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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.Ditching Of India Entry May Mean Bigger Opportunity Loss For Tesla
By K Raveendran Elon Musk’s reported decision to put Tesla’s India entry on hold might seem like a setback for the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) market. But a closer look reveals a situation where this delay could sting Tesla more than India. India’s potential as a future EV...
Revanth Reddy’s Rise Is K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s Fall
By Sushil Kutty The Telangana Rashtra Samithi, founded by former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, transformed to Bharat Rashtra Samithi, a change brought about because KCR wanted a national role for the party and the Prime Minister’s post for himself. KCR proved to be overambitious and BRS couldn’t...
Narendra Modi And Rahul Gandhi – Never The Twain Shall Meet
By Harihar Swarup Many things have been said about the first verbal skirmish in Parliament’s 18th session between NDA Government and opposition, or more specifically between Leader of 0ppsition, Rahul Gandhi, and Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The most commonly heard comment is that opposition has finally found its voice,...
Progress Towards Decent Work For All By 2030 Faces Serious Roadblocks
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The progress towards achieving SDG 8 targets aiming at full and productive employment and decent work for all by 2030 is threatened by numerous roadblocks. Though global unemployment hit a historic low of 5 per cent, women and youth face higher unemployment rates. Informal employment...
National Doctors Day Is An Occasion To Introspect On Profession’s Contributions
By Dr Arun Mitra Every year First July is observed as the National Doctors Day to commemorate Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the second chief minister of West Bengal and a renowned physician, who was born and passed away on this day. This is a special occasion for us to...
Bruised Tories May Turn More Right By Joining Hands With Nigel Farage
By Arun Srivastava Amidst the euphoria of massive victory for Labour party in the parliamentary elections in Britain, there is certainly a bad news for its leader and now Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer that his arch bête noire Jeremy Corbyn has defeated Keir’s nominee with a huge margin...
Kerala CPI(M) Initiates Corrective Steps To Regain Lost Ground
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first step towards reversing a setback in politics, as in life, is to admit that there has been a setback. The CPI(M), which heads the Left Democratic Front(LDF) in Kerala has just done that. The party has promptly initiated steps aimed at identifying the...
Contrasts Across The Atlantic For Now — But A Common Thread Exists
By Anjan Roy It is a tale of two cities: London and Washington. It is the tale of two politicians who have been thrown up from amongst the crowd of claimants and confusion. It is a tale of the current contrast. Rishi Sunak, Britain’s first Asian prime minister of...
New Labour PM Under Pressure To Deliver Change After Big Win
By Andrew Murray LONDON: Pressure is already being piled on new premier Sir Keir Starmer to adopt more radical policies after Labour’s general election victory today. In the most grudging landslide in parliamentary history, Labour assembled a huge Commons majority with half a million fewer votes than Labour secured...
UK Labour’s Massive Win Is A Positive Development For Europe
By Satyaki Chakraborty As expected, the Labour Party won a resounding victory in the general elections in Britain held on July 4 by capturing more than 410 seats out of the total of 650 seats, thereby ousting the Conservative Party from power after its fourteen years rule. The Tories...
First Session Of 18th Lok Sabha Has Been A Let Down For Narendra Modi
By Sushil Kutty Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi addresses the Prime Minister of India ‘Narendra Modi’ sans ‘Prime Minister’ and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started referring to Rahul Gandhi as ‘Balak Buddhi’. The mutual respect shown is extraordinary. If ‘Sansad TV’ was popular TV,...
Direct Fight Between BJP And Congress In Haryana State Polls Imminent
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With Indian National Congress (INC) saying no to alliance with Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for Haryana Vidhan Sabha Election scheduled to be held in September-October 2024, electoral battle in the state is set to be direct between the ruling BJP and the...
Four Assembly Bypolls In Bengal Have Special Significance For BJP
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: The four Assembly by-polls in West Bengal, one of which is scheduled to be held at Maniktala in Kolkata and the others to be contested at Bagda, Ranaghat Dakshin and Raigunj hold differing political significance to Trinamool Congress and the Opposition comprising BJP, Left Front...
Soon, Congress Internal Rejig To Address Lok Sabha Setback In 8 States
By Rahil Nora Chopra Major organisational reshuffle in the Congress will be undertaken soon. The party is looking forward to a round of fresh appointments at the AICC and state units, particularly where the party performed poorly, like Uttarakhand, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Gujarat. Of...
Presiding Officers Of Both Houses Of Parliament Must Function Impartial
By Rohin Bhatt When King Charles I demanded that the Speaker of the House of Commons produce five members for arrest during the Civil War of the 1640s, Speaker Lenthall famously proclaimed, “May it please Your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this...
Akhilesh Yadav Has Emerged As The Most Successful Leader Of INDIA Bloc In Lok Sabha Polls
By Arun Srivastava General election results in India have always been extraordinary and have thrown new set of political leaders. This year’s polls while were a moral victory for the INDIA bloc and marked the setback to communal politics, it also threw two young leaders, Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh...
Prime Minister Prachanda Is Finally Cornered In The Fluid Nepal Politics
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Nepal’s tumultuous politics is once again at it, threatening to replace the current government with a new one. The one-and-a-half-year-old government headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’ Prachanda’ has been pushed to minority after the former Prime Minister KP Sharma’s CPN-UML with 78 members...
Narendra Modi Govt Must Keep In Abeyance Three Laws Till A Fresh Scrutiny Is Done
By P Sudhir The BJP has ensured that the three new laws passed by the government at the tail end of the last Lok Sabha in a most cavalier and undemocratic fashion have now been enforced all over the country on July 1. These laws, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,...
