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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’s Tiranga Yatra Fails To Generate Nationalist Passion Among Hindus In Uttar Pradesh
By Arun Srivastava Ideological fatigue and misperception of the issues that guide and help frame the strategies has been primarily responsible for BJP losing the initiative in Uttar Pradesh which was supposed to be the laboratory for its Hindutva alchemy. BJP’s modern ideologue had made Narendra Modi convinced that...
Shashi Tharoor Kicks Up Another Controversy
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Courting controversies seems to have become second nature to senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha member from Kerala Shashi Tharoor. The latest controversy the four-time Thiruvananthapuram MP has kicked up is over his naming as one of the heads of Government delegations which will visit...
Manipur Kuki-Zos To Take Part Only In ‘Regular Political Dialogue’
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: It may well be called the ‘Guwahati Resolution on Manipur not made public’. It all happened in Guwahati on last Friday, May 16 when several Kuki MLAs, senior functionaries of Kuki-Zo outfits and civil society organizations (CSOs) – in all over a dozen persons...
Mayawati Brings Her Nephew Akash Anand Again As BSP’s Number Two
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: BSP national President and former chief minister Mayawati once again brought back her nephew Akash Anand as national chief coordinator of the party. Much significance is being attached to high level meeting of party on May 18 when Mayawati created a new post of chief...
Pakistan’s Nuclear Threat To India Is Real
By Nantoo Banerjee It may be good that the latest armed conflict between India and Pakistan ended quickly before it could blow up into a full-scale war leading to massive destruction of life and property and economic disaster in both the countries – maybe more so in Pakistan than...
Three National Elections In Europe Send Mixed Political Signals
By Satyaki Chakraborty The results of the national elections held on Sunday May 18 in three countries of Europe-Portugal, Romania and Poland have given mixed signals about the political trends in the continent with Right forces consolidating in Portugal while the anti- Right combinations prevailed with narrow margins in...
Pope Leo XIV Is Expected To Bring Out Major Reforms In Vatican Favouring Marginalised
By Kalyani Shankar The world’s attention has been on the Vatican City in Rome for the past few days. The Catholics have made history with the election of Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old American cardinal of Spanish descent. He has taken over as the 267th occupant of the throne...
Composition Of All-Party Delegations Under Operation Sindoor Unsatisfactory
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India’s resolve against terrorism is not at all questionable, as the people of India, including the political parties, have already demonstrated it in the aftermath of Pahalgam terror attack since April 22, and after the launch of Operation Sindoor on May 7. Now, the ruling...
The Great Turn Around Of AIMIM Supremo Asaduddin Owaisi After Pahalgam Massacre
By Sushil Kutty Who doesn’t dislike AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi? You can count them on the fingers. Of a thousand and one hands! Asaduddin is not easy to like. Bangladeshi writer Tasleema Nasreen wouldn’t duck if she spots Asaduddin Owaisi across the road. She will run! There are folks...
Centre And The BJP Led State Administrations Are Yet To Take Steps Against Hate Campaign
By Ram Puniyani The killings of 26 tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam were one of the worst tragedies in recent times. Baisaran is a lovely spot reachable only on horses or by walking in the uneven terrain. The killings left the whole nation in deep grief. While the terrorists...
Arrest Of Ashoka University Professor On Filmsy Ground Shows Centre’s Intolerance
By Arun Srivastava Arrest of Ali Khan Mahmudabad, associate professor and head of the department of political science at Ashoka University in Haryana and sparing the BJP minister, not even registering FIR notwithstanding a clear order from the Madhya Pradesh High Court has certainly not come as a surprise....
President Trump Sidelined Israel During His Four Day West Asia Visit Last Week
By Asad Mirza The President of the United States, Donald Trump, arrived in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on the first leg of his West Asian tour, last week. He also visited Qatar and the UAE during the tour, ignoring Israel. During the visit he also met with...
PM Starmer Should Make His Own Programme, Not Dance To Reform UK’s Agenda
By Diane Abbott LONDON: After a set of elections in which the Labour leadership’s campaign was almost all about immigration and asylum, it has decided to “go further and faster” in the same direction. We know that the outcomes of the May 1 elections were disastrous for Labour, and...
Deal Maker Trump Puts Up A Magnificent Show Of His Craft In Arabian Gulf
By K Raveendran Donald Trump’s Gulf tour has marked a defining chapter in his post-presidential brand of deal diplomacy, delivering a staggering $2 trillion in agreements that stretch across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. This campaign stands in sharp contrast to the flagging results of his...
Big Setback For President Trump As Moody’s Downgrades U.S. Economy
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: It’s the turn of the United States government to face a sovereign rating being downgraded by the Moody’s from its top AAA rating – Moody’s keeps downgrading the ratings of many developing countries including India. Moody’s Ratings cut the United States’ sovereign credit...
INDIA Bloc Constituents Have To Be Pro-Active To Meet BJP Challenge Amidst India-Pak Tensions
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has said that neither INDIA bloc, nor Congress has any future. Such a wishful statement of BJP has come out after senior Congress leader P Chidambaram’s opinion that he did not see INDIA bloc is intact, and was uncertain whether it would remain intact....
Arresting Gujarat Samachar Owner For Non Official View In His Daily, Is Ominous
By Sushil Kutty If you can’t shut ‘em up, then shut them up! That’s the current day maxim in Modi-India. ‘Shut ‘em up’ is stifling the voice, spoken and written. ‘Shut them up’ is locking up the offending party behind bars, turning him from free bird to jailbird! The...
Rahul Gandhi Has Got Tremendous Response From Dalits In His Bihar Visit
By Arun Srivastava Amit Shah’s direction to Nitish Kumar not to allow Rahul Gandhi to interact with the Dalit and OBC students at SC hostel in Darbhanga during the Congress leader’s visit to Bihar on Thursday, has proved to be counterproductive. Not only the dalit and OBC students, even...
