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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.Digvijaya Rally A Reminder To Congress Leadership
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Reports in local newspapers indicate that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is getting massive response during his “Jan Ashrivad Yatra”. In one such picture hundreds of people are listening to Chouhan’s speech despite heavy rains. While the chief minister is getting huge response, his government...
Latin American Left Parties Demand Immediate Release Of Lula
By W.T. Whitney Jr. The conference of Sao Paulo Forum held in Havana from July 15 to17 has called for the immediate release of the hailed former Brazilian president Lula da Silva and resolved to begin a campaign against the political persecution of democratic movement and people’s leaders in...
Oxytocin Ban Would Put Many Patients In Serious Difficulty
By Dr. Arun Mitra The ban on Oxytocin has generated serious debate among the medical professionals because it is an extremely useful drug to control bleeding after child birth. It is also used to induce labour in pregnant women. The drug stimulates contractions of uterus and can be used...
With Imran Khan At Helm, Pak Army Grip Gets Stronger
By Harihar Swarup Whose victory it is in Pakistan’s election—Imran Khan’s or that of the army’s? It is evidently army’s victory. A former cricketer great, Imran has been bowling on a doctored pitch and had the help of the third umpire— Pakistan’s army-ISI combine. According to an Islamabad High...
Imran’s Medina And Yogi’s Ayodhya
By Sushil Kutty Imran Khan feels slighted that the Indian media made him sound and look like a Bollywood villain. He should be glad he was not bracketed with the Bollywood hero. Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor… ‘Hero’ Amitabh Bachchan didn’t click with the audience. His copyright anti-hero...
A Major Victory For Environmentalists In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is a significant victory for Vayalkkilikal, a collective of residents of Keezhattur village in Kannur district, who had opposed the proposed National Highway bypass through their paddy fields and wetlands. The reprieve came when a study made by a research officer of the Union...
Islamabad Enters Imran Era As Clouds Gather
By Sankar Ray Stupefying poll-pundits, the 65-year-old cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (meaning Pakistan Movement for Justice) has ‘out-Bruce-d Robert Brucc by racing up to the coveted seat of Pakistan premier after a 22-year battle. The first cricketer to be elected as Prime Minister in the history...
One Hundred Years Of Classical Diplomacy
By Anjan Roy The outcome of the meeting of European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker and US President Donald Trump clearly showed that when it comes to diplomacy and maneuvering, old world Europe still has the trump card over the new world United States. Trump had announced in rage...
Will Imran Khan Government Improve Ties With India
Will Pakistan improve ties with India after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan is crowned as the next prime minister of the country. It is believed the new government would like to resolve all disputes between the two nations including the issues related to Kashmir. Earlier today the former...
Alliance Blues Hit Congress, SP-BSP
By Rahil Nora Chopra. The SP-BSP alliance wants to give only 8 seats to Congress in UP in return of which it expects the party to accommodate alliance candidates in a few seats in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan Assembly election and at least 2 parliamentary seats to each...
Tough Bargaining Over Madhya Pradesh Seat Sharing Likely
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: Though there are bright chances of electoral understanding between Congress and BSP for the Assembly election, there is going to be much haggling over seat allocation. Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath has announced that the Congress will set up candidates in 200 Vidhan Sabha...
Akhilesh And Mayawati Moving Ahead With Alliance
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BSP national president Mayawati and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav are moving ahead cautiously towards an alliance to defeat BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. In separate meetings with party workers, press statements and media interactions, both leaders have criticised the BJP governments at...
Captain Potty-Trained By Generals Opens Innings
By Aditya Aamir ‘I got the money honey, if you got the time.’ That could have been Imran Khan’s pick-up line, before he got old enough to become a serious politician, except that the playboy cricketer did not have to throw money at a willing willowy for the honeypot....
Pakistan’s General Elections Widely Rigged: Sources
It is doubtful to the highest level whether the general elections in Pakistan was fair, if take a look to what the Trump administration is saying. It has not yet confirmed the polls were free and fair. More to this, the State Department didn’t deploy election observers in India’s...
Waiting for Modi’s secret diary ‘written by himself’
By Sushil Kutty Tom Horn was a tracker of renegade Red Indians and cattle rustlers. He had powerful fists and was a marksman of note. Horn wrote his story and the publishers put on the cover the words ‘Written by Himself’. It was quaint. Now, there are lots of...
Five More Years India Will Be Truly Cowed
By Aditya Aamir Vigilantism remains the focus. Talking of the cow vigilante, RSS honcho Indresh Kumar speaks like he owns not only the cow but also the human being, those with Indian citizenship – lock, stock and stomach. He consigns the bovine to the idiot category. That the cow...
Indian Railways A Prisoner Of The Past
By G. Srinivasan Being the world’s largest rail network with 67,368 km of route length spread across the continental-sized country of ours, the Indian Railways (IRs) today is on the threshold of a challenging phase ahead, as it has taken multiple tasks on hand with no matching resources to...
Same Old Political Rhetoric till 2019?
By Amulya Ganguli Indian elections are generally boisterous affairs with the atmosphere of a carnival. However, the chances are that the zing will be absent during the forthcoming state assembly elections and the general election next year. The excitement will be only when the results are announced even if...
