IPA Special

Curbing Money And Muscle Power Imperative For Smoother Holding Of Lok Sabha Polls

By Kalyani Shankar The Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar, has announced the 18th Lok Sabha election schedule, starting on April 19. He has identified four major problems that affect India’s free and fair elections. These are the 4Ms: Muscle power, Money power, Misinformation, and violations of the Model Code...

Mar 18 · >

Once Crypto’s Poster Boy, Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Jail Upto 50 Years

By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, could be looking at a lengthy prison sentence. US prosecutors have recommended that he be sentenced to 40-50 years behind bars, along with a hefty fine of $11 billion. Bankman-Fried was convicted in November...

Mar 18 · >

Defending Democracy Against Authoritarianism Has Become The Main Task In Britain

By Ben Chacko LONDON: Scores of Tory MPs are announcing in advance they will throw in the towel at the general election, which Labour is expected to win. Work to shape the political landscape the next government will confront is now essential, particularly because Labour is determined not to...

Mar 18 · >

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra Places Rahul Gandhi At The Top Of INDIA Block

By Sushil Kutty When the INDI-Alliance prepared for the Mumbai Shivaji Park public meeting to congratulate Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for completing the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in the set time, there were folks who said Rahul’s 2nd Yatra was a “flop” going by the standards set by the...

Mar 18 · >

Electoral Bonds Scheme Conspiracy Must Be Fully Revealed

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Initial disclosure of the names of purchaser of electoral bonds has established beyond doubt that PM Narendra Modi’s Electoral Bonds Scheme was just a conspiracy to sell government favours. Modi government had also a strategy to intimidate people to purchase electoral bonds or else face...

Mar 18 · >

In ‘Haven Of Democracy’ Voters Are Most Unhappy About The Two Presidential Choices

By Tirthankar Mitra America has always been a land of plenty leaving the US citizens spoilt for choice. Strangely enough, the US voters have little option when their country goes to polls to choose its President. It is an election whose effects will be felt both at home and...

Mar 18 · >

Bansuri Sounds Odd In Bharatiya Janata Party’s Delhi Lok Sabha Candidates List

By Harihar Swarup Among the most unexpected entrants in the BJP’s first list of Lok Sabha nominees is Bansuri Swaraj, the 40-year-old daughter of the BJP’s Sushma Swaraj, for whom the late BJP leader was known to leave meetings at times, to rush to be at the bus-stop when...

Mar 16 · >

Electoral Bonds In His Troubled Mind, Modi’s Stock Goes South

By Sushil Kutty BJP-hating southerners identify Prime Minister Narendra Modi with everything they believe Indians can live without. With Electoral Bonds. With the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. With the Citizen’s Amendment Rules. With the overbearing nature of BJP leaders. With the breakdown of Rule of Law. With bulldozers running amok....

Mar 16 · >

Governments Must Ensure Early Implementation Of Living Wage Pact

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) endorsement of the agreement on living wage has opened the door to new work to be accomplished to advance social justice. All stakeholders in the labour market, including governments and trade unions, must ensure the early implementation of the agreement...

Mar 16 · >
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