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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.Assam Opposition Leaders Resent Centre’s Latest Move To Implement CAA From 2024
By Ashis Biswas Opposition non-BJP leaders in the Northeast have strongly protested against the recent announcement made in neighbouring West Bengal, by Union MOS for Home, Mr Ajay Mishra, confirming Delhi’s intent to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in 2024. Through the said legislation passed in Parliament in...
War Of Nerves Between BJP And Congress Day Before Election Results
By Arun Srivastava Narendra Modi bhakts are absolutely correct in saying “Modi hai to mumkin hai” (everything possible with Modi around). Elections to the Madhya Pradesh assembly were held on November 17, thirteen days ahead of the Telangana elections. During the intervening days, political analysts and even some of...
Indian Foreign Diplomacy Is In A Mess Despite All The Talk Of Vishwaguru
By Sushil Kutty There is some confusion on whether India should consider itself “Vishwaguru” or be wise and hold back on the boast? One view is why go the extra mile with the “present government’s exaggerated sense of the country’s global power and indigenous capability”, i.e., Prime Minister Narendra...
State Assembly Polls Showed Congress And BJP Competing On Granting More Freebies
By Harihar Swarup As the polls for five Assemblies elections are over— and Rajasthan and Telangana have become unexpectedly exciting, with the Congress putting up a fight—it’s time to capture some broad trends. What is striking are the areas where consensus is now developing across parties, and one of...
Resumption Of Gaza Fighting Adds To Gold’s Impetus To Rise, Hitting Record Levels
By K Raveendran The renewed escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict is providing additional impetus for gold to climb higher levels. The yellow metal has already been trending higher over the past two months, but the end of truce between Hamas and Israeli forces, unleashing new bomb attacks and destruction...
Growth Data For This Fiscal’s Second Quarter Has Many Encouraging Signs
By K R Sudhaman Government statistics released this week paint a rosy picture of the Indian economy with GDP growth clocking 7.6 per cent in the second quarter of this financial year 2023-24 on the back of strong manufacturing sector. This also strengthens India’s position as the fastest growing...
New ILO Research Found Social Downgrading Of Workforce In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak A two-volume new ILO research has revealed that participation of India in Global Value Chains (GVCs) has resulted into social downgrading of the workforce, chiefly due to non-integration of labour standards into trade and investment. It is just opposite our expectation, since GVCs are a...
Despite Hiccups, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s OBOR Project Making Good Progress
By Kunal Bose India’s unreserved opposition to China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative launched across four continents over ten years ago by President Xi Jinping with great fanfare was given vent to from time to time by powers that be, including prime minister Narendra Modi. More recently, India’s...
Counterintuitive Palestine Politics: Hamas May Be Treading A Path Paved By PLO Earlier
By James M Dorsey Spanish philosopher George Santayana didn’t have Palestine in mind when he coined the phrase, ‘history repeats itself. ‘Yet, Santayana’s maxim may apply to Hamas when comparing the group’s political evolution to the 16-year-torturous road traversed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from classification by Israel...
Pakistan People’s Party Is In Turmoil As Zardari And Bilawal Fight Over Poll Strategy
By Tirthankar Mitra Run-ins within the family is nothing uncommon in sub-continental politics as even in the mediaeval period when Sahazada Selim unfurled the banner of rebellion against the greatest of the Mughals, emperor Akbar which seemed to have been a repeat act through generations in Indian history.. Democracy...
Congress Will Have A Big Breakthrough If The Party Wins In Telangana
By Sushil Kutty The still nascent state of Telangana is up for its first great opportunity with Telangana Chief Minister, the great K. Chandrashekar Rao – ‘KCR’ for short – poised to make his exit if the exit polls of November 30 are to go by. The exit polls...
COP28 Has Begun With First Major Milestone Generating Great Hope
By Dr. Gyan Pathak UN Climate Change Conference – United Arab Emirates (November 30 – December 12, 2023), popularly known as COP28, has begun with first major milestone on the day-one, by delivering a historic agreement that made the Fund operational, which was agreed upon during COP27 last year....
BJP’s Grandiose Plans To Conquer South May Lie In Tatters After December 3
By Arun Srivastava If the exit polls on the five state assembly polls relating to Telangana are to be believed, the BJP’s grandiose plans to conquer South as envisaged by both the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Home Minister Amit Shah, will be in tatters after December 3....
Congress High Command’s Rahul Project Depends On Dec 3 Results
By Rahil Nora Chopra The peoples verdict for the five state assembly elections will frame future political course of Rahul Gandhi. A win for Congress in these elections will direct the path for Rahul Gandhi’s political ascendance and recognition as the potent eligible and desired national leader. A win...
Indian Economy Is On Growth Path But No Breakthrough In New Job Generation
By K R Sudhaman A hackneyed statement is made on the economy nowadays that is — India is in a bright or sweet spot, while many others tottering and more importantly the global economy is slowing down with geo-politics making the situation worse. It is true that Indian economy...
Workers And Farmers Organised Three Day Agitation From November 26 To 28
By Satyaki Chakraborty The platform of Central Trade Unions — AITUC, INTUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF and UTUC and Independent Sectoral Federations/ Associations along with Samyukta Kisan Morcha has congratulated the workers and farmers for the successful Mahapadav for three days from November 26 to 28,...
China Is Getting More Involved In Internal Fighting Between Rebels And Myanmar Junta
By Girish Linganna Three naval vessels from China have arrived in Myanmar to conduct joint exercises with the Myanmarese Navy, according to the country’s military leadership. This comes at a time when tensions over a border dispute have strained relations between Myanmar and China, considered Myanmar’s key ally; and...
Soumyajit Majumdar’s Biopic Project On Parvathy Baul Is Going To Be A Tribute To A Great Music Tradition
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav After his debut film Homecoming’s success, Director Soumyajit Majumdar is currently working on Parvathy Baul’s biopic. Notably, the director has confirmed an actress from the Hindi film industry playing Parvathy’s character and is nearing the casting process’s finalization. The biopic promises to shed light on...
