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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.Opposition Bloc India Must Have A Strategy To Defeat BJP’s Polarising Bid
By Sushil Kutty Banking on the Muslim voter pool alone is a faux pas. Opposition alliance INDIA’s quest to pitch one-on-one unified opposition candidates against BJP nominees in all 543 parliamentary seats in 2024 will work only if a big enough portion of the Hindu electorate responds positively....
Public Sector Getting Stepmotherly Treatment Under Nine Years Of NDA Rule
By Krishna Jha The BJP-RSS government is moving aggressively with its privatization policy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it explicit in one of his remarks when he said recently in one of his meetings: ‘Hamare Desh me public sector ka marne ke liye Janma hota hai’ (In...
Global South Countries Need A New Legal Framework For Debt Relief
By Ramya Vijaya and Pooja Rangaprasad The Paris Summit, convened last month by French president Emmanuel Macron, failed to make much headway on its ambitious goal of retooling global finance and jump-starting climate investments. A major stumbling block is the lack of progress on relief for the...
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Opened A New Front Over Gyanvapi Mosque
By P Sudhir The Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, has virtually declared that a new front is being opened up in the temple-mosque issue. This time, it is the Gyanvapi mosque and the Vishwanath temple in Varanasi. Adityanath, in an interview, has said that there is...
Space Economy For The New Space Faces Mounting Concerns
By Gyan Pathak Space economy for the ‘new space’ is now face to face with mounting concerns which include the fragility of current growth and the worrying rate of increase in orbital debris. An OECD report prepared for the G20 Space Leaders’ Meeting under India’s G20 Presidency...
European Countries Are Keen To Get Increasing Share Of Indian Defence Market
By Girish Linganna China and Russia’s aggressive actions against the West have caused problems, like conflicts over spy balloons, and have also led to NATO becoming stronger. One important result of this has been the West’s effort to develop a closer relationship with India. In June, India’s...
Study Finds Irregular Patterns In 2019 Lok Sabha Election Results
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Several irregularities have been found in the pattern of the General Election 2019 results that suggest either the election results underwent electoral manipulation or precise control of the ruling establishment under PM Narendra Modi. The irregularities have been found in a research paper recently...
Supreme Court Cannot Run Away From Blame For Deterioration Of Manipur Situation
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court last week came down heavily on the Modi government for taking ‘extreme stands’ against non-BJP rules states while doing nothing in the case of constitutional violations by its own governments in the other states. But as one would have expected, the stricture...
After Manipur, Haryana Also Witnessing Gross Failure Of Law And Order
By Sushil Kutty The Supreme Court is smart. On August 1, after nearly three months of Manipur burning, after killings running rampant, after untold atrocities committed on Manipuri women, the top court took the Manipur Police to task and called out the Centre and the state government for...
Hindutva-Indoctrinated Police Personnel Is Modi-Shah’s Ugly Legacy
By Arun Srivastava Liberating the country from the clutches of the rightist forces — the RSS and the BJP — using the electoral contest is undoubtedly the primary task of the opposition front, INDIA; but it is not enough. Rightwing fanatics have turned a huge populace of...
