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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.The Price Of Pragmatism: What India Gains (And Loses) By Courting The Taliban
By Girish Linganna In a move that would have seemed unthinkable just a few years ago, Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in New Delhi on October 9 for an eight-day official visit that marks a watershed moment in India’s foreign policy. His meetings with External Affairs Minister...
Nomination Begins For Bihar Election But Seat-Sharing Troubles Continue
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Filing for nomination papers for the first phase of Bihar election has began on Friday , October 10 but both the NDA and INDIA bloc are still trying to overcome the troubles on account of seat-sharing among their alliance partners. All the political parties in...
Israel-Hamas Deal Has Lessons For The Global Anti-War Movement Supporters
By Dr Arun Mitra The agreement reached between Israel and Hamas has raised a ray of hope that the massacre of Palestinian children and women, being carried out by the Israeli army for nearly two years, might finally stop. However, reports continue to emerge that Israel has not ceased...
Parleys With Paswan, Manjhi, Nitish On As NDA Braces For Bihar Polls
By Rahil Nora Chopra The BJP and its allies in the NDA continue their hectic efforts to come to an effective seat-sharing arrangement ahead of Bihar assembly elections. But behind agreement and smiles, much effort was put in to persuade Chirag Paswan, with Union Minister Nityanand Rai visiting Paswan’s...
Pro-Fascist Forces Are Surging Ahead Globally Including India In Recent Years
By Prabhat Patnaik All over the world there is an upsurge of fascistic forces. This includes India too where the fascistic Hindutva elements have been not just on the rise, but in power for more than a decade now. Liberal and progressive thinking in the country has been concerned...
Record Price For Sri Lankan Teas In Global Market Enthuses Indian Producers
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Sri Lankan (black) tea recently secured the highest price in the world , as one kilogram of its FFE X SP variety was sold for a record price of 125,000 Yuros, (equivalent to 252,500 Sri Lankan rupees) , at a function in Japan . This...
BSP Supremo Mayawati Hints At Understanding With BJP At Her Mega Rally On Thursday
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With her soft approach towards BJP and attack on Samajwadi Party and Congress, BSP national President Mayawati sent her clear political message to party leaders workers while addressing the mega rally here on October 9. Mayawati selected the occasion of 19th death anniversary of BSP...
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal Is Welcome But The Follow Up Is Crucial For Enduring Peace
By Nitya Chakraborty The Israel-Hamas peace deal announced by the US President Donald Trump on Wednesday night in Washington is a welcome development, however limited it be at the moment as the agreement between the two warring parties is only for the first phase of Trump sponsored deal involving...
RSS Centenary Year Should Be An Occasion To Expose Its Dubious Past
By P. Sudhir In the middle of a huge public overdrive over the centenary of the formation of RSS, the country was shocked by a bizarre spectacle. A lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, registered with the Supreme Court Bar Association, was seen hurling a shoe at the Chief Justice of India,...
Fight Over Seat-Sharing Exposes Contradictions In NDA & INDIA Camps
By Arun Srivastava If the INDIA bloc in Bihar is facing serious incongruity on the issue of seat-sharing, with CPI(ML)-L, the BJP-led NDA is also fronting a serious challenge from the aggrieved state RSS leaders and ground-level cadres. Even the leaders of the smaller allies are aggrieved, but they...
Mosque Demolition At Sambhal In Uttar Pradesh Is A Continuation Of RSS Game Plan
By Krishna Jha The right reaction had started raising its head in our country around the time when Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh came alive a century back with Hindutva as its signature. Using Hinduism for achieving its political objective remained the core of the RSS. So was its double-speak. In...
Chinese Model Of Crash Development Disturbing The Climate In Himalayas In Tibet
By Anjan Roy The Chinese authorities are behaving in an extremely insensitive manner and destroying the Himalayan ecology while at the same time putting people at the risk of a frozen death. A Chinese government mouthpiece had proudly announced that last year more than half a million people from...
Union Government Has Let The State Down: Kerala High Court
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala High Court has administered a stinging rebuff to the Union Government for its callous attitude to the victims of the Wayanad landslide disaster. In an unusually strong-worded judgment, the court has condemned the Union Government’s reluctance to waive loans taken by the people...
India’s Steel Production Capacity May Go Up To 790 Million Tonnes By 2070
By Kunal Bose To the common man not aware of challenges of technology and issues of funding, the progress in production and procurement of low emission steel worldwide will appear to be excruciatingly slow. The global demand for low emission steel now at a measly 4 to 8 million...
Narendra Modi’s Eulogy To RSS For Sacrifice In India’s Freedom Movement, Is Not True
By Dr. Ram Puniyani On the occasion of 100th year of foundation of RSS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the ex-Pracharak of RSS, paid eulogies to the RSS. He said that RSS has sacrificed tremendously for the freedom of the country and in places like Chimur RSS organized a protest...
India’s Opposition To Trump Bid To Take Over Bagram Airbase Has Special Significance
By Nitya Chakraborty Just forty eight hours within the external affairs minister Dr. S Jaishankar’s candid statement that Trump has to respect red lines drawn by India at trade talks, Indian officials joining China, Russia, Taliban government of Afghanistan and even Pakistan denouncing President Trump’s bid to take over...
CJI’s Pardon For Insolent Lawyer Dilutes Gravity Of Offence To The Institution
By K Raveendran Chief Justice B. R. Gavai’s dignified composure in the face of open provocation inside the courtroom this week drew admiration from many, but it also reignited a deeper conversation about the sanctity of judicial institutions and the limits of personal magnanimity when institutional authority is under...
Continuing U.S. Govt Shutdown Starts Affecting Air Flights, Education
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The federal government entered its eighth of shutdown on Wednesday October 8, with no end in sight as Democrats and Republicans remain locked in a bitter standoff over health care subsidies and government funding. What began as a familiar partisan dispute has evolved...
