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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.Big Left Wing Victories In Presidential Elections Of Guatemala And Ecuador
By Satyaki Chakraborty Latin America created a history on Sunday, August 20 when the left wing candidates swept the Presidential elections in two countries Guatemala and Ecuador by defeating the right wing and the establishment candidates. Guatemalan anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arevalo was voted as president by getting 58 percent...
Land Acquisition Is Posing Problem For India’s Infrastructure Growth
By Nantoo Banerjee Last week’s Supreme Court order to temporarily stay the demolition drive of the Railways to clear “encroachment” near Krishna Janmasthan in Mathura could be a matter of concern for both the railways and 135-family dwellings on the government land. Neither the Railways nor the dwellers on...
Newly Constituted CWC Presents Delicate Political Balancing Within
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The newly constituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) under the Indian National Congress (INC) president Mallikarjun Kharge presents indeed a delicate political balancing within the party that was necessitated due to the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha Elections in five states by the end of 2023 and the...
How Are The Indian TV Channels Setting Agenda On The Eve Of Lok Sabha Polls?
By Sushil Kutty The other day, a top prime-time television anchor asked Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani if the rising price of tomatoes was the subject of discussion around her family’s dinner table when tomato prices shot up to over Rs 250 per kg? Ms. Irani, caught napping on...
Srinivasa Sethuraman, An Outstanding Journalist Of Post-Independence India, Is No More
By Nitya Chakraborty Srinivasa Sethuraman, better known as ‘Sethu’ to the old timers of media fraternity in Delhi, passed away in Chennai on August 20 after a brief illness. He was 99. Sethuraman is perhaps the only journalist in India who spent about 78 years in active journalism spanning...
Himalayan Region Needs More Infra Development And Industrial Growth
By K R Sudhaman A balanced socio-economic and women development of Himalayan states is critical for India to become a developed economy in the next decade or two. The Indian Himalayan region is spread across 13 Indian States/Union Territories (namely Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,...
CBI Seeking Cancellation Of Lalu Yadav’s Bail Is Politically Motivated
By Arun Srivastava In their quest to dissipate the INDIA alliance and ensure that no dissent surfaces even inside their own party BJP, the Narendra Modi and Amit Shah combination has decided to take on the sturdiest opposition face Lalu Yadav, the RJD supremo. The design got manifest in...
Former PM Imran Khan Finds Himself Out Of Depth In Pakistani Politics
By Tirthankar Mitra Chalking out a far reaching political game plan and working step by step to implement it is not former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s forte. His words and actions whether he remains a free man or is behind the bars in Toshakhana case as of now...
Jihadi Outfits Continue To Pose Grave Danger To U.S., Western Nations
By Manish Rai There is a growing perception that these are the last days of the Islamic State and the United States and its allies war on terror has almost ended in Syria. But still, in one corner of Syria, Jihadists enjoy a safe haven and are even thriving....
China Is Walking Into A ‘Lehman Brothers’ Type Financial Meltdown
By Anjan Roy China is walking into a real financial crisis. A major part of Chinese financial architecture, the shadow banks, are facing serious liquidity problems and they have not paid their investors the amounts of returns they promised. This has raised doubts over their future. Three real estate...
Prime Minister’s Tenth Address From Red Fort Makes A Distinctive Political Statement
By Harihar Swarup Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Days speech seems to have disappointed two very different kinds of political observers. For Modi admirers, the speech does not offer any new mantra. Except for the slogan, “demography, democracy and diversity”. Modi did not make any extraordinary or unexpected claim...
Indian Economy Has Some Positive Signs But There Are Slowdown Signals Also
By K R Sudhaman Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be happy to announce that the Indian economy would become the third largest in the World in the next 4 or 5 years. These numbers do not mean anything as long as millions of people are still living below the...
Demonstrations And Dissenting Voices Mark BJP’s First List Of Candidates
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Two moves both by the BJP and Congress in Madhya Pradesh have not only surprised the rank and file of the two parties but also general public. The two moves include one by the ruling BJP. According to this, 39 candidates for such Vidhan...
Coming G20 Summit May Provide A Big Push To Global Crypto Regulations
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav G20 Leaders’ Summit will take place on September 9-10 in New Delhi. In the discussions before the summit, India is expected to present a crypto guidance note summarizing all the work member countries have done on cryptocurrency. This guidance note is significant as it...
Migrant Workers Getting Attention Of The Centre Before Election
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The migrant workers in India have ultimately been getting attention of the Centre led by PM Narendra Modi while he is seeking third term in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election 2024. It has been reported that the pan-India surveys for migrant and domestic workers would...
Will Rahul Gandhi Contest From Amethi Again In 2024 Lok Sabha Elections?
By Sushil Kutty Quite likely newly appointed UPCC Chief Ajay Rai was appointed with the diktat he made sure Rahul Gandhi won the 2024 general elections from his old pocket-borough Amethi, which is currently represented by Union Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani who had defeated Rahul Gandhi in 2019...
Ajay Rai Faces Tough Task In Rejuvenating Congress In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With the installation of Ajay Rai as Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President, The Congress party high command wants to bring back party in fighting mode to take on BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. Considered to be an aggressive politician, Ajay Rai can...
Container Trade Developments Indicate Abating Of Wider Recessionary Fears
By K Raveendran Increased demand for containers on the China to India route and revival of leasing rates ex China along with resilient intra-Asia trade are keeping the region’s container trade stable. But Container prices in Southeast Asia have notably dropped by over 15 percent over a 90-day period...
