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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.‘Mock Poll’ Fever Has Gone Viral In Villages Of Maharashtra After Nov 23
By Arun Srivastava Villagers of Markadwadi, a small village in Solapur of Maharashtra holding a mock poll for “re-electing” their representative using ballot papers on December 3, apparently might be construed as expression of distrust over the functioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs) but in reality this exercise exposed...
What About Taking A Cue From Beijing To Tackle Severe Delhi Pollution?
By Tirthankar Mitra Pollution from stubble burning from neighbouring areas visits Delhi every year. Health hazards apart, schools have to be closed, government organisations and private firms find little alternative but to ask their employees to work from home. These are certainly no permanent solutions to the man-made pollution....
South Korea’s Failed Coup Is A Chance To Renew Democracy In The Country
By Kap Seol SEOUL: They said it wouldn’t happen again in South Korea — not after more than four decades during which hundreds of thousands of people were beaten, tortured, jailed, and killed while defending democracy against one strongman after another. Another military coup seemed to be out of...
Why Prime Minister Narendra Modi Is Having Comfort Level With His Diplomacy Now?
By Nitya Chakraborty As the year 2024 is ending and India is on the threshold of beginning a New Year 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his senior officials in both PMO and the external affairs ministry are relaxed and looking for positive developments in the coming year for...
CJI Recusal Amounts To Running Away From Crucial Judicial Leadership Role
By K Raveendran Impartiality in decision-making is regarded as the cornerstone of a fair and just legal system. Judges are expected to set aside personal beliefs, biases, and prejudices in order to apply the law objectively, ensuring that their decisions are based solely on the facts presented before them....
Macron Pulls A Diplomatic Coup By Inviting President Elect Donald Trump To Paris
By Anjan Roy It was symbolic of France. Victor Hugo’s story of Hunchback of Notre Dame, in which the hunchback swings on the great bells of the eponymous cathedral to send its sounds through the City of Lights, Paris. Now, five years after it was mostly destroyed by a...
New Wave Of Farmers’ Protests To Have Grave Implications
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The new wave of farmers’ protests in India have now prompted the Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar to rebuke the Centre led by PM Narendra Modi cautioning him against taking it lightly, saying that a nation that tested the patience of farmers paid a heavy...
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Call For More Hindu Children Lacks Clarity
By Arun Srivastava RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s call for begetting more child has abominably exposed his lack of moral conviction and monotheist demeanour. Any narrative ought to have a strong and tenable logical base. Else, it would be treated not more than a trash. Like all his previous sermons,...
Devendra Fadnavis Is Once More The Maharashtra Chief Minister
By Sushil Kutty The turnstiles opened for Devendra Fadnavis this time and Eknath Shinde couldn’t get through to the top post. The BJP’s central observers placed their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “param mitra Devendra”, who will be a third-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Union Finance Minister...
Why Is The Narendra Modi Government Keeping Mum On Imposition Of Super Tax On Rich?
By Nitya Chakraborty Less than two months are left for the presentation of the second budget of the third term Narendra Modi government in Parliament in February next year relating to the financial year 2025-26. The budget exercises are on in the finance ministry and the focus is on...
Supreme Court Must Come To Rescue People From The Communal Fire
By Dr. Gyan Pathak There is more to the communal fire into which people of India are being systematically pushed, both through illegal and legal stratagem. There are instances of even misusing the apex legal platform of the country the Supreme Court of India. Hearings by various courts in...
The Pandora’s Box And When Will The Surveys Of Mosques Stop
By Sushil Kutty Sambhal and then the Khwaja Ajmer Dargah. The latest is a mosque in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, where the lower judiciary is again playing Cupid with the villain Hindu, ordering a survey of the Shamsi Shahi Masjid, not willing to concede that surveys of mosques and Muslim...
Retired CJI Chandrachud Has Gone Half Way In Protecting The Human Rights
By Arun Srivastava Intriguing indeed former chief justice of India, Dhananjay Yeshwant Chandrachud is scared of how history would ‘judge’ his tenure. Speaking at the convocation of the JSW Law School in Bhutan, he expressed his fear; “As my tenure is coming to an end, my mind has been...
CPI(M) Hardens Stand Against Kerala Governor Arif Md. Khan
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Communist Party of India(Marxist) has hardened its stand against Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who in his capacity as the Chancellor of Universities , is trying hard to saffronise higher education, undermine the functioning of State-funded universities and render the State Assembly ineffectual by...
Ukraine President Zelensky Is Finally Recognising That He Can Not Win Against Russia
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is approaching the most dangerous moments in his political career. He has suggested that the war with Russia might end with a diplomatic settlement that included membership of NATO. Implicit in this is a recognition that his previous position — that...
Rising Counterfeit Indian Currency Threatens To Unsettle Economy
By Nantoo Banerjee It is a matter of grave concern that counterfeit Rs 500 notes from the Mahatma Gandhi (new) series have nearly quadrupled between 2018-19 and 2023-24. And, the detection of counterfeit Rs 2,000 notes has tripled since 2020-21. The Rs 2,000 notes continue to remain legal tender...
INDIA Bloc Partners Have To Do Lot Of Rebuilding After Maharashtra Defeat
By Kalyani Shankar The aftermath of the recent election results in Maharashtra and Jharkhand has led to cracks within the Opposition coalition known as the INDIA alliance. Following these disappointing results, some partners in the INDIA bloc, such as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Trinamool Congress, are...
AAP’s Going Solo Decision In Delhi Assembly Polls Makes Sense
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s ruling out any possibility of alliance with Congress and INDIA bloc partners, BJP rank and file’s morale has got little boost , though the party is still struggling to find out a matching strategy to dislodge AAP...
