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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.Hamas Leader Haniyeh’s Killing In Teheran May Lead To Escalation Of War In Middle East
By Nitya Chakraborty The Middle East was thrown into an unprecedented turmoil on Wednesday as the news came of the killing of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Teheran in the morning by unidentified gunmen in his residence. Though the Iranian government said that they were investigating the killing...
Rahul’s Show Continues To Shape Political Narrative Beyond Debate On Budget
By K Raveendran Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s response to the opposition’s critique of the budget, coupled with Rahul Gandhi’s performance, has turned out to be the highlight of the debate on the budget in the Lok Sabha. The crux of the opposition’s argument was that the budget disproportionately favoured...
Modi Govt Has Neglected The Crucial Health Sector Once Again In 2024-25 Budget
By Dr Arun Mitra Much was expected from the budget presented by the Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23, 2024. Since the BJP has lost majority in the Lok Sabha and is now dependent on others to continue to be in power, there was a hope that...
Casteist Slur Against Rahul Gandhi For Demanding Caste Census Is Wrong
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Throwing a casteist slur against anyone is wrong. Moreover, when a former Union Minister does it against the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the House of the People, and the Prime Minister endorses the speech containing the slur, they do inflict a personal, social and...
Narendra Modi Applauds The Question ‘What’s Rahul Gandhi’s Caste?’
By Sushil Kutty Swami Vivekananda would have held his head in frustration, like Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did, when the Lok Sabha descended to the level of a caste-cauldron like Kerala used to be when Vivekananda visited God’s Own Country. But unlike Vivekananda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thought the...
Attack On Soccer Field Puts Middle East On The Edge Of Triggering A Global War
By M A Hossain After a recent rocket attack on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, the question of whether the Middle East is on the verge of an all-out war has captured global attention. This attack, which resulted in the death of 12 people amid the...
India Is Among The Countries With Highest Railway Accidents In The World
By Arun Srivastava Give a bad name to the dog and kill it. This is actually happening with the railways. Recurring train accidents are the best motives for marketing the train services to private sector. Selling a profit making organisation would invite severe public outcry and criticism. It would...
Rahul Gandhi’s Speech On Budget 2024-25 Exposes The Lotus Trap
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the Lok Sabha on the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 29, was not only an expose of the lotus trap, but also a voice given to the entrapped, the muted, and the people living constantly under fear. Avoiding jargons and the...
Google Pitches For Kamala, Omits Donald Trump Out Of The Search
By Sushil Kutty Does Alphabet\Google CEO Sundar Pichai, have a pronounced Harris bias? Kamala Harris of Indian-Jamaican origin is up against Republican former President Donald Trump, close pal of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But India-born Sundar Pichai is a left-leaning head honcho now charged with anti-Trumpism. This, as...
Bengal Congress In Doldrums As New State President Is Yet To Take Over
By Tirthankar Mitra Reduced to a single Lok Sabha member from West Bengal post 2024 elections, the state Congress unit is busy picking up the pieces of the jigsaw which would help it arrive at the causes of its dismal state and chart its path of revival. Apart from...
Rahul Gandhi Names And Shames Modi’s ‘Lotus-Shaped Chakravyuh’
By Arun Srivastava Only six months back, Indians, especially the bourgeoning middle class endorsing the jibes of Narendra Modi against Rahul Gandhi, who preferred to address him “Pappu”, “Shehenshah” and a “part-time politician”, are now looking towards him with hope. Not only the common people and the politically conscious,...
Corporate Sector Is The Prime Beneficiary Of 2024-25 Modi Govt Budget
By Arun Kumar The corporate sector and the pink papers have largely welcomed the Union budget 2024–25. One can always wish for more but it is a relief if one is not hurt and there is a standstill. It was expected that after the recent election results, the ruling...
Killer Landslide Batters Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There seems to be no respite for Kerala from natural calamities. Hardly has the State recovered from the serious situation caused by reports of outbreak of Nipah virus in Kozhikode district when it has been devastated by another disaster.. The latest tragedy to strike the...
Paris Olympics: It Is French, Exuberant, Original And Inclusive
By Devasis Chattopadhyay If it does not arouse debate, it’s not French. Exuberant, original, inclusive – and definitely controversial – sum up the unforgettable opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games 2024. As it was obviously French, it held the whole world in thrall during the weekend but the...
India Should Offer Open-Arm Invite To MNCs Abandoning China
By Nantoo Banerjee At a time when one after another foreign firms are abandoning China in protest of repression, the Indian government is, instead of inviting these global firms to start operations in the country, freshly looking at foreign direct investments (FDIs) from China. India is believed to have...
Nicholas Maduro Wins Venezuelan Presidency Again In A Hotly Contested Election
By Satyaki Chakraborty President of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro won the Presidential elections held on July 28 by defeating the national opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez. As per the election council announcement, Maduro got 51.2 per cent of the votes polled as against 44.2 per cent received by Gonzalez. The council...
SCO Meet May Be Held In Islamabad In October With Narendra Modi Not Attending
By Sushil Kutty Prominent voices in Pakistan have realized that diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan is a Pakistani pipedream. The multilateral Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit to be held in Islamabad in October holds promise but Pakistanis know Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unbending. The setback to Modi in...
Programme For High Quality Education For All In Punjab From September 2024
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Known for having transformed the Delhi education scenario in government schools from poor to very good, even better in performance than private schools in the National Capital Territory, in just a decade, AAP government is now on the way to transform Punjab school education to...
