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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.Steep Rise In Indian Stock Markets Is Based On Positive Outlook In Both Domestic And Global Economy
By Anjan Roy The Indian stock market is looking like unstoppable, for now. The equity markets are scaling new heights and along with that, the investors are reaping riches. The BSE Sensex has increased by close to 1000 points in intra-day trading on Friday. The NSE index has climbed...
Maldives Decision Not To Renew Hydrographic Survey Pact Is A Jolt To Indian Maritime Strategy
By Girish Linganna Speaking at a conference held at the Maldives President’s Office after a Cabinet meeting on Thursday (December 14, 2023), Maldives’ Under Secretary for Public Policy, Mohamed Firuzul, said that the archipelagic nation would not renew the earlier government’s agreement on the Third Joint Hydrographic Survey of...
Anup Ghoshal, The Favourite Singer Of Satyajit Ray, Has Left A Rich Legacy In Music
By Tirthankar Mitra As a singer Anup Ghoshal’s name was never taken in Bengal on the same breath as Hemanta Mukhopadhyay or even Dwijen Mukherjee; nor did his songs enjoy the popularity of Manna De or Shyamal Mitra. Yet Ghoshal who passed away in Kolkata on December 15, attained...
Congress Yatra In Uttar Pradesh Beginning December 20 Will Be A Big Opposition Show
By Arun Srivastava With a sankalp (pledge) at KV temple of Varanasi to get rid of the anti-people government of the BJP, the Uttar Pradesh Congress will launch its UP Jodo Yatra on December 20 from Shakumbhari Devi temple in Saharanpur and culminate at Naimisharanya (Sitapur) after covering 16...
Woman Judge’s Seeking Permission To Die Exposes ‘Nari Shakti Vandan’ Hype
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only a few months ago, RSS-BJP clan had created hype around “Nari Shakti Vandan”, just after PM Narendra Modi government had introduce Women’s Reservation Bill, 2023 on September 19 in a special session of Parliament. Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam was the new epithet for the...
The Curious Case Of ‘Hindu Terrorists’ Involved In Breach Of Parliament’s Security
By Sushil Kutty Parliament attack ‘mastermind’ Lalit Mohan Jha is in police custody. Four of his underlings – if he is ‘mastermind’, indeed – have been charged with terrorism under various sections of the UAPA, supposedly one of the toughest anti-terror legislations anywhere in the world. Does that mean,...
Kolkata Remembers The Legendary Lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi Through Three Day Festival
By Tirthankar Mitra Come winter, a season of mellow fruitfulness, Kolkata springs up pleasant surprises. A three day festival on Sahir Ludhianvi, whose lines of love and protest are still hummed began on December 15 at Dhana Dhanyo stadium. Tributes are paid to an individual’s memory usually on his/her...
Neo-Liberal Regime In India Has Led To Income Inequality And Farmers Distress
By Prabhat Patnaik Neo-liberalism propagates a set of outright falsehoods to present itself in a favourable light compared to the preceding dirigiste regime in India. The basic theme is to suggest that under neo-liberalism there has been such an acceleration of the growth rate of Gross Domestic Product that...
Challenging PM Modi, Nitish May Kick Off Lok Sabha Polls From Varanasi
By Rahil Nora Chopra Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will launch the election campaign of 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi with the sole aim of winning the support of people against the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. According to sources, the date will be decided after the...
President Putin Is Exuding Confidence In Achieving Russian Aims In Ukraine War
By Girish Linganna On Thursday (December 14, 2023), the President of Russia conducted his first end-of-year news conference since the commencement of the conflict in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin stated that he still has unchanged goals in Ukraine and will continue to pursue them until there is peace. The event...
More Than Sixty Per Cent Of French Speaking People In The World Live In Africa
By Tirthankar Mitra The French are justifiably proud of their language and their country with a long tradition of arts, culture and culinary delights. As things stand now, more than 60 per cent of those who speak French daily live in Africa. In all, fact that more people who...
Britain Is ‘Dangerously Close To Recession’, TUC Warns As GDP Falls
By Ceren Sagir Britain is “dangerously close to recession,” the TUC warned the Sunak Government as news that the economy shrank in October dealt a blow to one of the Prime Minister’s five priorities. Gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have fallen by 0.3 per cent during the...
COP28’s Agreed Document Is A Bundle Of Contradictions On Major Issues
By Anjan Roy It was a contradiction in terms. One of the largest producers of fossil fuels, UAE, was hosting the UN talks on limiting use of such fuels to cut down CO2 emissions and thereby help keep earth’s temperature rise within the stipulated 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels....
Unemployed Youths Intruding Parliament Is A Desperate Cry For Help
By Arun Srivastava This is the second time in two decades that the security of Parliament has been breached. Nevertheless, the two incidents are distinctly different from each other in nature and probably in intention. The first was planned by terrorists “to wipe out the entire political leadership of...
Fourth Biggest Economy Has Largest Number Of Hungry And Malnourished
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The way PM Narendra Modi’s growth narrative is being boastfully brought forward is nothing but mere politics, since it tries to put the stark reality of incidents of hunger and malnutrition in the country under carpet. As per the growth narrative India is the fourth...
The Gang Of Six Breaching Parliament Security Needs Patient Hearing From Govt
By Sushil Kutty Neelam ‘Azad’ is 42 and a student forever. Armed with a string of educational qualifications, Neelam couldn’t land a job and may not ever land one now that a case under UAPA has been lodged against her and the five others who planned and carried out...
Supreme Court Verdict Upholding Abrogation Of Article 370 Poses A Threat To Federal Principles
By P. Sudhir The Supreme Court judgment on the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the dismantling of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories is an egregious example of the constitutional court capitulating to the misuse of powers by the executive. Four years...
Employment Opportunities For Educated Youth Have Declined Sharply
By Krishna Jha According to available data, there has been a steady decline in the availability of employment in agriculture and manufacturing. Growth of construction jobs have also been slow. The process of structural transformation, which had gained momentum post 2004-5, has almost stopped since 2016. There has been...
