. Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not hesitate in playing politics and avenging Singh’s remark “it will be disastrous for the country to have Narendra Modi as Prime Minister” by denying Dr. Singh’s...
Political Row Over Suicide Of DCC Treasurer And His Son In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There seems to be no end to the problems plaguing the Congress in Kerala. The latest jolt to the party, already rocked by internecine factionalism, has come in the form of a flaming row over the suspected suicide of Wayanad District Congress Committee treasurer, N...
Bonhomie Ends: Talibani Frankenstein Pakistan Created Is At Its Throat
By Asad Mirza “You reap what you sow” has been proven right in the context of recent escalation of violence between Afghanistan and Pakistan. For decades, Pakistan nurtured the Taliban for strategic reasons. So, what are the reasons behind this increased tension between two neighbours, threatening tenuous peace in...
2024, The Year When The Rivers In Goa Found Peace
By Norma Alvares The most significant judgment that I obtained this year was from the High Court of Bombay at Goa on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to halt the continuance of illegal sand mining from Goa’s rivers. Goa has a large number...
