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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.Biden About To Give Permission To Ukraine To Strike Deep Into Russia
By John Wojcik The New York Times has just reported what national and international peace forces have known for a long time – the war in Ukraine is much more than a battle between the two countries directly involved. It is also part of a major effort by the...
Why Sitaram Yechury’s Demise Is A Big Loss To The INDIA Bloc In Its Fight Against The BJP
By Nitya Chakraborty The Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, who passed away on Thursday, September 12 after a fatal bout of respiratory illness at the age of 72, has left a deep void just not in the leadership of the CPI(M), but also in the...
New Spin In National Politics After Supreme Court Bail To Kejriwal
By Dr. Gyan Pathak While Haryana is undergoing an election process, and election in Delhi is round the corner early next year, Supreme Court’s granting bail to AAP Supremo Kejriwal in Delhi excise policy case, on September 13, is sure to give politics a new spin. AAP’s election campaigns...
Nitish Kumar Steadily Losing His Grip On The Bihar Political Situation
By Arun Srivastava Never before in his political life, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s credibility has dipped so low as is visible in recent months. By virtue of his being the chief minister, people approach him, bow before him, but the respect which he commanded till some months back,...
Prime Minister Should Have Avoided Going To CJI’s Place For Doing Puja
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud at the latter’s Delhi home and Prime Minister Modi performed aarti-puja on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi to then go his way. If Prime Minister Modi whispered something conspiratorial and compromising in CJI Chandrachud’s ear,...
Nitish Says No More Flip-Flops; Tejashwi Shrugs It Off
By Rahil Nora Chopra After Nitesh Kumar reiterated that the flip-flops of the past were a mistake and vowed to remain with the NDA forever, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav took a jibe at the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, alleging that he has been to him...
Meghalaya Locals Want The State Government To Be Strict Towards Migrants
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Khasi Students Union (KSU) president Lambokstar Marngar wants the Meghalaya government to ensure that migrant workers who come to the state for livelihood are all Indians. Asked whether he has doubts that at least some of them may not be Indians, Marngar told IPA...
Country Loses An Illustrious Son In Yechury’s Untimely Demise
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is a saying in Malayalam that death is a clown who lacks a sense of the stage. The adage has been proved yet again in the sad and untimely passing away of Communist Party of India(Marxist)(CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. An epoch has come...
Deep Financial Crisis Is Behind Maldives President Muizzu’s Soft Tone To India
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The recent resignation of two controversial ministers in Maldives, who had made derogatory remarks about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has cleared the path for Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu’s visit to India. These ministers, known for their anti-India stance, were seen as a potential obstacle...
US Agencies Plotting To Oust Leftist President Of Honduras Xiomara Castro
By W. T. Whitney Jr. WASHINGTON: After narrowly losing elections in 2013 and 2017, Xiomara Castro and her social democratic Freedom and Refoundation Party (Libre) won the next set of elections such that, as of January 2022, she was Honduras’s new president. The defeated National Party had presided over...
Narendra Modi Govt Has Abdicated Its Responsibility For Ruling Manipur
By P. Sudhir It is sixteen months since the ethnic conflict erupted in Manipur. Over 250 people have been killed and many more injured during the violence and 60,000 people remained displaced and living as refugees. The central government and the BJP state government have abjectly failed to address...
Old People Need Complete Health Coverage, Get Only Health Insurance
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government has a penchant for launching exaggeratingly “exciting and impressive” scheme, but many of them only skin deep, ignoring the real issues facing the people of India. The latest cabinet decision on September 11, 2024 relating to health coverage of...
Rahul Gandhi Has A Habit Of Courting Known Anti-National Elements Abroad
By Sushil Kutty Rahul Gandhi in the USA is proving to be a nightmare for the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government. Also to India that is Bharat. His statements made abroad do not make him a patriot. But patriotism is the last refuge for scoundrels. So, whoever is writing the...
So Far Harris Trumps Donald And That Is None Too Good For Narendra Modi
By Anjan Roy If debates between rival leaders decided outcomes, then Kamala Harris has won the US presidential race. The entire media, including the arch conservative ones, could not but admit that the debate on September 10 night could not have been better for Harris, and worst for Donald...
Appearance vs. Essence: A Marxist Look At The Harris-Trump Debate
By C.J. Atkins WASHINGTON: Watching the Harris-Trump debate, an old idiom came to my mind: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Karl Marx had another way of saying much the same thing: “All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided.”...
Imran Khan’s PTI Leading Massive Opposition Rallies In Pakistan Cities
By Tirthankar Mitra A recent gathering of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) in Islamabad has led to the accentuation of political turmoil in the country. Recent arrests in Punjab and Balochistan are further pointers that the government is struggling against its own challenges as well as those from the Opposition. Reports...
A Pragmatic Approach Towards Chinese Investments Must For India’s Manufacturing Goals
By K Raveendran India’s economic aspirations have long been anchored in the expansion of its manufacturing sector, a goal that has become increasingly critical as the country seeks to position itself as a global economic powerhouse. It is widely believed that the realisation of this goal would be impossible...
Confident Kamala Harris Takes On Donald Trump In Her First Presidential Debate
By Sushil Kutty Who won Tuesday’s Trump-Harris debate and the answer was in the media’s pocket. Democrat Kamala Harris had to just show up while Republican Donald Trump had to field pointed questions. Harris owned the media and Kamala wasn’t late at the ABC show. Kamala’s highlight of the...
