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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.BJP Scouts For Allies In Politically Fluid Tamil Nadu
By S. Sethuraman BJP’s master strategist Mr Amit Shah has seemingly laid the groundwork for an effective entry for his party in Tamil Nadu into the impending electoral games, during his visit to Chennai on July 10. The immediate goal for the BJP President is to make up...
Kamalnath Puts MP Congress On Election Mode
By L.S. Herdenia BHOPAL: MP Congress president Kamal Nath has a certain mastery over the art of fighting elections. Barring once, he never tasted defeat in the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency, which he holds since 1980. Nath is now using his expertise to gear up the state Congress...
And They Say He Is A Wordsmith
By Aditya Aamir The Malayali is a global citizen. Some call the Malayali the ‘Sardar’ of the South. Like the Sikh, Malayalis are found in all corners of the Earth. The Gujarati, too. But the Malayali temperament kind of matches that of the Sikh. This is a viewpoint....
China Opens To World As Trump Erects Protectionist Walls
By John Bachtell The Trump administration’s declaration of a trade war with China has implications for that country’s latest round of ambitious economic reforms as well as for global economic development generally. China refuses to be bullied by Trump’s imposition of $34 billion in tariffs and the threat...
A Traumatic Interregnum In Pakistan
By Sankar Ray The cowardly assassination of two functionaries of the Awami National Party in Peshawar in a suicide attack just a fortnight before the national elections, including Haroon Bilour, one of the top leaders of ANP, spreads a darkening canopy over Pakistan’s polity. The three embraced martyrdom...
Unraveling Of The Chinese Model Under Way
By Anjan Roy The day of reckoning is here and the economic miracle that China has been for over three decades is all set to unravel. United States has joined battle with China, and it now appears, with no holds barred. Notwithstanding being the second largest economy in...
Mayawati To Join Hands With Ajit Jogi Party
By Rahil Nora Chopra BSP leader Mayawati is in touch with Ajit Jogi and is probably fighting the Chattisgarh assembly election with Jogi’s party. Jogi had left Congress two years ago and formed a regional outfit called Chhattisgarh Janata Congress. Recently he met Mayawati in Delhi and discussed details...
Tharoor Gives BJP ‘Hindu India’
By Sushil Kutty The “dominant religion” in the Congress is not ‘Hinduism’. Cannot be Islam either. That leaves Christianity. And there are no symbols of that Abrahamic religion in the Congress. If at all the Congress is ‘cross’, it’s with those who beat their 56” Hindutva chest...
Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Is A Hard Core Conservative
By Mark Gruenberg Blasting his consistent record against workers’ rights to unionize and women’s rights to reproductive choice, progressive groups swung into action against President Donald Trump’s nomination of federal appellate judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court literally minutes after Trump’s nod on July 9. ...
Global Situation Not Conducive For India’s Double-Digit Growth
By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Mod’s aim to achieve a double-digit growth is far-fetched, given the current state of Indian as well as global economy. The U.S-China war has made global situation worse, making high Indian economic growth virtually impossible. China is perhaps the only...
Theresa may a “rule taker, not a rule maker”
By Arun Srivastava Boris Johnson’s resignation as the foreign secretary simply points to the fact that Britain will have its general election soon, in all probability well before the final implementation of Brexit, and this would be a sort of fresh referendum on the future of the Brexit...
Opening The Door To Gay Room
By Sushil Kutty The thief who has no opportunity to steal considers himself an honest man! The LGBT who no longer has to reckon with Section 377 will consider it legitimate to make eyes at strangers on the road, in the metro, at malls, parks, temples and places...
Modi-Led BJP’s Aid And Abetment For Gau Rakshaks
By Amulya Ganguli Although Jayant Sinha has been upbraided by his father, Yashwant Sinha, for garlanding a lynch brigade, the Union minister deserves a mild round of applause for revealing the BJP’s real face. But for his candour, the country would have continued to suffer from the...
Hema Malini’s Cheeks And Dawood’s Cheek
By Aditya Aamir Naming a place Nala Sopara and, then, asking, “Why has Nala Sopara turned into an overflowing gutter?” defeats the purpose of the moniker. “It’s raining cats and dogs in Chembur,” says the reporter, holding on to an umbrella to keep his head dry as swift-flowing...
Sri Lanka Lets India Operate Mattala Airport
By Barun Das Gupta Last week, Sri Lanka finally agreed to let India operate the Mattala airport situated about 40 kms north-east of the Hambantota seaport that China has built in the southern tip of the island nation. China has acquired 60 per cent stake in the...
Will Monsoon Session be Another Washout?
By Kalyani Shankar The last Monsoon session of the current Parliament is scheduled to begin from July 18 and last till August 10. Already there are speculations that this too will be a wash out session as in the past as the Parliament has not been functioning, as...
Mountains And The Molehills
Sushil Kutty Bill Clinton writes in his new book ‘The Missing President’: “When you find a mountain to expose in one person or party, you have to pick a molehill on the other side and make it into a mountain to avoid being accused of bias. The...
Amit Shah’s ‘Mission Kerala’ A Resounding Flop
By P. Sreekumaran BJP president Amit Shah’s much-hyped ‘mission Kerala’ has turned out to be a dismal flop. The crisis bedeviling the BJP in the state had been caused by the unilateral decision of the BJP national leadership to remove former state chief Kummanam Rajashekharan and shunt him...
