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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.Trump Stirs Up Racist Left-Phobia In Order To Humiliate Harris
By Arun Srivastava Left and Right politics do exist in America, but the divide has never been so pronounced as it is shaping up this time just ahead of the D-Day, when the Americans would be electing their next president in November this year. The blame for polarising this...
Cyberattack On C-Edge Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Indian Companies
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Ransomware cyberattack on C-Edge, forcing the joint venture fintech platform of the State Bank of India (SBI) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) down, affecting about 300 co-operative and regional banks for the last three days should be a wake-up call for India, in the backdrop...
Rahul Gandhi’s Communications Strategy With Masses Is Doing Wonders
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Has Rahul Gandhi’s communications improved lately? From khatakhat to taka tak and tana tan, Rahul Gandhi seems to have honed his communication skills to effectively reach the Indian masses. His ability to connect with the people, despite being labelled as Sahajada, a leader born with...
Withdrawal Of Ban On Govt Servants Joining RSS To Speed Up Saffronisation Process
By Sushil Kutty The Cabinet Secretary can take part in RSS activities. So can those who answer to him and to other government officials and their subordinates. This happened when in one fell stroke the Modi government lifted the 58-year-old ‘ban’ on government employees participating in the activities of...
No All Out Move To Deal With The Serious Job Crisis In 2024-25 Budget
By Krishna Jha The unemployment rate has been rising sharply from seven percent in May to 9.2 percent in June, 2024 in our country today according to CMIE. Government is yet to offer way out from the great crisis. Though our economy is under the shadows of immense crisis,...
Samajwadi Party Is In Upbeat Mood To Take On BJP In Crucial Bypolls In Ten Assembly Seats
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Enthused by the success in Lok Sabha polls, in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party is in upbeat mood to take on BJP in by-elections for 10 assembly seats in near future. Although dates have not been announced for the polls but Samajwadi Party leaders and former...
Far Right Parties Incite Violence In Venezuela Protesting Prez Poll Results
By Roger McKenzie President Nicolas Maduro announced new security and defence measures across Venezuela on Tuesday to deal with the outbreak of far right violence in the country. Violence erupted on Monday following news that Mr Maduro had been re-elected president. Sunday’s vote has been verified by independent observers,...
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,...
