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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.Europe Facing A Big Dilemma Over Its Strategic Relationship With Russia
By Girish Linganna After the completion of two years of Russia-Ukraine war, Europe is facing a series of strategic issues concerning its relationship with Russia under President Putin. America is becoming less dependable and Europe is not adequately prepared. The problem is clear, but a solution on such a...
Kumar Shahani Was An Uncompromising Film Maker Pursuing His Own Aesthetics
By Tirthankar Mitra Does austerity match with aesthetics? Art house cinema icon, Kumar Shahani who passed away on Sundayattheageof83placed these two unlikely attributes side by side in his works in celluloid. It was no square peg in round whole existence. A look at the films he directed underscored the...
Non-Tariff Import Barriers May Be Used As A Weapon To Protect National Security
By Nantoo Banerjee India’s defence secretary Giridhar Armane’s outburst at the INDUS-X defence summit against China, last week, on the continuing troop face-offs in the Ladakh region exposed, if anything, the ministry’s frustration in dealing with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The...
BSP Is Facing An Existential Crisis Before 2024 Lok Sabha Elections
By Sushil Kutty Bahujan Samaj Party is like the sinking ship in countless high seas stories. Should anybody be bothered? BSP Supremo ‘Behan’ Mayawati gives the impression she doesn’t see the BSP floundering. If Bahujan Samaj Party MPs are leaving the BSP, that is because they might not get...
Emboldened INDIA Bloc Raring To Take Saffron Brigade Head On
By Arun Srivastava While Rahul Gandhi, joined by his sister Priyanka Gandhi, resumed Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Moradabad on February 25, TV news channels and even some YouTubers were articulating their anxiety on whether Rahul would turn the massive mass upsurge which had flooded the streets and lanes...
Tamil Nadu May Witness Three Cornered Contest In Lok Sabha Elections
By K R Sudhaman It is not yet a done deal with regard to political alliances in Tamil Nadu for the 2024 Lok sabha elections. As the saying goes there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies in politics. In Tamil Nadu, politics revolves round two Dravidian parties...
Formal Job Generation In India Hit Hard In Last 10 Years
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The latest EPFO data released last week shows that formal job generation in India has been a casualty since 2018-19 when new EPF subscribers joining the EPF were 13.94 million but had fallen to13.85 million in the year 2022-23. During this period there were great...
Booster Shot For Kerala LDF In Local Body Byelections
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The prophets of doom have ended up with egg on their faces. The Cassandras do not know where to rush for cover. Belying all dire predictions, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has scored a morale-boosting victory in the local body by-elections held in several districts...
Donald Trump Forging Ahead To Get Republican Nomination For November 5 Prez Poll
By Kalyani Shankar On Saturday, former US President Donald Trump’s win over his challenger, Nikki Haley, intensified the American presidential election race. With this win, Trump is moving toward a clear path to the Republican nomination. He dominated the primaries so far, in which voters select a party’s nominee...
India Is Top Globally In Internet Shutdown Overtaking Russia
By Girish Linganna For the past 10 days, Sonal Singh (name changed), a 20-year-old Engineering student from Ambala, located in the state of Haryana, India, has been overwhelmed with feelings of frustration and anxiety. She is anxiously waiting for news about the reinstatement of internet services in the northern...
Saudi Arabia Is Set For A Transformation In Its Economic Programme
By Tirthankar Mitra Saudi Arabia, a country in popular imagination of white caped sheikhs driving around in limousines in broad avenues lined with sky scraping condominiums is on the cusp of a change. It is grappling with the task of reinventing its economy. It is going to be an...
Coerced Donations To BJP May Be Mother Of All Scams Under Modi Government
By K Raveendran The accusation by the Congress party on how the Modi government used the central agencies such as the CBI and Enforcement Directorate to coerce donations, has the potential to become the biggest scandal of Modi’s rule, perhaps something with the dimensions of the 2G spectrum scandal...
Rahul Stoops To Conquer, Sacrifices Few Seats For INDIA Bloc’s Benefit
By Arun Srivastava Pursuing the famous Marxist doctrine, one step forward and two steps backward, the Congress has relented to the demands of the satraps of the regional parties like TMC, SP and is virtually pitching to play second fiddle to them. To be reckoned as less important or...
Assam To Be Second State In The Country To Move Closer To Uniform Civil Code
By Sushil Kutty Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has repealed the Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorce Registration Act, 1935, thereby dealing a body-blow to child marriages, which Assamese Muslims are favourable to. Sarma, who even otherwise is bombastic, says this move had led Assam several steps closer to...
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s ‘Day After’ Plan For Gaza’s Future Is A Non-Starter
By James M Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plan for Gaza’s future once the guns fall silent is likely to be a non-starter. Rather than provide a pathway to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the plan aims to squash Palestinian national aspirations and ensure continued Israeli control....
Indonesia’s President Elect Prabowo Subianto Is Known For Abuse Of Human Rights
By Tirthankar Mitra At a time when India is gearing up for national elections, Indonesia chose its next president. It merits mention not only because it was the world’ largest single-day vote but it was an election which is a beacon of hope in a region plagued by autocrats...
Ensuring Patient-Centric Healthcare With High Tech Is Imperative
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav India, on its ambitious journey to achieve a Rs 5 trillion-dollar economy by 2024-25, places healthcare at the forefront of national growth. As the country undergoes rapid transformations, 2024 is poised to witness groundbreaking developments in preventive care, wearable technologies, and the integration of IoT,...
Colombia’s Left Government Is Pursuing Transformative Labour Reforms
By Cruz Bonlarron Martínez / Keegan Conrad Over the past few months, Colombian pop star Shakira’s newest song, “El Jefe,” has taken off throughout Latin America, highlighting the intense economic inequality and exploitation in the region. Perhaps surprisingly, the song has a fan in the upper echelons of power...
