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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.Catching Flack: Qatar’s Gaza Mediation For Ceasefire And Prisoner Swap Is A Balancing Act
By James M Dorsey A high-flyer at the centre of efforts to negotiate temporary pauses and Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swaps, Qatar is catching flack for its relationship with Hamas that has enabled its mediation endeavour. Even so, the flack, for now, has been drowned out by the Gulf state’s indispensability,...
ISRO Chairman S Somnath Showed Excellence In Academics From His Early Days
By Harihar Swarup In early 1980s, a sixth semester mechanical engineering student at the Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering in Kerala’s Kollam district, made an unusual request to his Head of Department, F.V. Albin. He wanted the department to introduce an elective in population engineering. Such a course...
India entering new year exuding confidence and passion for change
By Kalyani Shankar Nostradamus, a French seer and astrologer, predicted five hundred years ago that in 2024, severe flooding due to climate change would occur. He also foretold significant economic, environmental, political, and social changes. He predicted conflicts with China and war in the Middle East and that there...
Does BJP govt want to have opposition mukt parliament?
By Sushil Kutty As many as 92 opposition MPs were suspended till the day before. And, then, the next day another 50 from the Lok Sabha. What’s happening, does the Narendra Modi government and the BJP want an Opposition-free Parliament? Does the ‘Sengol’ mean a free run for the...
Confusion still remains over number of Nepali soldiers recruited by Russia
By Ashis Biswas Confusion has deepened over the alleged recruitment in the Russian army of Nepali youths to fight in Ukraine. While Kathmandu-based officials have just reported yet another death of a soldier from the Ukraine front , raising the Nepali death toll to seven so far, for the...
Once again Modi falls back on his Gujarat model to quell dissent
By Arun Srivastava Having exhausted its arsenal to inflict damage on the credibility of the INDIA bloc and the Congress, the BJP political circuits, purely with the mission to secure victory at 2024 Lok Sabha elections, are now floating the maxim that Narendra Modi is the Iron Man of...
Differences persist within IMF over improvements in India’s external position
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Differences persists among Directors within International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding Staff’s recent reclassification of India’s de facto exchange rate regime for the period December 2022 to October 2023 as “stabilized arrangement” from “floating”, which meant Reserve Bank of India’s interventions in the foreign exchange market...
Labour movement in US witnessed a breakthrough year in 2023
By Jenny Brown Strikes and threats of strikes extracted contracts ranging from good to excellent from employers across the country this year. Half a million US workers walked out — machinists, teachers, baristas, nurses, hotel housekeepers, and autoworkers — with much of the motion coming from unions led by...
Benjamin Zephaniah liberated poetry from pages to the masses
By Tirthankar Mitra In countries where recipients of titles like Rai Bahadur and Khan Bahadur were once much looked upto and in another country where holders of knighthood and peerage still enjoy a status of their own have a common link- the English language. Small wonder, heads turn to...
J&K Has Potential To Become One Of India’s Economically Strong States
By Nantoo Banerjee The restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, without the Union Territory of Ladakh, and an expected elected government by September, next year, come at a time when J&K has established its position as one of India’s top performing provinces in terms of economic growth. J&K’s...
INDIA Block Needs To Pick Up Threads On December 19 From Where It Left In September
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Opposition INDIA Block is coming back on negotiation table on December 19, after a long gap of 80 days since Mumbai Meet on September 1, a crucial time that it has already lost, without moving forward on the resolution made, including launching joint rallies across...
Congress Buoyed With Telangana Win, Finding It Tough In Andhra Pradesh
By Sushil Kutty Some of the politically powerful Reddys of Andhra Pradesh have a grouse with fellow Reddy and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy who also faces anti-incumbency just like K Chandrashekar Rao of Telangana faced and lost. So, the YSR Congress Party is kind of...
Misleading Advertisements In Medicine Pose A Serious Health Hazard
By Dr Arun Mitra The Patanjli has been in the news not just for advertising its products and misleading claims in the media but also for criticising modern scientific medicine. This went on to the extent that the Hon’ble Supreme Court had to reprimand the Patanjli on 21st November...
Lower Excise Duty Boosts India’s Thriving Wine Culture To New Heights
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav The India Wine Awards 2023, now in its fifth edition, recently concluded with an extravagant celebration of the finest wines in the country. Organized by the Sonal Holland Wine Academy in collaboration with ProWine, this prestigious event showcased 219 exceptional wines across various categories, carefully...
Can BJP Win Lok Sabha Elections Without Hard Hindutva Narrative?
By Mriganka M Bhowmick Since 1989, when the BJP adopted Hindutva as an ideology in the Palampur Resolution, it has consistently propagated it in elections. The RSS has significantly contributed to the evolution of Hindutva as the cultural identity of the nation. With the advent of Modi Politics in...
Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Attack On Ships Poses Threat To Trade Through Red Sea
By Girish Linganna Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out hijackings, missile strikes, and drone attacks on ships, leading Danish shipping and logistics company AP Moller-Maersk and German shipping and container transportation firm Hapag-Lloyd to temporarily suspend shipments via the Red Sea. The announcements made on Friday by AP Moller-Maersk...
South Africa’s Ruling Party Faces Split Before National Elections In 2024
By Roger McKenzie Former South African president Jacob Zuma has denounced the governing African National Congress (ANC) and vowed to vote for a new political formation in next year’s general election. Mr Zuma, who led the ANC from 2007 to 2017, said on Saturday that he was backing the...
Modi Government Plays With Data Before Election To Show Unemployment Declining
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In a written reply on December 11, 2023 in the Lok Sabah during the current winter session, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameshwar Teli claimed that unemployment rate in the country has a declining trend over the year, obviously to give a...
