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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.All Eyes On OPEC Meeting As Cartel Struggles To Continue Voluntary Supply Cuts
By K Raveendran Oil markets are eagerly awaiting the outcome at the forthcoming OPEC+ meeting this week, after internal troubles forced a postponement of the meeting originally scheduled for November 26. The meeting assumes great significance both for producing as well as importing countries, especially amidst assessments that a...
Bihar Chief Minister’s Decision On School Holidays Is Not Politically Wise
By Sushil Kutty In these days of political significance, ‘appeasement’ is the word, the favourite of the rightwing to beat the leftwing with –- who in turn, while disapproving of appeasement, openly embraced Muslim minority appeasement for electoral dividends. Other minorities like the Christian, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh and Parsi...
Bangladesh Social Media Celebrated India’s Defeat To Australia In World Cup Final
By Ashis Biswas In dramatic contrast to the frenzied anti-India celebrations in Bangladesh following India’s loss to Australia in the one-day cricket final at Ahmedabad on November 19,, people in Pakistan have reacted far more soberly: in the lively Pakistani social media , there have been some expressions of...
Exploring China’s Role In Facilitating A Truce In Israel-Hamas Conflict
By M. A. Hossain In the catastrophic context of Hamas-Israel conflict, China had stepped forward to mediate between the parties. Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, discussed the conflict situation with officials in Washington, perceiving the fear of a wider regional war. The US counterpart has assured full support for...
Resurgent Modern Far-Right Across Europe Could Soon Reach Britain
By Ben Chacko The growing strength of far-right politics across Europe demands analysis as well as condemnation. It cannot be wished away. Veteran Muslim-baiter Geert Wilders’s Freedom Party placed first in last weekend’s Dutch election. This follows success for the fascist-descended Giorgia Meloni in Italy, the strengthening of the...
Biren Singh Praises Prime Minister Narendra Modi For Acts Not Done
By Tirthankar Mitra Not a thick line separates praise from sycophancy and obsequiousness in Indian politics. Remember the then Congress chief Dev Kanta Baruah’s “famous” one-liner “Indira is India.” It is another matter that Baruah did not live up to his words when Congress party led by his “esteemed...
Israeli Peace Movement Demands Release Of All Hostages By Both Sides
By C.J. Atkins The peace movement in Israel is on the offensive. From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the demands in the streets are clear: Release all hostages on both sides and immediately remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office. Pro-peace forces have been making the most of both the...
Biki Oberoi’s Death Has Left A Void In India’s Hospitality Industry
By Harihar Swarup The news of passing away of Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi (Popularly known as Biki) has shocked all those who came in touch with him. He was 94. He had stepped down as executive chairman of the group that runs 32 hotels, with a presence in seven...
China’s Largest Private NBFC Zhongzhi Fails Leading To Crisis In Financial Sector
By Anjan Roy China’s is staring in the face of a possible financial sector crisis, with its largest privately owned non-banking financial company unable to meet its obligations. Zhongzhi financial company, having widespread exposure to China’s real estate sector, has failed to honour its obligations to its investors and...
RSS Leaders Are A Bit Confused On Their Role In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Arun Srivastava As the exit polls of the four states, where the elections to the assemblies were held this month, send a distressing signal that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personality cult, that was painstakingly built over the last nine and half years by the RSS and its frontal...
Hamas Military Command Members Are Highly Skilled Militarymen
By Girish Linganna Ever since militant group Hamas’s most audacious attack ever to be launched from Gaza blindsided Israel on October 7 this year, people have been questioning who the brains are behind masterminding this deadly strike. Notwithstanding their varied and checkered backgrounds and antecedents, they all have one...
Booker Prize Winning Book ‘Prophet Song’ Is A Reflection Of Current Era Of Violence
By Tirthankar Mitra It is a morning knock but is no less sinister than a midnight one as Dublin microbiologist Eilish Stack comes face to face with state’s totalitarianism as powers that seek to interrogate her trade unionist husband Larry. It is in this way Paul Lynch, an Irish...
US Company Prospera Is In A Bitter Fight With Left Wing Honduras Govt Over Its SEZ Facilities
By Grace Blakeley One may not have heard of the area of international law known as Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), through which private corporations are able to sue governments that implement legislation that constrains their profits. But this private parallel legal infrastructure is one of the greatest threats to...
Big Loss In Last Month’s Regional Elections Weakens The Left Wing President Petro In Columbia
By Pablo Castaño “If the people are mobilized, this government will not be overthrown. The reforms will go ahead. The strategy is to mobilize, we want people to organize themselves.” This was Gustavo Petro’s explicit vow to the crowd gathered in Bogotá’s Plaza Bolívar last month.. The promise, made...
Laxity In Occupational Safety Measures Can Have Serious Consequences
By Dr Arun Mitra The accident at the Silkyara tunnel where 41 workers got trapped, has exposed not only vulnerability of such happenings but also poor state of emergency preparedness to deal with such accidents. It is generally the poor workers who are affected in such situations. Only in...
Kerala Rejects Union Finance Minister’s Claims Of Financial Assistance
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has forcefully rejected the false claims being made by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the Centre’s financial assistance to the State Government. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in a strongly-worded statement at the Nava Kerala Sadas, currently in Kozhikode district, said that the Minister...
A Viable Palestinian State Under Present Conditions Looks Difficult
By Nantoo Banerjee The announcement of a prisoner swap deal between warring Hamas and Israel mediated by Qatar and Egypt and agreed by Israel, Hamas and the United States may have led to a temporary armistice in the region and selective exchange of captives from both the sides ,...
In Telangana Assembly Polls, Congress Has Moved Fast In The Last Leg Of Campaigning
By Kalyani Shankar As the Telangana elections approach their final week, the youngest state in India is ready for a Triangular electoral contest. The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (B.R.S.), Congress, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) compete for victory. Since its inception in 2014, B.R.S. chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao...
