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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’s Reciprocal Tariff Policy Will Hit India’s Agriculture And Food Products
By Subrata Majumder United States President Donald Trump’s abusing global trade by tariff retaliation with countries having trade deficit has raised much hue and cry. However the magnitude of trade deficit with India is insignificant due to low stake (5 percent), as compared to Vietnam and China. USA is...
China Is Preparing For A Fight At Equal Level With Trump On Tariff War
By Asad Mirza As if the tariff war against almost the whole world, leading among them China, Mexico, Canada, and India, hots up, it portrays the leading hero, Trump in this case, frothing at the mouth and cursing and cussing everyone, if he does not get what he wants,...
I’m Still Here ‘Film Of Brazil Is An Incredibly Deserving Oscar Winner
By Charlie Prado NEW YORK: Last week on March 2, ordinary Brazilians have been jubilant at the news that I’m Still Here pocketed an Oscar — the first ever Brazilian film to do so. Walter Salles’s work, which stars Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello, is a powerful exposition of...
Crude Oil’s Downward Spiral Has Just Begun; Tariffs Take Time To Sink In
By K Raveendran Oil prices have hit their lowest since October and by all indications the downward move is far from over. Brent has already dipped below 70 dollars per barrel as the market is feeling the weight of a supply overhang, with OPEC+ barrels set to flood an...
Women’s Employment Will Take 200 Years To Attain Gender Equality
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On a business-as-usual basis, achieving gender equality in employment rate will take another two centuries, says the new brief given by the International Labour Organization, which was released on March 8, International Women’s Day. The brief, which also marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing...
Mysterious Mathematics Of Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Viksit Bharat’ By 2047
By Sanjay Roy A huge campaign is going on across the country about India aspiring to become a developed country in 2047. There is nothing wrong in targeting something big with the hope that even if it fails, we could still reach somewhere near to what had been the...
Economics At The Crossroads: Two Alternative Growth Paradigms
By Prabhat Patnaik Nobody can claim that the rate of growth of agricultural production, especially of foodgrain, has been higher in the neoliberal period than during the years of dirigiste development that preceded it. It may have been somewhat lower but let us agree that it was certainly not...
Saving Prime Minister Modi’s Guarantee Mahila Samriddhi Yojana
By Sushil Kutty Just in the nick of time! Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta saved Prime Minister Narendra Modi more than embarrassment. She didn’t let “Modi’s Guarantee” go waste like it has occasionally before. Prime Minister Modi had underwritten the BJP’s ‘Mahila Samriddhi Yojana’, which it had promised for...
Uneven Development Has Led To North-South Tensions
By Dr. B K Kango Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah have both opposed the delimitation exercise due in 2029. Census 2021 has to be completed by then. COVID-19 and the government’s attitude to the caste census, had held up the census. Delimitation...
Rethink Legality Of Marital Rape 75 Years Since Constitution’s Adoption
By Rohin Bhatt A shift to the far right, democratic decay, and a crisis of constitutional beliefs have created a near perfect storm for backlash against rights of minorities, whether they be marginalised along caste, class, gender or sexuality. For long, the language of the law has been that...
Not Against All Kukis, Says Arambai Tenggol Leader Munindro Mangang
By Rabindra Nath Sinha There has been a hardening of postures of the two warring sides in Manipur since Union home minister Amit Shah issued certain strongly-worded directives after a security situation review meeting on March 1.This meeting was attended, among others, by Governor Ajay Bhalla, who is in...
Extortion Accused Praised By UP Chief Minister As Top Earner Is Shocking
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Three things must not be allowed to represent Hinduism. First, “Sarva dosh hare Laxmi”, an old Sanskrit phrase which means “Goddess Laxmi conceals all faults”. Second, “Ram naamki loot hai, loot sako so loot; Ant samay pachhtayega jab pran jayega chhoot” which means “anyone who...
France Says It’d Extend Strategic Nuclear Protection To European Allies
By Anjan Roy President Donald Trump and the United States could not have bargained for this: France has virtually severed links from the American security net and has refused to kowtow to the capricious President, announcing its strategic independence. Europe’s fate was to be decided not in Washington or...
CPI(M) Holds State Conference To Strengthen Organisational Activities
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 24th CPI(M) State Conference got off to a rousing start in Kollam – the city and the district which has witnessed historic and epic workers’ struggles – on Thursday and the conference saw an assertive articulation of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government’s policies...
Sangh To Hold ‘Pratinidhi Sabha’ To Evolve Strategy For ‘Awakening Hindus’
By Arun Srivastava ‘Mission Hindutva Awakening’ could not be accomplished even during the centenary year of RSS and still appears to be an elusive task, notwithstanding Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders putting their best to communalise and polarise the Indian social structure. The failure of the saffron ecosystem...
Tahawwur Rana Faces Prisoner’s Dilemma With Extradition Confirmed
By Sushil Kutty Who all know 26/11 accused David Coleman Headley would also know Tahawwur Rana. The United States, which holds both accused in prisons there, isn’t willing to give up Headley, but is okay with Rana getting a one-way ticket to the tortuous Indian prison system, which isn’t...
Canny Canadians Take The Fight Home To President Trump’s Tariffs
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Canada has found a unique way to fight the 25% tariffs slapped by the US President Donald Trump even as Trump put on hold for a month the tariffs that were to come into effect and Canadians were stung emotionally by Trump’s remarks...
Women In Urban Settlements Are Battling Intersectional Challenges
By Raju Kumar The 2025 International Women’s Day, themed ‘Accelerate Action,’ serves as a reminder of the urgent and effective measures needed to advance women’s empowerment. Women residing in urban slums continue to struggle for their rights, security, and aspirations. However, their struggles are exacerbated by social, political, and...
