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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.Narayana Murthy’s 70 Hour A Week Working Hour Proposal Is A Health Hazard
By Dr Arun Mitra The Chairman of Infosys Shri N R Narayana Murthy seems to have forgotten the popular poem that was taught to us during school days ‘The Cry of the Children’, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, dedicated to the condition of children in England who were made to...
Call For Immediate Ceasefire Gets Positive Response In US Democratic Party
By John Bachtell NEW YORK: Calls for an immediate ceasefire are accelerating worldwide as the horrific death toll among Palestinians rises and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza deteriorates by the minute. The extreme-right Israeli government is ignoring those pleas as it continues its ground assault and aerial bombardment of...
Anonymous Political Donations Are Harming India’s Democratic System
By Nantoo Banerjee Increasing secret business donations to political parties to help fight state and general elections threaten to harm India’s democratic system. The practice protects the anonymity of contributors. If France, one of the world’s most vibrant democracies, can ban political donations by business corporations, why do political...
Expanded NDA’s Lead In Maharashtra Panchayat Polls Is A Bad Signal For India
By Sushil Kutty Last heard, the NDA had taken a massive lead in the Maharashtra Gram Panchayat elections with the BJP, the NCP Ajit Pawar faction and the Shinde Shiv Sena going great guns while the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP Sharad Pawar were way behind, underlying the...
Mizoram And Chhattisgarh To Vote For Peace And Development
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Mizoram and Chhattisgarh may vote for peace and development. Elections to all the 40 Vidhan Sabha seats in Mizoram and 20 out of 90 in Chhattisgarh are scheduled to be held on November 7. During the entire election campaigns for this phase of election, violence...
Modi More A Threat To His Own Party, Less Prime Danger To Opposition
By Arun Srivastava It appears that Narendra Modi has lost his political sense and prudence; else how could he choose to launch a ruthless attack on the opposition, and even target a section of his own party, just while the Lok Sabha election was hovering on his head. This...
President Elect Muizzu Is Getting His New Government’s Priorities Wrong
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav Maldives incoming president Mohamed Muizzu has been giving sleepless nights to the Indian establishment by touching a raw nerve: the presence of Indian military personnel in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation. The 45-year old Muizzu has been the mayor of Male, the densely-populated capital city...
The Growing Pro-Palestine Protests Over Gaza War Are Becoming A Mass Movement
By Yaseen Al-Sheikh On October 20, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of New York City to call for an immediate cease-fire and an end to hostilities in Gaza. Jeremy Cohan, cochair of New York City Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and a Jewish organizer, told reporters that...
Kunal Sen, Son Of Film Director Mrinal Sen Writes About His Bondhu
By Tirthankar Mitra A son writing on his father makes interesting reading. BONDHU, MY FATHER, MY FRIEND a book on Mrinal Sen penned by his son Kunal Sen does not disappoint. In a country where a famous sire is usually succeeded in his profession by his son/daughter, Kunal chose...
ED Raid Aimed To Involve Chief Minister Baghel Before Polls Is Ominous
By Sushil Kutty The regularity with which the Enforcement Directorate discovers alleged wrongdoings of opposition parties on the eve of elections should be a matter of investigation. But that calls for a regime change; the Narendra Modi government should be divested of power for discovering a nexus, if any....
Hezbollah’s Intensified Preparations Suggest Impending War With Israel
By Girish Linganna Along the border between Lebanon and Israel, a missile expert from Hezbollah is currently preparing for a war situation with a level of intensity and readiness he has never experienced before. Dressed in black tactical pants, green camouflage attire, and armed with a pistol, the officer...
Pakistan Army Wants Former PM Nawaz Sharif To Contest And Win Elections
By Harihar Swarup Nawaz Sharif’s celebratory return to Pakistan after several years in exile will turn into a political triumph only if the country’s military establishment, which had banished him from politics six years ago and now facilitated his recent insurrection, fundamentally changed its behaviour. So far, it seems...
Providing Jobs To 1.22 Lakh Bihar Youths By Cm Nitish Kumar Augurs Well Before Polls
By Arun Srivastava “Listen, Bihar is not a BIMARU state”. This message was sent on Friday to Narendra Modi and his lieutenant Amit Shah by none else but Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The two leaders from Gujarat have a habit of deprecating Bihar and describe it as a...
ILO Moves One Step Closer To Social Justice And Decent Work
By Dr. Gyan Pathak ILO has moved one step closer to social justice and decent work by adopting a proposal to establish a Global Coalition for Social Justice in the ongoing 349th Session (30 October – 9 November, 2023) of its Governing Body at Geneva, Switzerland. It is just...
Overshooting Russian Oil Exports May Cause Friction In Saudi-Led Supply Cut Mechanism
By K Raveendran A failure by Russia to fulfil its commitment of 300,000 barrels per day of voluntary cut in crude exports as per the understanding with OPEC is likely to cause friction between Moscow and Saudi Arabia, the prime driver of the cartel’s supply control strategy to shore...
Kerala Frustrates Attempt To Disturb Communal Amity
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala has, once again, lived up to its reputation of being a trail blazer. The State has shown the way to defeat determined attempts to disturb communal harmony, a hallmark of the State. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government lost no time in nipping in...
Israel In Gaza: Only Limited Options Available When The Guns Fall Silent
By James M Dorsey Israel’s options are central to discussions about the day after the guns fall silent in Gaza. Absent from the debate is what Palestinians want. Also absent is any discussion of funding for Gaza’s reconstruction, although the assumption is that oil-rich Gulf states will step up...
Qatar’s Death Sentence To Eight Former Indian Officers Is A Delicate Issue
By Girish Linganna The perception of Qatar’s indelible connections to terrorism persists. As a foreign policy expert succinctly put it: “From a distance, Doha…is becoming synonymous with hosting groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and the Taliban”. But, even as a court in Qatar handed death sentences to eight former Indian...
