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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.NDA Conclave On July 18 Is A Sort Of Challenge To Opposition Meet In Bengaluru
By Kalyani Shankar As we approach the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the ruling NDA and the combined opposition prepare for the fierce battle ahead. The opposition is holding strategy meetings in Bengaluru its second, on July 18, while the NDA is meeting in Delhi on the same day to...
BJP Is Focusing On Revival In Southern States Before 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Sushi Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be at the NDA meet on July 18. Modi wants to revive the comatose NDA as an alternative to the Opposition’s ‘Mahagathbandhan’, which is shaping up nice and friendly despite the blips and glitches. The BJP’s alliance partners in the NDA...
Modi-Shah Anxious About Losing Ground In Maharashtra And Bihar
By Arun Srivastava The erratic actions of the BJP leadership, especially in three states, Maharashtra, Bihar and Bengal, makes it explicit that the threat of losing the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has turned it so desperate that would not mind going to any extent and abusing the state machinery...
Skills And Labour Mismatch Has Emerged As Serious Issue
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Multiple crises and faster adoption of new technologies has sharply widened the skills and labour mismatch in the fast changing world of work globally. Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems in many low and middle income countries, including India, are unprepared to meet...
A Tribute To Sampat Prakash Krundu The Fearless Voice Of Kashmir
By Raja Muzaffar Bhat August 5, 2019 started a dark chapter in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. The special status of the state guaranteed under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution was abrogated. The state was downgraded and bifurcated into two Union territories. Leaders from across the political...
With Actors Joining, It Is A Total Strike In Hollywood After 63 Years
By Mark Gruenberg LOS ANGELES: With the actors joining the strike by the Writers Guild and the technical people in Hollywood, the strike is now total against the owners of the movie companies and the big streaming channels. After more than four weeks of fruitless talks between SAG-AFTRA and...
France And USA Are Engaged In A Bitter Fight Over Indian Defence Sector Market
By Girish Linganna Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s success in concluding high valued defence deals during his visit to France on July 13 and 14 has led to the escalation of fighting between the United States and France over the sale of high tech defence equipment to the burgeoning Indian...
BJP Leadership Has Taken Up The Opposition Challenge In 2024 Polls With All Seriousness
By Harihar Swarup To understand the BJP’s rapid political moves across India, think back to 1996. That year sagging under the weight of a raft of corruption, scandals and internal defections, the incumbent Congress went to polls weakened. This allowed the BJP to vault into pole position, becoming for...
Bengal Panchayat Poll Violence Was Planned By BJP Leaders
By Arun Srivastava What a coincidence! On July 13, while Justice Amrita Singh of Calcutta High Court was telling the lawyer of the State Election Commission, Kishore Dutta, that the lust for pecuniary gain and a job for five years was at the back of huge amount of electoral...
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Blaming Muslims For Rise In Prices Of Veggies Is Bizarre
By Sushil Kutty Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma speaks in a different tongue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s. On the one hand, Modi goes out of his way to woo Muslims with targeted welfare schemes; on the other, the Assam Chief Minister makes it a daily habit to...
