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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.Economy Is A Major Issue At The National Elections In Britain On July 4
By Tirthankar Mitra The national elections in the United Kingdom is scheduled to be held on July 4. Its outcome will rejuvenate or further destabilise the pound. Indeed the upcoming election represents a crucial juncture to the fate of a currency which had seen better days. The pound has...
Speaker Of Lok Sabha Has To Function Impartially In Interests Of Vibrant Democracy
By Harihar Swarup A contested election for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker is a sign of a broadening divide between treasury and opposition benches. Before Independence contests for the position of president (equivalent of modern-day speaker) were quite common. In the first election in 1925, Vithal Bhai Patel...
Venkaiah Naidu And Jagdeep Dhankhar: A Study In Contrast As Chairman Of Rajya Sabha
By K Raveendran The role of the Rajya Sabha Chairman stands as a symbol of authority, decorum, and impartiality. The manner in which these individuals conduct proceedings not only shapes legislative outcomes but also influences public perception of the functioning of democracy itself. Incumbent chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar the other...
AAP And Congress Are At Odds In Dealing With The Woes Of Rain-Hit Delhi
By Sushil Kutty The INDI-Alliance is fighting to stay united in Parliament, at least, matching wits with not just the treasury benches and the NDA government but also with the presiding officers of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, the Constitution held high, which is making everybody in...
NATO’s New Secretary General Is Expected To Be Tougher With President Putin
By Girish Linganna On Wednesday (June 26), NATO selected Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its new leader. This decision comes amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and uncertainties about the future role of the United States in the alliance, according to reports from Reuters and AFP. Rutte’s selection...
Anatomy Of The Building Fire Tragedy In Kuwait
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The massive blaze in Kuwait which claimed the lives of 50 people, including 46 Indians, underlines the paramount need to ensure better living and working conditions for them in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Reports have it that many migrant workers in these countries, exposed...
Bangladesh Seeks Chinese Backing For BRICS Membership Bid
By Tajul Islam On June 25, Liu Jianchao, the visiting Minister of the International Relations of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s Central Committee reaffirmed China’s commitment to fostering extensive cooperation with Bangladesh. During a courtesy call on Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin at the Bangabhaban, Liu emphasized China’s dedication...
Stakes Are Too High To Keep Denying President Biden’s Shortcomings
By Luke Savage WASHINGTON: Since Joe Biden announced his 2020 campaign for president, elite Democrats and parts of America’s media apparatus have been playing a strange, bewildering, and ultimately untenable game. Whatever else you might have thought of him, the then former vice president had often been reasonably quick...
NDA’s Worries Aggravate Further With MVA’s Equal Partnership Agreement
By Dr. Gyan Pathak By agreeing on “equal partnership” formula, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies – Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (Sharad Pawar) – in Maharashtra have taken a lead in preparation for the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha election likely to be held in October-November 2024. The opposition...
Trump Silences Raspy Voiced President Joe Biden In First Debate
By Sushil Kutty United States Vice President Kamala Harris admitted President Joe Biden could have won the CNN presidential debate on June 27. “Yes, there was a slow start,” she told a top CNN anchor. Yet Harris will not replace Biden on top of the Democratic ticket in case...
Is BJP Behind Mayawati’s Decision To Bring Back Her Nephew Akash Anand?
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Is BJP behind BSP supremo Mayawati’s decision to bring back her nephew Akash Anand as national coordinator and her successor after the worst ever performance of the party in 2024 Lok Sabha polls? Mayawati removed Akash Anand from the post of national coordinator and her...
Hike In MSP Of Crops Must Be Linked To Wholesale Price Index
By Dr. Soma Marla Union Cabinet in its first meeting of NDA 3.0 has announced new support (MSP) for 14 crops. The hike is very minimal and ranged between five to seven per cent (except for Niger and Ragi) and does not reflect the increased cost of cultivation. Severe...
Bihar Sees Clashes Between Upper Castes And Dalits After LS Polls
By Arun Srivastava After a long gap of more than 50 years Bihar is once again witnessing emergence of class war though of not that magnitude and dimension that the state witnessed in early seventies. The basic character of upper caste oppression continues to be same as was evident...
Opposition Wants The Second Term Speaker Om Birla To Be Impartial
By Rahil Nora Chopra Om Birla was congratulated by the opposition leaders for being elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha for a second term. They urged him to stay impartial. Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, on behalf of the INDIA alliance, emphasised Birla’s role as the “final arbiter of...
The Form Of Poverty Under Capitalism Has Many Dimensions
By Prabhat Patnaik Poverty is taken to be a homogeneous phenomenon irrespective of the mode of production that is under consideration. Even reputed economists believe in this homogeneous conception of poverty. In fact, however, poverty under capitalism is entirely different from poverty in pre-capitalist times. Even if for statistical...
India’s Notorious Heatwave Isn’t An Agenda In The Modi 3.0 Government
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The summer heat has been so acute this year in India that more than 40,000 people have had heat strokes, and several hundred of them have died. In Delhi, water and electricity consumption has broken all previous records. Some reports suggest that the temperatures crossed...
Narendra Modi 3.0 Govt Remains The Same In Its Pursuit Of Hindutva-Corporate Agenda
By P. Sudhir The formation of a Modi-led NDA coalition government has led to expectations in some circles that this will be a government which will face serious constraints in going ahead with the BJP/RSS’s authoritarian-communal-corporate agenda. Some of these expectations are exaggerated. The fact that the BJP has...
Rahul Gandhi Should Not Have Accepted Om Birla As Speaker Without A Fight
By Arun Srivastava Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by accepting Narendra Modi’s nominee Om Birla as the Speaker of Lok Sabha without a division in the house on June 26 has not set a good example as the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha in his first confrontation with...
