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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.Decoding ‘Father Of Atom Bomb’ J. Robert Oppenheimer On Hiroshima Day
By Nitya Chakraborty British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s latest film ‘Oppenheimer’ is creating waves in the cinema halls all over the world, including India, bringing to the fore once again the history behind the making of the atom bomb that was dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima on August...
Dumped Chinese Steel Puts India’s Steelmakers In Deep Distress
By Nantoo Banerjee China, the world’s largest steelmaker with annual crude steel output of over one billion tonnes, is out to dampen India’s bid to double its production capacity from the present level of 150 million tonnes to 300 mt by 2030 by continuously dumping its ferrous metals...
RSS Steps Up Hindutva-Driven Communal Aggression To Counter I.N.D.I.A.
By Arun Srivastava Just eight months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is facing the same organisational and political crisis that the Congress faced before the 2014 general elections. However, there’s one very significant difference. While in 2014 the Congress had no support mechanism to...
Rahul Gandhi Is Finally Back In Lok Sabha Before No Confidence Motion
By Sushil Kutty Wayanad got its Member of Parliament back on Monday, August 7, 2023. The Lok Sabha Secretariat reinstated disqualified Congress MP Rahul Gandhi though there were complaints Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla did not display the same alacrity the Lok Sabha Secretariat had shown when disqualifying...
AI-Powered Job Market Disruption May Turn Into Nightmare
By Gyan Pathak The waves of Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered job marked disruption is knocking at the door of India, more intensively than any other country of the world, which may soon turn into a nightmare, since India is not yet prepared to face the challenge except...
NSS Frustrates BJP’s Game Plan In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Nair Service Society(NSS)’s decision to end public protests against the remarks made by Kerala Assembly Speaker A N Shamseer has frustrated the BJP’s plan to pursue its divisive agenda. Instead of hitting the streets, the powerful organization of the Nair community will now...
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Is A Victim Of Army’s Wrath
By Tirthankar Mitra Gallows or a prison term seem to be awaiting the men who occupied the seat of power in Pakistan once they are eased or ejected out of it if during their tenure after they have crossed the army’s path. As former Prime Minister Imran Khan...
Many Nepalese Gorkhas Joining Foreign Mercenary Groups Including China
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Recent reports about the number of Nepalese Gorkhas joining mercenary groups like Wagner army of Russia may be exaggerated, but Indian government is still concerned about China making a fresh attempt to recruit them as soldiers. For some time, news of Nepalese Gorkhas...
Fitch downgrade of U.S. Debt hastens Dollar’s Displacement as Default Global Currency
By K Raveendran When empires fall, they don’t exactly come crashing down. It is a process that takes time to complete. So when rating agency Fitch decided to lower the credit rating of the United States triple A to AA+, the market was not expecting the heavens to fall....
Challenges From Modi Awaiting Rahul On His Way To Parliament
By Arun Srivastava Notwithstanding Rahul Gandhi reiterating his absolute belief that ultimately truth had prevailed, as Supreme Court suspended his defamation conviction allowing him to return to Parliament, it would be sheer naiveté to believe that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would accept this humiliation lying low. The...
