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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.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...
With Right-Wingers In Charge, The European Union Is No Pivot Of Democracy
By Kevin Ovenden LONDON: There was widespread relief at the underperformance of Spain’s far-right Vox party in last month’s general election. The centre-right also failed to meet expectations, leaving no bloc easily able to form a government and the likelihood of a second election later this year. Boasts from...
BJP Gambles For Chhattisgarh And Madhya Pradesh Elections
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP has released its first list of candidates for Vidhan Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh on August 17, almost two months earlier than the expected date of announcement of elections. BJP’s central leadership has taken a simplistic view of the complex phenomenon called...
TDP Supremo Chandrababu Naidu Has Lost His Bargaining Power With BJP
By Sushil Kutty Whether Telugu Desam Party head Chandrababu Naidu has a role in national politics in 2024 will depend on whether he is in the NDA or not. Naidu insists he will have a role and if talk of the TDP joining hands with the BJP is true,...
AAP, Congress Face Off Over Seven Delhi Seats For Lok Sabha 2024
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Delhi unit of the Congress is in a bind, with its own party leaders putting the blame on it for not being able to effectively counter the ruling AAP on important issues. The grand old party is all set to give its Delhi unit...
Left Wing Luisa Gonzalez Is Still Ahead In Prez Election Race In Ecuador
By Satyaki Chakraborty Just forty eight hours before the Presidential elections in strife torn Ecuador on August 20, opinion polls are favouring the Leftist candidate Luisa Gonzalez as the leading one in the race as 13 million voters exercise their franchise on Sunday. Gonzalez is the only woman candidate...
Opposition Parties Back At CM Bashing In Kerala
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others. If they do, they will get it in the neck. That is the fate which befell Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan, who raised charges against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter, Veena. In his attack...
Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA In A Quandary Over Supreme Court’s Bail Terms
By Sarah Thanawala “If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you,” wrote German philosopher Freidrich Neitszche in his book Beyond Good And Evil. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) seems to have discovered the meaning of the quote recently. On July 28, a division...
Will China Succeed In Brokering Peace Between Palestine And Israel?
By Ramzy Baroud It is feasible for China to continue playing an important role in mediating Middle East conflicts. In fact, it already has. In the case of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, however, mediation is hardly the issue. Even before Beijing successfully managed to achieve reconciliation between Saudi...
Prime Minister’s Red Fort Address Was A Pitiable Show By A Failed Politician
By Binoy Viswam The month of August calls upon every Indian to recall the unfading saga of great struggles and heroic sacrifices. This is the month that brought the long-awaited freedom to our people. Our long-drawn freedom struggle was an unparalleled one where various streams of struggles, from Satyagraha...
